86% of New US Electric Utility Generation Capacity Coming from Non-Fossil Fuels in 2023

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86% of New US Electric Utility Generation Capacity Coming from Non-Fossil Fuels in 2023::In 2023, Non-Fossil Fuel Sources Will Account for 86% of New Electric Utility Generation Capacity in the United States

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Dazza@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I think this looks better than it is. Sure, new energy generation coming from green sources is good but proportionally of existing sources it’s very small.

Total energy generated in US is 4 trillion KWh

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- Darkhoof@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  You can easily check the percentage of electricity generated by non-fossil fuel sources. By that metric Wind and Solar already surpassed coal in 2022. Ofcourse, total energy also includes transportation and other sectors so that is a different metric.
  
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- nevemsenki@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Even worse, I’d image those numbers are installed capacity, not utilised.
  
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McWizard@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
But still 18% Non-Renewable…

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- CapeWearingAeroplane@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  The only thing that bothered me is that there is still a net increase in electricity produced using gas :/
  
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