The U.S. Energy Information Agency writes on CleanTechnica that renewable energy sources were the 2nd most used electricity source in the U.S. in 2020.
- For the first time on record, renewables outpaced both coal and nuclear energy in energy production.
- The EIA predicts that coal-powered generation will increase in 2020 as the price of natural gas rises.
- The surge in renewable power generations is a testament to the power of market forces as more consumers and utilities are choosing clean energy.
“In 2020, renewable energy sources (including wind, hydroelectric, solar, biomass, and geothermal energy) generated a record 834 billion kilowatthours (kWh) of electricity, or about 21% of all the electricity generated in the United States.”
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