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Renewable Energy Accounts for 70% New U.S. Generating Capacity in First Half of 2015
2015-07-22 17:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: In yet another clear indication of the nation`s energy future, renewable sources--biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, wind--accounted for nearly 70 percent (69.75 percent) of new electrical generation placed in service in the U.S. during the first six months of 2015. According to the recently-released "Energy Infrastructure Update" report from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission`s (FERC) Office of Energy Projects, 18 new "units" of wind accounted for 1,969 megawatts (MW) of new generating...
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