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Renewables Account For More Than Half 2014's New U.S. Energy Capacity
2014-07-21 15:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Renewable energy continues growing its share of new electricity generation in the U.S. According to the latest Energy Infrastructure Update from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, solar and wind energy constituted more than half of the new generating capacity in the country for the first half of 2014. Solar and wind energy combined for 1.83 gigawatts (GW) of the total 3.53 GW installed from January to June. Natural gas constituted much of the remainder of installed capacity with about...
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