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posted by Fnord666 on Sunday May 31 2020, @02:42PM   Printer-friendly
from the the-king-is-dead dept.

135-year-long streak is over: US renewable sources topped coal in 2019

Two weeks ago, we covered a US Energy Information Administration (EIA) projection that renewable wind, solar, and hydroelectric power would top coal for total electricity generation in 2020. That was particularly believable given that renewables had beat coal in daily generation every day going back to March 24. As it happens, that daily streak finally came to an end this week, as coal picked up amid rising demand and a couple low days for wind. Coal likely topped renewables on Tuesday, although it's possible that rooftop solar generation (not included in EIA's daily data) extended the run until Wednesday.

But the EIA also released some numbers Thursday that highlight a related and interesting piece of trivia: if you include energy use beyond the electric sector and all types of renewable energy, renewables actually beat out coal last year. And to find the last time that was true, you have to go all the way back to the 1880s.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 01 2020, @06:20AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 01 2020, @06:20AM (#1001623)

    You picked the wrong hill to die on. While you have a valid point about the suppression of politically incorrect results, it is going to get lost in the noise. Right or wrong about the genetics, Watson is genuinely racist.

    You also have the problem of suppression of profit-damaging results, and I think that's actually a bigger problem.