For the first time ever, U.S. electricity generation from utility-scale solar and wind exceeded nuclear power plants' power output in the first half of 2024
For the first time ever, U.S. electricity generation from utility-scale solar and wind exceeded nuclear power plants’ power output in the first half of 2024, according to data from energy think tank Ember quoted by Reuters columnist Gavin Maguire. Electricity generation from solar and wind hit a record-high of 401.4 terawatt hours TWh between January and June 2024, surpassing the 390.5 TWh of power generated from nuclear power plants, Ember’s data showed.
Ember has estimated that the share of wind and solar grew to 16% in 2023, when nuclear was still the largest source of low-carbon electricity in the U.S. However, expanding renewable energy capacity and record solar and wind power generation helped solar and wind combined to top nuclear as the biggest low-carbon electricity source during the first half of this year. Early in 2024, the EIA said that wind and solar energy would lead growth in U.S. power generation for the next two years.
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