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Azerbaijan Plans Caspian-Black Sea Energy Corridor

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The country is promoting a grand, multi-nation plan to generate renewable electricity in the Caucasus region and send it thousands of kilometers west, under the Black Sea, and into energy–hungry Europe. gigawatts of clean electricity to Anaklia, Georgia, at the east end of the Black Sea. GW of offshore and onshore wind.

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Renewables now make up 30% of US utility-scale generating capacity

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Photo: Apollo Energy Renewables now claim a 30.1% What’s more, renewable energy sources – biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, wind – accounted for over 90.1% What’s more, renewable energy sources – biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, wind – accounted for over 90.1% Renewables were 99.8%

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Solar + wind now make up more than 20% of US electrical generating capacity

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Photo by Amol Mande on Pexels.com Solar and wind now make up more than 20% of total US electrical generating capacity, according to new data from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). The renewable energy mix – biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, and wind – is now nearly 30% of total US electrical generating capacity.

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Renewables now make up 30% of US power capacity – FERC

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Photo: Openverse Renewables – solar, wind, biomass, geothermal, hydropower – are now 30% of total US electrical generating capacity, according to analysis of FERC’s mid-year data. FERC says renewables were 99% of new generating capacity in June and 91% in H1 2024. For seven of those 10 months, wind took second place.

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US renewables’ installed generating capacity beats coal

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Photo by Los Muertos Crew on Pexels.com Solar capacity additions hit the ground running in 2024, pushing renewables’ installed generating capacity past coal, according to new US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) data. The new Vogtle-4 nuclear reactor nearing completion in Georgia would add 1,100 MW. of the total.

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How renewables could beat natural gas in US generating capacity within 3 years – in numbers

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Photo courtesy of Tom Brewster/BLM California US renewables’ electrical generating capacity could be close to – and may even surpass – natural gas within three years, according to FERC data. For Q1 2024, solar accounted for 86.79% (6,497 MW) of new generating capacity brought online while wind contributed another 12.40% (928 MW).

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Renewables expand to 23% of US electrical generation in 2023, with solar in the lead

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Photo: EDF Renewables North America Renewables provided over 22.7% of the total) and should surpass it within the next few months to become the second largest renewable energy source, behind only wind. The combination of all renewables (i.e., Together, renewables provided over 22.7% compared to 2022.

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