Wind passed coal, nuclear power in US for first time on record
Wind turbines in the U.S. produced more electricity than coal or nuclear plants on March 29 for the first time on record, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said Thursday. That made wind the second-biggest source of electricity that day, behind only natural gas and narrowly ahead of nuclear.
Wind farm capacity has increased rapidly in the U.S. over the past 15 years and is widely seen as an important weapon in the push to decarbonize the power grid and the fight against climate change.
However, due to the natural variation in wind speeds leading to different amounts of power generation, the EIA doesn’t expect wind to surpass coal or nuclear for an entire month in 2022 or 2023.
The EIA data go back to 2018 and don’t include Alaska or Hawaii.
(By Josh Saul)
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2 Comments
edski
Now to harness and store it for use as an uninterrupted power source.
far2right
Uh, yeah.
Because it is mandated to go on the grid first.
When the wind blows.