Inspenet, April 4, 2023<\/p>\n\n
In 2022, power generation from renewable sources\u2014wind, solar, hydro, biomass, and geothermal\u2014overtook coal-fired generation for the first time in the US electric power sector.<\/p>\n\n
Renewable generation also surpassed nuclear for the first time in 2021 and continued to supply more electricity than nuclear last year.<\/p>\n\n
Natural gas continued to be the largest source of US electricity generation, rising from a 37% share of US generation in 2021 to 39% in 2022.<\/p>\n\n
The share of nuclear generation decreased from 20% in 2021 to 19% in 2022, following the decommissioning of the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in May 2022. The combined share of wind and solar generation increased from 12% in 2021 to 14% last year. For its part, hydroelectric generation remained unchanged, at 6%, in 2022. The biomass and geothermal percentages remained unchanged, below 1%. The growth in wind and solar generation capacity drove the increase in generation in this segment.<\/p>\n\n
Utility-scale solar capacity in the US electric power sector increased from 61 gigawatts (GW) in 2021 to 71 GW in 2022, according to data from the Electricity Power Monthly<\/a> report. Wind capacity grew from 133 GW in 2021 to 141 GW in 2022. Last year, the US power sector produced 4.09 billion megawatt hours (MWh) of electrical power.<\/p>\n\n Source<\/strong> : http:\/\/revistanuevasenergias.com\/2023\/03\/29\/la-generacion-renovable-en-estados-unidos-supero-al-carbon-y-la-energia-nuclear\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n