US generates more electricity from renewables than coal for first time ever

[packman]

Source: The Guardian

The US generated more electricity from renewable sources than coal for the first time ever in April, new federal government data has shown.

Clean energy such as solar and wind provided 23% of US electricity generation during the month, compared with coal’s 20%, according to the Energy Information Administration.

This represents the first time coal has been surpassed by energy sources that do not release pollution such as planet-heating gases.

April was a favorable month for renewables, with low energy demand and an uptick in wind generation. This means that coal may once again pull ahead of renewables again during 2019, although the long-term trends appear to be set.

“The fate of coal has been sealed, the market has spoken,” said Michael Webber, an energy expert at the University of Texas. “The trend is irreversible now, the decline of coal is unstoppable despite Donald Trump’s rhetoric.”


Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/26/energy-renewable-electricity-coal-power

[underpants]

1. But Trump said he'd bring back coal

He promised!!

[DBoon]

5. He won't bring back coal

but he might break wind

[underpants]

6. 😆

[Kind of Blue]

2. WOW!

I am in my happy place.
Thank you for posting!

[Aristus]

3. Oh, the Trumpanzees are not going to like this!

If it's not blackening the air and choking people to death, it's just not 'Murrikkkan'.

[Duppers]

4. K & R

[Cal Carpenter]

7. A moment of silence, please

for the untold masses of birds (including bald eagles) lying dead in the killing fields of wind turbines, and the countless people dying of wind-turbine-induced cancer.