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Global warming/climate change
- Subject: Global warming/climate change
- From: grarpamp at gmail.com (grarpamp)
- Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2017 05:26:30 -0400
https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/03/us-wind-capacity-surpasses-hydro-overall-generation-to-follow/
http://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/browser/
In the US, a number of major milestones occurred on the electric grid
in 2016, almost all of them involving wind power. Now the Energy
Information Administration is confirming that's because of a big
overall trend: wind power is now the largest source of renewable
energy generating capacity, passing hydroelectric power in 2016. And
since the two sources produce electricity at nearly the same rate,
we'll soon see wind surpass hydro in terms of electricity produced.
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