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Utility-scale solar and wind provided over half of new US generating capacity added in the first half of 2023, according to new Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (#FERC) data. 17,017 megawatts (MW) of new generating capacity placed in service through June 30, 2023, 5,867 MW (34.48%) came from solar, and 2,750 MW (16.16%) came from wind for a combined total of 50.64%.
https://electrek.co/2023/08/08/solar-wind-provided-majority-of-new-us-generating-capacity-in-first-half-of-2023/
Solar, wind provided majority of new US generating capacity in first half of 2023
Utility-scale solar and wind provided over half of new US generating capacity added in the first half of 2023, according to new FERC data.Michelle Lewis (Electrek.co)
Whenever I need cheering up about the climate, things like this really help:
"During the 2010s the levelised cost (that is the average lifetime cost of equipment, per megawatt hour of electricity generated) of solar, offshore wind and onshore wind fell by 87%, 62% and 56%, respectively"
And that dramatic fall in costs isn't stopping.
Even the most short-term thinkers must be convinced by that!
(Quote from this paywalled Economist article: https://www.economist.com/schools-brief/2020/05/23/the-worlds-energy-system-must-be-transformed-completely )
The world’s energy system must be transformed completely
It has been changed before, but never as fast or fully as must happen nowThe Economist
I made this chart in 2019 and included error bars where available to might help with some questions.
from 10/08/2019 and this tweet https://twitter.com/honesthypocrite/status/1181673095637155846
#Bird #deaths annually by hazard. #Cats kill 10,000 times more birds than #wind #turbines. Even oil pits (!) kill three times as many. Improved visualization inspired by @1a story today using @Tableau and data from https://www.fws.gov/library/collections/threats-birds
