Renewables notched record electricity output in 2020

Renewables notched record electricity output in 2020, EIA says

In 2020, renewable energy sources (wind, hydroelectric, solar, biomass and geothermal energy) generated a record 834 billion kWh of ...

Renewables the second-most prevalent US electricity source in 2020

Renewables surpassed both nuclear (790 billion kWh) and coal (774 billion kWh) for the first time on record. This outcome in 2020 was due mostly ...

Renewable energy defies Covid-19 to hit record growth in 2020

The IEA report published on Tuesday says almost 90% of new electricity generation in 2020 will be renewable, with just 10% powered by gas and coal.

Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2020 - IRENA

Between 2000 and 2020, renewable power generation capacity worldwide increased 3.7‐fold, from 754 gigawatts (GW) to 2 799 GW, as their costs have fallen ...

Renewables = 20.6% of US Electricity in 2020 - CleanTechnica

In 2018, 17.5% of electricity generation came from renewables — 6.5% from wind power, 6.9% from hydropower, and 2.2% from solar power. If you ...

2020 Global overview: Capacity, supply and emissions – Electricity ...

With 16% of total global production, hydropower plants still constitute by far the largest source of renewable electricity generation. In total, renewables grew ...

Solar and wind notched records as renewables met California's ...

The CEC estimated that in 2020, 34.5% of the state's retail electricity sales were served by Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS)-eligible ...

RENEWABLES 2020 GLOBAL STATUS REPORT - REN21

... energy and to generate discussion on issues central to the promotion of renewable energy. ... record-breaking year in 2019i, as installed power capacity ...

Clean energy was the No. 2 source of electricity in the US in 2020

In 2020, US electricity generation from coal in all sectors declined 20% from 2019, while renewables, including small-scale solar, increased 9%.

The United States consumed a record amount of renewable energy ...

Biofuels, including fuel ethanol, biodiesel, and other renewable fuels, accounted for about 17% of U.S. renewable energy consumption in 2020.

Renewable generation trebles and sets a new record - Better Society

This beats the previous record for the amount of electricity generated by renewables (134.3TWh) set in 2020, when renewables outperformed ...

Chart: Renewables generated a record 30% of global electricity in ...

Solar and wind are cleaning up the global power grid — so much so that research firm Ember says global power sector emissions may have peaked ...

H2 2020: Solar Industry Update - NREL

In 2020, PV represented approximately 40% of new U.S. electric generation capacity, compared to 4% in 2010. – Over 30 GWAC of renewable energy ...

Renewable energy has now produced more electricity in the U.S. ...

Power generation from sources like solar, wind and hydropower have overtaken coal-fired power in the United States for a record 40 straight days ...

Massive expansion of renewable power opens door to achieving ...

Solar PV and wind account for 95% of the expansion, with renewables overtaking coal to become the largest source of global electricity ...

renewables 2020 global status report - REN21

Renewable energy had another record-breaking year in 2019i, as installed power capacity grew more than 200 gigawatts (GW) – its largest increase ever. Capacity ...

Electricity Market Report – December 2020 - NET

Electricity output from renewables, particularly wind and solar PV, is expected to continue to set new records in 2021, expanding their market ...

Renewable power growth on pace to set fresh records in 2022 - Axios

Driving the news: The International Energy Agency, in a new report, sees the addition of roughly 320 gigawatts of generating capacity this year, ...

Beating the Heat: The Summer Clean Energy Records Worth ... - RMI

In the central United States, the MISO regional grid has met and exceeded its maximum amount of solar generation numerous times this summer, ...

Record growth in renewable power in 2020 set to become 'new ...

The latest report published by the International Energy Agency (IEA) finds there was record growth in global renewable power in 2020, the Independent ...