US - Clean, renewable energy source

The U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration announced that, on March 29, wind turbines in the Lower 48 states produced 2,017 GWh of electricity, making wind the second-largest source of electric generation for the day, only behind natural gas.

According to the U.S. Department , in the meantime, nuclear power might be making up less of the U.S. power generation mix as more plants retire.

EIA's Hourly Electric Grid Monitor has published that daily wind-powered electricity had surpassed coal-fired and nuclear electricity generation separately on other days earlier this year but had not surpassed both sources on a single day.

According to the U.S. Department , consistent growth in the installed capacity of wind turbines in the United States has led to more wind-powered electricity generation. In September 2019, U.S. wind capacity surpassed nuclear capacity, but wind still generated less electricity than nuclear because of differences in those technologies' use.

Source: T&D World