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For the first ever, solar beat natural gas in
new power capacity last year, with solar energy contributing 29.4 % of total new electric generation capacity.
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for new power capacity.
This equalled 21.4 %
of new power capacity, which is 5 % above wind industry average annual growth over the previous five years.
«Last year, wind energy added nearly half of
all new power capacity in America.
Led by wind and solar, renewables represented more than half
the new power capacity around the world, reaching a record 153 Gigawatt (GW), 15 % more than the previous year.
In total the year saw 31 GW of sustainable generation capacity installed, around 23 % of
all new power capacity worldwide and roughly 10 times that of nuclear power.
Starting with FERC's numbers, the summary is that natural gas took the top spot for
new power capacity, adding 7,270 MW (or 51.17 %) of new US power capacity; followed by solar, which added 2,936 MW (or 21 %) of new power capacity.
Since 2007, the country has averaged only 15GW of
new power capacity each year from all technologies.
Last year, wind energy added nearly half of
all new power capacity in America.