Renewables form majority of new US generating capacity

摘要

Renewable energy sources accounted for all US new electric generating capacity that came online in July, FERC’s Office of Energy Projects said in its energy infrastructure update released in August. New build or expansion projects that went into service in July included two projects that added 5 MW of hydropower, five projects representing 21 MW of solar power and two projects that brought 379 MW of wind power online, the report said. According to the FERC report, renewable energy made up 53.8% of the 4,758 MW of new electric capacity installed in the first seven months of this year. This includes 1,226 MW of solar power, 1,196 MW of wind power, 87 MW from biomass, 32 MW from geothermal and 19 MW of hydropower. During the same period last year, renewables accounted for just 27.1% of the 9,502 MW of new electric capacity, the report found.