Comments on: Wind and solar produce more electricity than nuclear for first time ever in United States /2022/07/wind-and-solar-produce-more-electricity-than-nuclear-for-first-time-ever-in-united-states/ Covering the world of solar power technology, development and installation. Fri, 08 Jul 2022 13:24:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Ken E. Bossong /2022/07/wind-and-solar-produce-more-electricity-than-nuclear-for-first-time-ever-in-united-states/#comment-131940 Fri, 08 Jul 2022 13:24:06 +0000 /?p=99245#comment-131940 In reply to Chris Homa.

EIA’s April 2022 data in thousand megawatt hours is:

Hydropower: 20,194
Non-Hydro Renewables: 65,075
Small-Scale Solar: 5,518
Total Renewables: 90,787

Total Utility-Scale Energy: 304,349
+ Small-Scale Solar: 5,518
Total Energy: 309,867

RE’s share: 29.30%

]]> By: James Thompson /2022/07/wind-and-solar-produce-more-electricity-than-nuclear-for-first-time-ever-in-united-states/#comment-131935 Fri, 08 Jul 2022 11:47:49 +0000 /?p=99245#comment-131935 Great news and great article. One thing. It’s never good to include biomass as a renewable energy. While technically “renewable,” its environmental impacts make it a very harmful way to generate energy.

]]> By: Chris Homa /2022/07/wind-and-solar-produce-more-electricity-than-nuclear-for-first-time-ever-in-united-states/#comment-131909 Thu, 07 Jul 2022 21:01:59 +0000 /?p=99245#comment-131909 The report you referenced shows renewables at 15% not 30% it appears you doubled counted by adding the individual renewables to the renewables total.

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