Renewables producing more energy than coal in the US for the first time

Predictions that wind and solar energy in the US would eventually overtake coal in terms of how much energy is produced in a year appear to have finally come true. For the first time, it appears that solar and wind renewables will produce more energy in the US than coal for the year.

Typically over the last few years, solar and wind have represented the most energy production early in the year, with coal overtaking when demand ramps up in the summer months. For 2024, that didn’t happen. Instead, solar energy ramped up 36% from the previous year, generating 118 terawatt-hours from January to July, and wind production increased 8% over the same time period, generating 275 TWh. Together, solar and wind represent 16% of the nations’s energy production.

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Source: CNET

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