Michelle Lewis
For the first time ever, wind and solar produced 17.96% more electricity in the month of April than nuclear power plants.
Further, electrical generation by clean energy – which included biomass, geothermal, and hydropower and was driven by strong solar and wind growth – accounted for almost 30% of total US electrical generation in the month of April, according to a SUN DAY Campaign analysis of newly released US Energy Information Administration (EIA) data.
And from the period between January and April 2022, clean energy accounted for more than 25% of electricity in the US.
The latest issue of the EIA’s “Electric Power Monthly” report, with data through April 30, 2022, also reflects that solar (including rooftop) saw a year-over-year percentage change growth of 28.9%, while wind grew year-over-year by 24.2%. Combined, solar and wind grew by 25.4% and accounted for more than one-sixth (16.6%) of US electrical generation (wind at 12.2%, solar at 4.4%). The actual figures are measured in net generation, thousand megawatt hours, and can be seen here.
Hydropower increased by 9.99% during the first four months of 2022, but wind alone provided 70.89% more electricity than did hydropower.
And when it came to fossil fuels, renewables outpaced coal and nuclear by 26.13% and 37.8%, respectively, in the first third of 2022. In fact, electrical generation by coal declined by 3.9% compared to the same period in 2021, while nuclear dropped by 1.8%.
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