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Do Large-Scale Wind Projects Increase Local Employment? New US Study Says Yes, & Those Effects Last.

June 30, 2024 admin clean power, green economy, green jobs, investment, Manufacturing, research, us wind energy, us wind power, wind energy, wind energy jobs

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2024 18:16:33 +0000

New Berkeley Lab study of more than 100 million US workers across 23 states finds clear evidence of increases in employment and earnings within 20 miles of existing wind projects that begin when project construction begins and continue for many years after. Black workers and those without a high school … [continued]

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Distributed Wind Top Photo Contributors Are Here

June 21, 2024 admin clean power, us wind, us wind energy, us wind power, wind energy, wind turbines

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2024 10:39:46 +0000

Each year, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) launches a search for the best distributed wind energy photos across the United States and its territories for PNNL’s Distributed Wind Photo Gallery. The annual photo search aids PNNL’s efforts to highlight distributed wind technologies and the customers they serve. Check out 2024’s photo selections—including … [continued]

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Graphs: U.S. Wind Generation Declined in 2023 for the First Time Since the 1990s

May 4, 2024 admin clean power, market research, research, us wind, us wind energy, us wind power, wind energy

Credit to Author: US Energy Information Administration| Date: Wed, 01 May 2024 18:26:34 +0000

U.S. electricity generation from wind turbines decreased for the first time since the mid-1990s in 2023 despite the addition of 6.2 gigawatts (GW) of new wind capacity last year. Data from our Power Plant Operations Report show that U.S. wind generation in 2023 totaled 425,235 gigawatt-hours (GWh), 2.1% less than the 434,297 … [continued]

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Solar & Wind Power = 71% of New US Power in 2022 (January–July)

September 18, 2022 admin clean power, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reports, Coal, Fossil Fuels, hydroelectric, market research, natural gas, research, Solar energy, us coal, us electricity capacity reports, us natural gas, us solar power, us wind power, wind energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2022 04:36:18 +0000

Solar and wind power continue to dominate new power capacity in the United States. July was actually a poor month relatively speaking, with just 56% of new power capacity coming from renewable energy sources due to a notable fossil gas (aka “natural gas”) capacity addition, but for the first 7 months of the year as […]

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Wind Was 2nd-Largest Source of U.S. Electricity Generation on March 29

April 14, 2022 admin clean power, grid, market research, research, us wind energy, us wind power, wind energy

Credit to Author: U.S. Energy Information Administration| Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2022 18:20:14 +0000

On Tuesday, March 29, wind turbines in the Lower 48 states produced 2,017 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of U.S. electricity, making wind the second-largest source of electric generation for the day, only behind natural gas, according to our Hourly Electric Grid Monitor. Daily wind-powered electricity had surpassed coal-fired and nuclear electricity generation separately on other days earlier […]

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83% of New Power Capacity in 2021 Came from Renewables — US Power Capacity Report

March 29, 2022 admin clean power, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reports, Coal, Fossil Fuels, market research, natural gas, nuclear energy, Oil, research, rooftop solar, Solar energy, solar power plants, us coal, us electricity capacity reports, us natural gas, us solar power, us wind power, wind energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2022 01:48:01 +0000

New US Power Capacity by Source Renewable energy power plants continue to dominate new power capacity additions in the United States. In December, approximately 80% of new power capacity in the country came from renewables, following an even bigger month of November in which the split was 90% for renewables. For the full year, renewables […]