Domestic production and consumption of renewable energy (for example, biofuels, biomass, geothermal, hydro, solar, and wind) reached a record high in mid-2022, according to a SUN DAY campaign analysis of new data from the Energy Information Administration. American (EIA).
The latest release of the Energy Information Administration’s Monthly Energy Review (with data as of June 30, 2022) reveals that renewables account for nearly one-seventh (13.84%) of US energy produced and 13.65% of energy consumed for electricity and transportation. heating and other uses. Renewable energy production during the first six months of 2022 was 6,991 quadrillion British thermal units (quads) – 13.29% more than at the same time in 2021 and 17.54% more than in mid-2020.
The growth due to renewables was mainly driven by solar and wind energy which expanded by 26.55% and 24.66% respectively. There were also increases in biofuel production (up 10.00%) and hydropower (up 9.54%), while geothermal energy remained essentially unchanged. Wood and biomass waste combined production decreased by 1.60%.
Wind is now the single largest source of renewable energy, accounting for 30.30% of total renewable energy production in the United States, followed by hydropower (18.57%), biomass (18.48%), biofuels (17.78%), and solar (13.43%) and geothermal energy (1.46%).
On the other hand, the production of nuclear power plants in the country during the first half of 2022 decreased by 1.29% and 3.76% respectively compared to the same six-month periods in 2021 and 2020. As a result, the energy provided by renewable sources by exceeding the first half From 2022 nuclear generation is over 75% (6,991 quads vs. 3,969 quads).
Renewable energy production during the first half of this year also exceeded coal production by 18.11% (6,991 kw vs 5,919 kw).
However, domestic energy production from all fossil fuel sources combined (such as oil and natural gas as well as coal) increased by 4.91% and made up 78.31% of the total. This, in turn, contributed to a 2.57% increase in carbon dioxide (C02) emissions that is attributable to fossil energy consumption in the United States.
The strong growth of renewables is underlined by the recently released second EIA report as well as another report by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) – both of which contain data up to July 31, 2022.
According to the latest “Electricity Monthly” report from the Energy Information Administration, electricity generation from renewable sources increased by 19.26% during the first seven months of 2022, compared to the same period in the previous year, and provided 24.23% of total production, including wind by 10.74% and solar energy by 4.97%. In comparison, coal’s share fell to 19.67% and nuclear to 17.80% while natural gas held its lead at 37.40%.
According to the latest edition of FERC’s monthly Energy Infrastructure Modernization Report, renewables accounted for more than two-thirds (66.76%) of new generation capacity over the utility scale during the first seven months of 2022. Renewables now also make up 26.86% of the total installed generation capacity available. Over the next three years, FERC says net “high potential” additions from solar and wind will amount to 66,204 MW and 17,792 MW, respectively, compared to just 3,310 MW for natural gas.
“The expansion of renewable energy’s share in US energy production and consumption should not be surprising given the trend of the past decade,” SUN DAY Campaign Executive Director Ken Bosong noted. “However, recent growth data will likely pale in comparison to what is in the near term now that the inflation limit is law.”
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from San Jose News Bulletin https://sjnewsbulletin.com/renewable-energy-production-during-the-first-half-of-2022-exceeded-coal-by-more-than-18/
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