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Solar and wind account for 10% of US electrical generation

By monica@pvthawaii.com / August 30, 2018

Renewable energy sources (biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, wind) accounted for nearly 20% of net domestic electrical generation during the first half of 2018 — narrowly surpassing that provided by nuclear power, according to a SUN DAY Campaign analysis of just-released data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Each accounted for almost one-fifth of the nation’s electrical generation: renewables (including…

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