In 2014 and 2015, Renewables were two-thirds of new generation.  In the first quarter of 2016, it is in excess of 98 %.  And that does not even count the residential solar, only facilities larger than 1 MW.

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In the first three months of 2016, the U.S. grid added 18 megawatts of new natural gas generating capacity. It added a whopping 1,291 megawatts (MW) of new renewables.

The renewables were primarily wind (707 MW) and solar (522 MW). We also added some biomass (33 MW) and hydropower (29 MW). The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) latest monthly “Energy Infrastructure Update” reports that no new capacity of coal, oil, or nuclear power were added in the first quarter of the year.

Full story is at:

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/05/16/3778542/grid-70-times-renewables-natural-gas/

Jim Kotcon