Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Renewables" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Renewables</span></a> provided almost 30% of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/electrical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electrical</span></a> generation in March and are now second-largest source of US electricity behind natural gas with 40.5% share during Q1 #2024 but fell to 39.4% in March.<br>Small-scale <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/solar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solar</span></a> grew 20.4% while <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/utilityscale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>utilityscale</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/solarhermal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solarhermal</span></a> and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/photovoltaic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photovoltaic</span></a> expanded by 28.4% – faster than any other energy source.<br>Generation by solar and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/wind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wind</span></a> combined (17.1%) surpassed coal (15.2%) during Q1 and nearly doubled coal in March alone (20.8% vs 11.6%)<br><a href="https://electrek.co/2024/05/28/renewables-us-electrical-generation-march/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">electrek.co/2024/05/28/renewab</span><span class="invisible">les-us-electrical-generation-march/</span></a></p>