c/energy · by Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world · 1y

US‘s wind and solar will generate more power than coal in 2024

https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/01/us-solar-boom-continues-but-its-offset-by-rising-power-use/

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6 Comments

kokesh@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y (1 reply)

It will last year?

There's a lag in the figures. We won't find out total usage for 2024 until the beginning of 2025, but the data we do have shows that it will. It's a weirdly worded title, I grant you.

MrJukes@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 1y

I can't wait to see how much we generated in 2023!

evenglow@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

But the US energy demand saw an increase of nearly 3 percent, which is roughly double the amount of additional solar generation. Should electric use continue to grow at a similar pace, renewable production will have to continue to grow dramatically for a few years before it can simply cover the added demand.

Tobberone@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y

Which, in the end will make a "no renewables"-stance untenable, since renewables are the only way of growing the energy sector fast enough.

HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com · 3 pts · 1y

Is this good news? I thought we had already passed this benchmark, did we regress?