Gas still delivers the lion’s share of electricity, but wind and solar have surged over the last ten years, and coal has plummeted. Last year, it only managed to supply 14% of ERCOT generation, according to data from the grid operator. Now the numbers are in from March, and coal’s share slipped below 10%, while solar surged above 10%, as noted last week by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis.
This is more about the decline of coal than the rise of solar.
This is more about the decline of coal than the rise of solar.
Not sure how you can look at utility-scale solar generation capacity quintupling over 5 years and think that’s not a story