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This is a misleading headline. The article speaks of "net new," which is not the same as "new." In point of fact, as the article says, slightly less than half
by jtbayly 9y ago
This is a misleading headline. The article speaks of "net new," which is not the same as "new."
In point of fact, as the article says, slightly less than half of new utility scale power production came from renewables (12321 out of 25041 MW).
- jtbayly 9y agoHere is a better article, which is referenced in the original article: https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=34472# https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=34472# It is titled "Nearly half of utility-scale capacity installed in 2017 came from renewables"
- jtbayly 9y agoAlso of interest, total renewable additions are down in 2017, compared to 2016 (dropped from 17 to 12 GW), as is the percent of the additions (dropped from 62% to 49%).
- dannypgh 9y agoI disagree that it's misleading. Net new seems equivalent to "new capacity" to me. The new non-renewable electric producers are mostly replacing retired fossil sources. I suspect a lot of the churn in fossil-based plants is from age as well as newer regulations. I do hope they subtracted out whatever amount of renewables were turned down, but I suspect it likely wasn't much (but I lack data).
- sctb 9y agoThanks, we've reverted the submitted headline to that of the article.
- jasoncartwright 9y agoSubmitter here. Thanks. I regret editing the headline.