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Coal generated electricity peaked in the United States in 2007. Since then it has dramatically declined both percentage-wise and absolutely: https://www.eia.go
by philipkglass 4y ago
Coal generated electricity peaked in the United States in 2007. Since then it has dramatically declined both percentage-wise and absolutely:
https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/electricity/electricity-in-the-us.php https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/electricity/electricity-...
https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/epm_table_grapher.php?t=table_6_07_a https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/epm_table_grapher.ph...
In 2022 coal generated electricity was down to 854 terawatt hours from 2,016 terawatt hours in 2007. It's declining even more this year:
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=55960 https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=55960
In our March Short-Term Energy Outlook, we forecast the wind share of the U.S. generation mix will increase from 11% last year to 12% this year. We forecast that the solar share will grow to 5% in 2023, up from 4% last year. The natural gas share of generation is forecast to remain unchanged from last year (39%); the coal share of generation is forecast to decline from 20% last year to 17% in 2023.