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Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Renewables dominated new U.S. power capacity installations in 2015
Renewables accounted for over 69% of new power capacity, while wind power (40.9%), natural gas (30.5%) and solar power (25.9%) were major power sources.
At the end of 2015, renewables still only accounted for 19% of total U.S. electricity generation capacity, and solar and wind together - just 8.7%. So, there is still a long way to go... Read more at http://cleantechnica.com/
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