Renewably-Generated Electricity Continues to Rise as Coal and Nuclear Drop

Energy Information Administration, January 15, 2010
http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/epm/epm_sum.html
In the latest edition of its "Electric Power Monthly," the Energy Information Administration reports that for first ten months of 2009, total net electrical generation was down 4.6 percent from the level recorded for the same period in 2008. Net generation attributable to coal-fired plants was down 12.4 percent. Nuclear generation was down 0.4 percent. Generation from petroleum liquids was down 11.4 percent, while natural gas-fired generation was up by 3.9 percent year-to-date. In comparison, net electrical generation from conventional hydropower increased by 6.5 percent while other renewables increased their output by 9.3 percent. The year-to-date wind generation total was up 29.1 percent. Wind is now the largest source of non-hydroelectric renewable electricity. Renewables now account for 10.21 percent of net electrical generation with conventional hydropower accounting for 6.85 percent and other renewables (biomass, geothermal, solar, wind) accounting for 3.37 percent.