Article originally published by Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis
First it was one month, with renewables topping coal generation in the U.S. for the month of April. Now it has been a whole quarter. Data in the Energy Information Administration’s Electric Power Monthly, released Monday, show that renewable generation (which includes wind, solar, hydro, biomass and geothermal) outpaced coal for the entire second quarter of 2019—another first for the U.S…