Renewable Energy Use Projected to Surpass Coal by 2021

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“The United States will likely get more power in 2021 from renewable energy than from coal, the Institute for Energy Economic and Financial Analysis has projected, CNN reported Wednesday.”

“‘The next piece of the energy transition is very close at hand,’ Greentech Capital Advisors partner PJ Deschenes said. ‘Coal is coming offline as fast or faster than we anticipated,’ while solar and wind power continue to grow rapidly.”

“Coal provided about half of the nation’s power generation between 2000 and 2010, but its usage began to decline sharply late in the last decade due to the abundance of cheap natural gas.”

View the whole story here: https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/coal-renewable-energy-wind-power-solar-power/2019/11/27/id/943694/

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