US renewables’ total installed capacity likely to exceed natural gas within 3 years [Video]

Renewable energy is now over 30% of total US utility-scale electrical generating capacity and on track to reach 37% by the end of 2027, according to data in two new end-of-the-year reports just released by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) and reviewed by the SUN DAY Campaign.

In addition, renewables – i.e., solar, wind, biomass, geothermal, and hydropower – provided almost 25% of the US’s electrical generation during the first 10 months of 2024.

Further, October was the 14th month in a row in which solar was the largest source of new capacity, putting it on track to become the US’s second-largest source of capacity, behind natural gas, in three years or sooner.

Renewables were over 90% of new generating capacity through October 2024

In its latest monthly“Energy Infrastructure Update” (with data through October 31, 2024), FERC says 41 “units” of solar totaling 1,970 megawatts …