With aggressive policy moves in leading states including California and New York as well as the extension of federal tax credits, the United States has been rapidly growing its renewable energy markets in recent years. However, there is still a long way to go to catch up with European nations, as revealed in the latest electricity generation figures by the U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration (EIA). The latest EIA figures released this week show that during the first half of 2016 renewable energy rose to 16.8% of total electricity generation, up from 14.3% during the first half of 2015. And with large hydroelectric projects representing nearly half of these ...Den vollständigen Artikel lesen ...