According to the latest information from the U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration, renewable energy has increased to 15% of U.S. electricity generation in the first nine months of 2016, its highest level in at least 30 years. And while the largest single source is still hydroelectric dams, all non-hydro sources now make up a larger share at 8.5% of all generation. Both distributed and utility-scale solar added up to 1.4% of total generation during this period, a 41% increase over the figure for the first nine months of 2015. And while the U.S. beat out Japan to become the world's second-largest solar market this year, due to in part to its large size solar makes ...Den vollständigen Artikel lesen ...