20% of US Electricity produced by Renewable Resources in April!
According to a study conducted by climate think tank, For the first time,? the United States generated 20% of its electricity from solar power and wind in April. In 2015, the United States generated 5.7% of its electricity from wind and solar (229.8 TWh). By 2021, it had more than doubled to reach 13% of its electricity from wind and solar (543.5 TWh).
The trend reflects the global acceleration towards wind and solar energy, which have doubled since 2015 to deliver a record tenth of global electricity in 2021. Wind and solar were the fastest-growing forms of electricity worldwide for the seventeenth year in a row in 2021 and are projected to be the backbone of the future electricity system. The International Energy Agency states that for Net Zero, wind and solar need to reach 20% of global electricity by 2025 and 70% by 2050.