Renewable Energy Shows Strong Gain In U.S. (arstechnica.com)

WheezyJoe writes: According to the US Energy Information Administration, solar, wind, and gas dominate new US generating capacity in 2016. This year is notable because it will see the first new nuclear plant brought online in 20 years, contributing 1.1 GigaWatts to the grid. But that contribution will be dwarfed by renewable power sources, which together account for nearly two-thirds of 2016's new capacity. Part of the boom in renewables came because the tax incentives for their installation were in danger of expiring, so utilities rushed to get projects through the pipeline ahead of the end of the year. 9.5GW of capacity is expected to come online from solar -- more than the past three years combined. Another 6.8GW is expected from planned additions of wind power, largely spread across the Great Plains. Of new fossil fuel plants, the vast majority are going to be burning natural gas; there are no planned additions of coal plants.

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We could do better, much better

[Taco Cowboy]

TFA tells us that in 2016, 18.1GW (9.5GW of solar and 8.6GW of wind) renewable energy is expected to come online in America

Very good

On the other hand ...

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/...

According to bloomberg's article

... China to add more than 20 gigawatts of wind power in 2016

China eyes at least 15 gigawatts of solar power additions ...

... in the same year, China gonna have at least35GW of new renewable energy coming online

We could do better

In fact, we should do better