As U.S. Renewables Eclipse Coal Generation, Environmentalists Are Pivoting To Attack Natural Gas

As U.S. Renewables Eclipse Coal Generation, Environmentalists Are Pivoting To Attack Natural Gas

03 August 2020, Lower Saxony, Mehrum: Wind turbines are located at the Mehrum coal-fired power ... [+] station in the Peine district. In the energy turnaround, energy sources such as coal are to be replaced by more environmentally friendly energy sources from sun and wind. The phase-out of coal is planned by 2038 at the latest. Photo: Julian Stratenschulte/dpa (Photo by Julian Stratenschulte/picture alliance via Getty Images)



dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images

The U.S. Energy Information Administration recently released a surprising set of data. In the first five months of 2020, electric generation from coal accounted for just 17% of total electricity production in the U.S. power sector. This is by far the lowest amount of coal generation delivered to our grid in recent history.