{"id":248011,"date":"2024-03-29T21:36:14","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T21:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/us-renewables-installed-generating-capacity-beats-coal\/"},"modified":"2024-03-29T23:05:24","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T23:05:24","slug":"us-renewables-installed-generating-capacity-beats-coal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/us-renewables-installed-generating-capacity-beats-coal\/","title":{"rendered":"US renewables&#8217; installed generating capacity beats coal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure class=\"img-border featured-image\"><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\tPhoto by Los Muertos Crew on Pexels.com\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Solar capacity additions hit the ground running in 2024, pushing renewables\u2019 installed generating capacity past coal, according to new US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) data.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-356659\"\/><\/p>\n<p>FERC reports in its latest \u201cEnergy Infrastructure Update,\u201d with data through January 31, 2024 (which was reviewed by the SUN DAY Campaign) that solar accounted for 2,527 megawatts (MW) of new installed generating capacity in the first month of this year \u2013 or 87.3% of the total. 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