Solar and wind take the lead in FERC first infrastructure report of 2019

Renewable Energy World: According to an analysis by the SUN DAY Campaign of data just released by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), new solar and wind generating capacity has taken the lead over natural gas and all other energy sources for the first month of  2019.

FERC's "Energy Infrastructure Update" report (with data through January 31, 2019) notes that 18 "units" of new solar capacity (631 MW) and four units of new wind capacity (519 MW) each beat new natural gas capacity (one unit - 465 MW) in January. No new capacity additions were reported for any other energy sources.

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