June 28, 2019
Peak Oil Barrel
| United States | fossil fuels: oil
U.S. monthly power figures released by the EIA for April 2019 show that renewable energy (23%) exceeded coal (20%) for the first time ever. The record 30,000 GWh from wind power in April broke the previous record of 27,000 GWh in March 2018, while solar’s 10,000 GWh in April was almost 3 times April 2015, and has been trending up every year.