​Gas, Coal Rule U.S. Grid Despite Transition Push – Tyler Durden

Gas, Coal Rule U.S. Grid Despite Transition Push Authored by Irina Slav via oilprice.com, Natural gas and coal remain the sources of over half of U.S. electricity generation despite a massive government-sponsored push to build out wind and solar as replacements for hydrocarbons. These have indeed grown as a percentage of generation capacity and as a portion of output. And yet, coal and gas remain dominant, supplying 58% of the electricity generated in the U.S. over the first eight months of this year, according to data from LSEG. This, Reuters’ Gavin Maguire reported, is down from 60.4% during the first…  — Continue at ZeroHedge News : Read More