Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬<p>In a historic first, in <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> in #2024, <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/wind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wind</span></a> and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/solar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>solar</span></a> accounted for 17% of total electricity generation, surpassing <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/coal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coal</span></a>, which fell to a record low of 15%, according to a new report from global energy think tank Ember.<br>Despite growing <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/emissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emissions</span></a>, the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/carbon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>carbon</span></a> intensity of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/electricity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>electricity</span></a> continued to decline. The rise in power demand was much faster than the rise in power sector <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/CO2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CO2</span></a> emissions, making each unit of electricity likely the cleanest it has ever been. <br><a href="https://electrek.co/2025/03/11/in-a-historic-first-wind-and-solar-combined-overtake-coal-in-the-us/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">electrek.co/2025/03/11/in-a-hi</span><span class="invisible">storic-first-wind-and-solar-combined-overtake-coal-in-the-us/</span></a></p>