Snopes1 t1_jadppva wrote on February 28, 2023 at 6:21 PM

People also forget that a lot of that % is sort of a misnomer.

A huge chunk of it comes from hydro projects, which have existed in the Pacific Northwest, Sun Belt, Tennessee Valley, and New England/Quebec region for more than a generation.

If you subtract those long standing projects from the calculation, I would guess the number of modern projects accounts for closer to 10% of current generation.

0pimo t1_jadu8wd wrote on February 28, 2023 at 6:49 PM

>Solar was the fastest-growing renewable energy source – output by solar increased by 24.14% and its share of total US electrical generation for the year was 4.74%.
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>Electrical generation by wind also expanded significantly – growing by 14.97% and providing over a tenth of total US electrical generation in 2022.

Maybe. But Solar and Wind are growing quite quickly.

I know in my area they're putting up solar and wind farms like crazy. My warehouse is powered 100% by renewable energy off the grid now.

DanielPhermous t1_jaeztqt wrote on February 28, 2023 at 11:22 PM

So, if we're not supposed to count any power generation source that's over a generation old, does that mean we can ignore most of the coal and gas power stations too?

Mr_ToDo t1_jaev1gp wrote on February 28, 2023 at 10:48 PM

Why do those not count?

If that were how we counted things Canada would be pretty screwed on statistics.