Electric power sector generation from renewable sources totaled 795 million MWh in the United States in 2021, surpassing nuclear generation. Electric power sector generation from renewable sources totaled 795 million megawatt-hours (MWh) in the United States during 2021, surpassing nuclear generation, which totaled 778 million MWh. The data was provided by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) which added that the U.S. electric power sector does not include electricity generators in the industrial, commercial, or residential sectors, such as small-scale solar or wind or some combined-heat-and-power systems. According to the EIA, renewable generation includes electricity generated from wind, hydropower, solar, biomass, and geothermal sources. Natural gas remained the most prevalent source of energy used in electricity generation in the United States, accounting for 1,474 million MWh in 2021. Although several U.S. coal-fired power plants retired in 2021, coal-fired electricity generation increased for the first time since 2014 and was […]