{"id":1182664,"date":"2020-05-06T08:20:39","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T13:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/?p=1022756"},"modified":"2020-05-06T08:20:39","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T13:20:39","slug":"renewables-beat-coal-in-the-us-in-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=1182664","title":{"rendered":"Renewables beat coal in the US in April"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Preliminary figures from the US Energy Information Administration show that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/2019-tipping-point-for-renewable-energy-at-mine-sites\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"renewables (opens in a new tab)\">renewables<\/a> generated more electricity than coal every day in April 2020.<\/p>\n<div class='ad-slot' id='div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0'><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() {    googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0');    googletag.pubads().addEventListener('slotRenderEnded', function (event) {        if (event.isEmpty) {            var id = event.slot.getSlotElementId();            var x = document.getElementById(id);            if(x == null) return;            if (x.parentElement.classList.contains('ad-slot')) {                x.parentElement.style.display = 'none';            }\t\t\t\t        }    });});<\/script><\/div>\n<p>According to the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, whose researchers had access to the numbers, this clean energy stretch began on March 25, when utility-scale solar, wind and hydropower collectively produced more than coal-fired generation and continued for at least 40 straight days through May 3.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote alignright\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>In January, coal\u2019s market share fell below 20% for the first time in many decades and it continued to erode, falling to 18.3% in February and 17.3% in March<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThese figures are even more remarkable when compared to 2019\u2019s total of 38 days when renewables beat coal,\u201d IEEFA experts said in a media statement. \u201cLast April had a total of 19 days when this happened\u2014the most of any month in 2019\u2014with the longest continuous stretch lasting just nine days.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the Institute, the transition away from coal for electricity generation has accelerated in 2020 due to low gas prices, warmer weather, a significant amount of new renewable capacity connecting to the grid late last year, and more recently, lower power demand due to the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIEEFA had forecasted that power generation from renewables would likely surpass coal-fired generation in 2021, an important milestone in the energy transition that is well underway,\u201d the brief states. \u201cBut in the first quarter of 2020, renewable generation unexpectedly exceeded coal, and with this strong performance continuing in the second quarter, there is an increasing chance that the milestone could occur this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Globally, renewable energy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/renewables-overtake-coal-fired-power-generation-for-first-time\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"overtook coal (opens in a new tab)\">overtook coal<\/a> as a source of electricity generation for the first time in 2019, according to the International Energy Agency.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a first for any month, renewables generated more electricity than coal every day in April 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