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Renewables Provide More Than 30% of US Electricity

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Renewables generated 30.3% of US electrical output in the first five months of 2026, up from 28.2% a year earlier, with solar and wind combined providing 22.2% of total domestic generation and outproducing coal by 57% and nuclear by 26%.

Worth noting

Fossil fuel capacity still dominates overall energy infrastructure; this represents electricity generation share, not total energy consumption.

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