The United States is getting more and more of its energy from renewables. A new report from the nonprofit Environment America Research and Policy Center and the research organization Frontier Group found that the amount of energy the U.S. gets from wind and solar nearly quadrupled over the past decade, accounting for 11 percent of the nation’s electricity in 2020.
Solar grew particularly fast, the report found, now generating more than 23 times as much energy as it did 10 years ago. Wind power tripled over the same period. The report also highlighted rapid gains in energy efficiency, battery storage, and electric vehicles.
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