Power Generation from Renewables Surpasses Nuclear The latest
issue of the Monthly Energy Review published by the US Energy
Information Administration, electric power generation from
renewable sources has surpassed production from nuclear sources,
and is now "closing in on oil," says Ken Bossong Executive
Director of the Sun Day Campaign. In the first quarter of 2011
renewable energy sources accounted for 11.73 percent of US
domestic energy production. Renewable sources include solar,
wind, geothermal, hydro, biomass/biofuel. As of the first
quarter of 2011, energy production from these sources was 5.65
percent more than production from nuclear. As Bossing further
explains from the report, renewable sources are closing the gap
with generation from oil-fired sources, with renewable source
equal to 77.15 percent of total oil based generation. For all
sectors, including transportation, thermal, and electrical
generation, renewable energy production grew just over 15
percent in the first quarter of 2011 compared