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Net electricity generation from coal dropped 53 percent between 2006 and September 2016, while electricity generation from natural gas increased by 33 percent. Solar power generation shot up 5,000 percent at utility-scale facilities during the same time.

 

As for solar panels like those people in Kentucky are starting to put on their roofs – called distributed solar – electricity generated from them increased 35 percent from September 2015 to September 2016, with overall solar jumping 52 percent nationally over those 12 months.

 

For 2016, the feds anticipated over 26 gigawatts of utility-scale electric generation capacity to be added. The majority of those new power sources? Solar at 9.5 gigawatts; natural gas at 8 gigawatts; and wind at 6.8 gigawatts.

 

The job growth follows accordingly, according to the 2017 U.S. Energy and Employment Report, resulting in this splashy headline: "Solar Employs More People In U.S. Electricity Generation Than Oil, Coal And Gas Combined."

Source:courier-journal.com