{"id":86474,"date":"2019-01-30T18:41:05","date_gmt":"2019-01-30T15:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.enerjigazetesi.ist\/?p=86474"},"modified":"2019-01-30T18:57:21","modified_gmt":"2019-01-30T15:57:21","slug":"gunes-ve-ruzgar-sektoru-buyurken-komurun-payi-ise-giderek-azaliyor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enerjigazetesi.ist\/en\/gunes-ve-ruzgar-sektoru-buyurken-komurun-payi-ise-giderek-azaliyor\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar and Wind are Booming, While Coal Keeps Shrinking"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The boom in solar and wind power in the United States will deal a fresh blow to coal country in the next few years. Renewable energy, led by solar and wind, is projected to be the fastest-growing source of US electricity generation for at least the next two years, according to a\u00a0report<\/a>\u00a0published Friday by the US Energy Department.<\/h1>\n
Boosted by swiftly falling prices, utility-scale solar power is expected to increase by 10% in 2019 and 17% in 2020, the Energy Information Administration said. Wind power should grow 12% and 14% in those \"\"years, vaulting it ahead of hydropower for the first time.<\/div>\n
Coal, long the king of the power industry, continues to\u00a0rapidly decline.<\/a><\/div>\n
The share of total power generation from coal-fired power plants tumbled to 28% last year, compared with 45% in 2010, according to the EIA. Coal’s market share is expected to decline to 24% by 2020. US coal consumption declined by an estimated 4% in 2018 to the lowest level since 1979.<\/div>\n
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“Coal is just an expensive technology that can no longer compete,” said Kingsmill Bond, new energy strategist at Carbon Tracker, a think tank that examines the relationship between energy and financial markets.<\/div>\n
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That’s despite President Donald Trump’s promise to revive the beleaguered coal industry. Last month, the Trump administration announced plans to\u00a0reverse an Obama-era coal emissions rule<\/a>to make it easier to open new plants.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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