Wind Was Second-Largest Source of U.S. Electricity Generation on March 29, U.S. Energy Information Administration, Hourly Electric Grid
On Tuesday, March 29, wind turbines in the Lower 48 states produced 2,017 gigawatt-hours of U.S. electricity, making wind the second-largest source of electric generation for the day, only behind natural gas, according to our
. Daily wind-powered electricity had surpassed coal-fired and nuclear electricity generation separately on other days earlier this year but had not surpassed both sources on a single day.has led to more wind-powered electricity generation. In September 2019, U.S. wind capacity surpassed nuclear capacity, but wind still generated less electricity than nuclear because of differences in those technologies’ utilization.
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