Dive Summary:

• Of the 1,800 megawatts (MW) of power to come online in the U.S. the first quarter of the year, renewable energy accounted for 1, 540 MW, according to FERC’s March Energy Infrastructure report.
• Wind power led with the 958 MW of installed capacity, solar with 537 MW, biomass-fired power with 46 MW, and hydropower with 5.4 MW. Natural gas accounted for 340 MW of new power generation capacity and coal accounted for zero.
• Total new power generation through March 31 is down from 3,833 MW last year.

From the article:

“Solar power is the only power generation source that shows an increase from 2012 to 2013 so far, increasing from 264 MW in January through March 2012 and 537 MW over the same time period in 2013.”