Renewable energy pushed marginally above 14% of U.S. electricity generation in the first four months of 2014, according to the Energy Information Administration, a level of output the EIA hadn’t expected until 2014. Wind produces more than 5% of total generation, Bossong reports, and photovoltaic production increased 108.9% from 2013 to 2014. But fossil fuel production grew 5.17% in the first quarter compared to Q1/2013, and “as a consequence, carbon dioxide emissions from the consumption of fossil fuels rose by 5.48%.”
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