[ RadSafe ] Solar Generated Less Than 1% of U.S. Electricity in First Half of 2016. By Barbara Hollingsworth, Sept 29, 2016

[Dr.N.Suriya Murthy]

Hi Maury

Probably the Solar insolation is quite insignificant in US and hence less production of electricity. In a given energy mix, all options could be explored including solar and nuclear.

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*Solar Generated Less Than 1% of U.S. Electricity in First Half of 2016** **By Barbara Hollingsworth**
**  Sep 29, 2016 | 4:16 PM EDT**
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**(CNSNews.com) – Solar energy accounted for less than one percent of the total electricity generated in the U.S. during the first six months of 2016, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) latest Monthly Energy Review.**
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**Table 7.2a of the report shows that the U.S. generated a total of
1,951,350 million kilowatthours (kWh) of electricity from January through June of this year. But solar-generated electricity made up only a small fraction of the total.**
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**Natural gas accounted for the most electricity generated (655,490 million kWh), followed by coal (549,441 million kWh), nuclear (400,425 million kWh), conventional hydroelectric power (151,064 million kWh), wind (116,220 million kWh), and wood (19,712 million kWh).**
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**Despite the falling costs and rising efficiency of solar panels, just
16,906 million kWh of electricity was generated by solar power during the first half of 2016, according to the EIA. That equals about 0.866 percent of the total of 1,951,350 million kWh generated during the period.* _______________________________________________
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