Solar Tops Coal in U.S.

Crested Butte, Colorado. Photo by Daniel Forster on Unsplash.

According to Ember, a global energy think tank, the U.S. generated more electricity in May from solar than from coal.

For details: https://ember-energy.org/latest-updates/solar-overtakes-coal-in-us-electricity-for-the-first-month-on-record/ 

For context: https://www.climatecentral.org/climate-matters/solar-and-wind-2026 Climate Central under CC BY 4.0