The U.S. Is Smashing Its Clean Energy Targets

U.S. clean energy performance vs. the targets from last decade. Will the progress slow down moving forward?

Department of Energy 2006 10 year predictions compared to actual 2016 results.

CO2 emmissions

Total energy consumption

Coal power generation

Natural gas power generation

Wind and solar power generation

Installed solar capacity

Installed wind capacity

Source: @wef, @josephncohen, @StatistaCharts, Natural Resources Defense Council

Posted on WSJ: The Daily Shot 16-Oct-2017