Quote: “”Renewables are nearly 30% of utility scale generating capacity. The latest capacity additions have brought solar’s share of total available installed utility-scale (i.e., >1 MW) generating capacity up to 8.25%, surpassing that of hydropower (7.88%). Wind is currently at 11.77%. Solar and wind combined now account for more than a fifth (20.02%) of the US’s installed utility-scale generating capacity. With the inclusion of biomass (1.14%) and geothermal (0.33%), renewables now claim a 29.37% share of total US utility-scale generating capacity.””
The price of Solar Panels has dropped dramatically. This is a good article with lots of statistics from FERC – Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
How renewables could beat natural gas in US generating capacity within 3 years – in numbers