Americans consumed less coal to generate electricity, sign of green future. U.S. energy charts released by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory states that Americans are using more natural gas, solar panels, wind turbines to generate electricity thus moving a step ahead for our green environment. Overall, Americans used 2.2 quadrillion BTU, or quads, less in 2012 than the previous year. (BTU or British Thermal Unit is a unit of measurement for energy; 3,400 BTU is equivalent to about 1 kW-hr).
Wind power has raised it’s production from 1.17 quads in 2011 up to 1.36 quads in 2012. New wind farms are becoming more efficient by the implementation of new turbines that have been dveloped in response to government-sponsored incentives to invest in renewable energy.
Solar power alos has jumped from 0.158 quad to 0.235 quad in period of just one year ranging from 2011 up to 2012. Tremendously decrease in the rate of photovoltaic cells has also fascnitaed the green tech users.
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