EIA Expects Renewable Electric Generation to Grow Tiny 2% in 2022

We spotted the following headline from EIA's latest "Today in Energy" post: "EIA expects renewables to account for 22% of U.S. electricity generation in 2022." Wow! Look at that renewable energy growing! Except when you dig into the numbers, you find the headline is VERY misleading. Renewables, which include not only wind and solar but hydropower and burning wood (causes CO2 emissions) together contributed 20% of all our electricity in 2021. EIA predicts that will rise 2% to 22% in 2022. Big whup. It's a nothingburger.

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