For the first time, the US gets more electricity from solar than coal
For the first time, Americans are drawing more of their electricity from solar power than from coal — a milestone clean-energy advocates call proof the transition is now unstoppable, even as the Trump administration props up coal. We are awaiting the counter-case from those who stress reliability: that intermittent solar still leans on coal and gas for steady, round-the-clock 'baseload' power.
Advocates hail the crossover as a landmark: solar has overtaken coal in the US power mix for the first time, evidence that cheap renewables are reshaping the grid and that the shift away from coal is accelerating despite political efforts to revive the industry.
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