---
title: "Report: Renewable Energy Exceeds Nuclear Power In US"
description: "A report has shown that energy derived from renewable sources has exceed nuclear power production for the first time in over 30 years."
date: "2017-07-10"
modified: "2017-07-10"
authors:
  - name: "Chelsea Gohd"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/chelseagohd.md"
url: "https://futurism.com/report-renewable-energy-exceeds-nuclear-power-in-us"
categories:
  - "Energy"
  - "Renewable Energy"
  - "Science & Energy"
tags:
  - "#us"
  - "renewable"
  - "solar"
  - "wind"
---

# Report: Renewable Energy Exceeds Nuclear Power In US

![renewable solar wind us](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/mojave.jpg>)
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## Renewables Edge Ahead

[A recent report](<https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=31932>) by the U.S. Energy Information Administration has shown that the country has reached an environmental milestone in the first third of 2017, as the amount of energy generated by renewables topped that derived from nuclear power for the first time since 1984.

[![Image Credit: U.S. Energy Information Administration](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/main.png>)](<https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-14/half-of-america-s-nuclear-power-plants-seen-as-money-losers>)

### Author social links  
[Twitter](<https://x.com/chelsea_gohd>)

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