As of May 2020, the number of days when electricity generated from renewable sources surpassed coal-sourced power amounted to 81 in 2020, more than double the amount in all of 2019, when this figure only reached 38 days.
Number of days renewable power exceeded coal-generated electricity in the United States in 2019 and 2020*
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