On Tuesday, March 29, wind turbines in the Lower 48 states produced 2,017 gigawatthours (GWh) of electricity, making wind the second-largest source of electric generation for the day, only behind natural gas, according to EIA’s Hourly Electric Grid Monitor. 

Daily wind-powered electricity had surpassed coal-fired and nuclear electricity generation separately on other days earlier this year but had not reached both sources on a single day. Learn More!

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