Daily wind-powered electricity eclipsed both coal-fired and nuclear electricity generation for the first time in March, though wind still pales in comparison to natural gas, the U.S. Energy Information (EIA) Administration said.

The agency said in a report Thursday that wind turbines in the Lower 48 produced 2,017 GWh of electricity on March 29, making wind the second-largest source of electric generation for the day behind natural gas. On average, natural gas more than doubles wind-fueled electricity.

Daily wind-powered electricity had outpaced coal and nuclear generation separately on other days earlier in 2022, but it had not surpassed both sources on a single day, EIA’s Jonathan DeVilbiss and Tyson Brown wrote.

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