 In September 2010, Matthew Wald from the "New York Times" reported that "the nuclear renaissance is looking small and slow at the moment".In the first quarter of 2011, renewable energy contributed 11.7 percent of total U.S. energy production (2.245 quadrillion BTUs of energy), surpassing energy production from nuclear power (2.125 quadrillion BTUs).2011 was the first year since 1997 that renewables exceeded nuclear in US total energy production.