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Drought Causes Renewable Energy Generation to Drop Again

November 11, 2024 admin 0 Comments clean power, climate change, energy information administration (eia), hydroelectric, us hydropower

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2024 03:26:04 +0000

Climate change grows year after year. Climate disruption becomes the norm, and then more disruption comes. We’re in a race against time, and time is winning. The good news is that renewable energy dominates new power capacity installations and new electricity generation. However, sometimes, renewable energy generation goes down, because … [continued]

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EIA Now Publishes Additional U.S. Biofuel & Distillate Forecasts

October 10, 2024 admin biofuels, clean transport, energy information administration (eia)

Credit to Author: US Energy Information Administration| Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2024 21:40:29 +0000

Biofuels are making up an increasing share of total distillate fuel oil consumed in the United States. Beginning in the September 2024 Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), we began publishing forecasts for several new series that help to better capture how biofuels are being consumed and overall demand for distillate fuel oil, a classification of petroleum products that … [continued]

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Cryptocurrency & Data Centers Create Soaring Electricity Demand in Texas

October 7, 2024 admin clean power, electric reliability council of texas (ercot), energy information administration (eia), ercot, short-term energy outlook (steo), Solar energy, texas

Credit to Author: US Energy Information Administration| Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2024 03:43:09 +0000

In the United States, electricity consumption is growing fastest in Texas, where the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) manages 90% of the load on the state’s power grid. One of the main sources of growing demand for power is large-scale computing facilities such as data centers and cryptocurrency mining operations, … [continued]

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Utilities: Batteries Are Most Commonly Used for Arbitrage & Grid Stability

June 28, 2024 admin batteries, clean power, energy information administration (eia), Energy Storage, grid, grid storage, lithium-ion batteries, research, Solar energy, utilities, wind energy

Credit to Author: US Energy Information Administration| Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2024 19:23:19 +0000

Electricity utilities increasingly report using batteries to move electricity from periods of low prices to periods of high prices, a strategy known as arbitrage, according to new detailed information we recently published. At the end of 2023, electricity utilities in the United States reported operating 575 batteries with a collective capacity of … [continued]

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United States Produces More Crude Oil Than Any Country, Ever

March 14, 2024 admin Canada, canada oil, energy information administration (eia), Fossil Fuels, Oil, Russia, russia oil, Saudi Arabia, saudi aramco, US, us oil

Credit to Author: US Energy Information Administration| Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 03:16:32 +0000

The United States produced more crude oil than any nation at any time, according to our International Energy Statistics, for the past six years in a row. Crude oil production in the United States, including condensate, averaged 12.9 million barrels per day (b/d) in 2023, breaking the previous U.S. and global … [continued]

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Solar & Wind to Lead Growth of U.S. Power Generation in Next Two Years

January 19, 2024 admin clean power, energy information administration (eia), offshore wind energy, offshore wind farms, onshore wind farms, Solar energy, us electricity, us electricity generation, us renewable energy, us solar, us solar energy, us wind energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: US Energy Information Administration| Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2024 03:30:01 +0000

In our latest Short-Term Energy Outlook, we forecast that wind and solar energy will lead growth in U.S. power generation for … [continued]

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Electric Vehicles & Hybrids = 18% of US New Vehicle Market

December 4, 2023 admin cars, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, energy information administration (eia), ev prices, hybrid electric cars, market research, phev, research

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2023 01:56:13 +0000

We normally just cover plugin vehicle sales here on CleanTechnica, and just full battery electric (BEV) sales for the US … [continued]

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U.S. Gas Prices Down As Gasoline Demand Down

November 25, 2023 admin cars, clean transport, Electric vehicles, energy information administration (eia), gas prices, market research, research, us gas prices

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2023 04:15:12 +0000

The U.S. Energy Information Administration reports that gas prices in the U.S. are down 10% compared to the same time … [continued]

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U.S. EIA Is Sending Mixed Messages On Fossil Fuels & Emissions

March 22, 2023 admin clean power, clean transport, Electric vehicles, energy information administration (eia), Fossil Fuels, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2023 21:01:17 +0000

The EIA forecasts lower US carbon emissions by 2050. It also forecasts higher oil and gas production. Can both scenarios be correct?

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EIA Forecast: U.S. Energy-Related CO2 Emissions Will Fall Through 2050

March 21, 2023 admin clean power, co2 emissions, energy information administration (eia), Fossil Fuels, inflation reduction act of 2022., research, Solar energy, us co2 emissions, wind energy

Credit to Author: U.S. Energy Information Administration| Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2023 01:41:41 +0000

U.S. energy-related CO2 emissions drop 25% to 38% below what they were in 2005 by 2030, according to our projections in the Annual Energy Outlook 2023 (AEO2023). We use 2005 as an emissions reference year because the United States’ nationally determined contribution (NDC), submitted as part of the Paris Agreement, calls for a target of 50% to 52% […]

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