Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2022 04:36:18 +0000
Solar and wind power continue to dominate new power capacity in the United States. July was actually a poor month relatively speaking, with just 56% of new power capacity coming from renewable energy sources due to a notable fossil gas (aka “natural gas”) capacity addition, but for the first 7 months of the year as […]
Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2022 13:49:13 +0000
Anytime anyone uses the term ‘energy independence’, correct them to ‘strategic energy interdependence’.
Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2022 18:00:24 +0000
Malawi has one of the lowest electrification rates on the African continent. Access to electricity is still below 20%. Malawi has a population of about 19 million. The majority of the population lives in rural areas, and those with access to electricity in rural areas are estimated to be around 1%. The country’s electricity company […]
Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2022 20:47:23 +0000
Nepal is one of the richest countries in the world in terms of inland water resources. Nepal has about 6000 rivers, rivulets, and tributaries, and also has other significant resources such as snow cover, springs, lakes, and groundwater. The country has some of the highest for potential for hydropower. Nepal’s technical hydropower potential is reported […]
Credit to Author: U.S. Energy Information Administration| Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2022 12:30:29 +0000
U.S. electricity generation from renewable sources, such as hydropower, wind, and solar, accounted for 20% of electricity generation both in 2020 and in 2021. We expect that share to increase to 22% in 2022 and to 24% in 2023 as more generating capacity from wind and solar come online and other generation sources, such as […]
Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2022 22:50:30 +0000
When I was in primary school in Mutare, Zimbabwe, I used to go on quite a few trips with my school as well as with the AWANA club at Mutare Baptist Church. On one of the camping trips when I was in Grade 6 (11 years old), we went to one of the dams around […]
Credit to Author: U.S. Energy Information Administration| Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2022 12:50:57 +0000
In 2020, energy production in the United States fell by record amounts compared with 2019, mostly as a result of decreased economic activity during the COVID-19 pandemic. Wyoming had the largest drop in total energy production among the states, decreasing by 1,264 trillion British thermal units, mostly due to decreased coal production. Seven states saw their largest […]
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2022 21:50:25 +0000
One of the largest pumped hydro facilities in the world is about to go online in Switzerland near the border with France.
Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2022 14:21:18 +0000
To further the potential benefits of the nation’s hydropower resources, researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed and maintain a comprehensive water energy digital platform called HydroSource that informs key stakeholders of development and operational costs, environmental concerns and licensing requirements. Hydropower accounts for nearly 7% of all electricity generated in the United States and provides […]
Credit to Author: U.S. Energy Information Administration| Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2022 20:50:52 +0000
Extending investment tax credits (ITC) and production tax credits (PTC) through 2050 for renewable electricity generation increases annual U.S. solar generation by 10%, according to our alternative policy analysis, Annual Energy Outlook 2022: Extended and Sunset Tax Credit Cases. Long-term availability of federal tax credits provides an incentive for more small-scale distributed generation in homes and commercial buildings as well as […]