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US Data Center Owners Turning to Old Nuclear Power

October 4, 2024 admin nuclear energy, three mile island, us nuclear energy, us nuclear power

Credit to Author: US Energy Information Administration| Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2024 14:34:57 +0000

Last month, Constellation Energy announced a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) to provide electricity to Microsoft data centers in the mid-Atlantic region from the Unit 1 reactor at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania. Unit 1 had returned to operation in 1985 after the 1979 partial meltdown that affected the adjacent … [continued]

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Plant Vogtle Unit 4 Begins Commercial Operation, No More New Nuclear Under Construction

May 4, 2024 admin nuclear energy, us nuclear, us nuclear energy

Credit to Author: US Energy Information Administration| Date: Wed, 01 May 2024 18:48:22 +0000

Georgia Power announced this week that the 1,114-megawatt (MW) Unit 4 nuclear power reactor at Plant Vogtle near Waynesboro, Georgia, entered into commercial operation after connecting to the power grid in March 2024. The commercial start of Unit 4 completes the 11-year expansion project at Plant Vogtle. No nuclear reactors are under construction … [continued]

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US Electricity from Renewable Energy Beat Electricity from Coal or Nuclear in 2022

May 25, 2023 admin clean power, Coal, Fossil Fuels, nuclear energy, Solar energy, u.s. energy information administration, us coal, us nuclear energy, us solar, us solar energy, us wind, us wind energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Mon, 22 May 2023 22:51:09 +0000

Since 2007, the use of coal for electricity generation has generally been in decline, while the use of renewables has been on the rise. Electricity generation from nuclear had remained relatively flat over the last two decades but has experienced a slight decline in recent years. In 2022, net generation of electricity from renewables reached […]

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25.5% of US Electricity Coming from Renewable Energy

July 15, 2022 admin clean power, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reports, Coal, Fossil Fuels, hydroelectric, market research, natural gas, nuclear energy, research, Solar energy, us biomass, us coal, us electricity generation reports, us geothermal energy, us hydropower, us natural gas, us nuclear energy, us renewable energy, us solar energy, us wind energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2022 07:30:07 +0000

Renewable Energy Keeps Growing in USA Electricity generated by renewable energy sources continues to grow month over month and year over year in the United States. In April 2022, the share of US electricity coming from renewable energy was up to 29.3%. That was up from 24.8% in April 2020 and 25.7% in April 2021. […]

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Renewable Generation Surpassed Nuclear in the U.S. Electric Power Sector in 2021

April 27, 2022 admin clean power, geothermal energy, hydroelectric, market research, nuclear energy, research, Solar energy, us hydropower, us natural gas, us nuclear energy, us renewable energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: U.S. Energy Information Administration| Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2022 11:00:43 +0000

Electric power sector generation from renewable sources totaled 795 million megawatt-hours (MWh) in the United States during 2021, surpassing nuclear generation, which totaled 778 million MWh. The U.S. electric power sector does not include electricity generators in the industrial, commercial, or residential sectors, such as small-scale solar or wind or some combined-heat-and-power systems. Renewable generation […]

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U.S. Nuclear Electricity Generation Continues to Decline as More Reactors Retire

April 10, 2022 admin market research, nuclear energy, research, us nuclear energy

Credit to Author: U.S. Energy Information Administration| Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2022 21:00:03 +0000

In 2021, for the second consecutive year, U.S. nuclear electricity generation declined. Output from U.S. nuclear power plants totaled 778 million megawatt-hours in 2021, or 1.5% less than the previous year. Nuclear’s share of U.S. electricity generation across all sectors in 2021 was similar to its average share in the previous decade: 19%. Six nuclear […]

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Renewable Energy Provided 24% of US Electricity in December

March 30, 2022 admin clean power, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reports, market research, research, Solar energy, us biomass, us coal, us electricity generation reports, us geothermal energy, us hydropower, us natural gas, us nuclear energy, us renewable energy, us solar energy, us wind energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 02:45:55 +0000

Renewable energy sources — particularly solar and wind energy — now dominate new US power capacity installations. But they don’t dominate electricity generation in the country. December 2021 Renewable Energy Generation In the month of December 2021, renewable energy sources accounted for 23.8% of electricity generation across the United States. Wind energy alone accounted for […]