Tag: power generation

September 27, 2023

It’s pretty easy to understand how the weather affects certain forms of power generation and infrastructure. Sunlight is obviously needed to generate solar power, wind is required to produce wind energy, and extreme storms of all kinds can wreak havoc […]

March 29, 2023

In 2022, generation from renewable sources such as wind, solar, hydro, biomass and geothermal surpassed coal-fired generation in the U.S. electric power sector for the first time. That’s according to new data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s Electricity Power […]

February 17, 2023

Argentina’s clean energy potential is obvious, but the infrastructure roadblocks are delaying renewable growth. Despite having vast tracts of usable land for PV and wind farms, only 7% of Argentina’s power generation comes from wind, and only 1% from solar. […]

December 27, 2022

Battery power has never been in greater demand, and a wide range of new applications that require such power are emerging daily. That increased demand is accompanied by the need for more production, which in turn requires the highest degrees […]

October 3, 2022

South Korea has been at the forefront of innovation across a range of industries. The country is known for its leadership in the design of electronics, and for driving the transformation of energy through a variety of technologies. A project […]

October 21, 2019

Renewable power capacity is forecast to increase by 50% between 2019 and 2024, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Monday. According to its “Renewables 2019” market report, the increase will amount to 1,200 gigawatts (GW) and be driven by drops […]

September 27, 2016

Houston-based EmberClear Corp. plans to build a 1,000-MW natural gas-fired combined cycle power plant on a 60-acre site in eastern Ohio near several gas pipelines carrying natural gas produced from the region’s abundant shale gas fields. The Harrison County Community […]

March 17, 2016

For decades, coal has been the dominant energy source for generating electricity in the United States. EIA’s Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) is now forecasting that 2016 will be the first year that natural gas-fired generation exceeds coal generation in the […]

March 17, 2016

CMS Energy (NYSE:CMS) and its utility subsidiary Consumers Energy have come a long way in reducing their reliance on coal-fired power since 2005. That’s according to various materials released March 11 by CMS in connection with a series of investor […]