Tag: U.S. Energy Information Administration

February 27, 2020

Last year saw wind generation in the U.S. overtake hydroelectric generation for the first time, according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Released Wednesday, the figures from the EIA’s “Electric Power Monthly” report show that yearly wind […]

January 16, 2020

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) in its first forecast for 2021 suggests the share of renewables in the utility-scale U.S. power generation mix will surge to 22%, up from 17% last year, while coal and nuclear’s shares will be […]

January 6, 2020

The giving season is over for most Americans. And some Democratic senators think it must also end for coal: They want a congressional watchdog agency to look into whether a $1 billion subsidy to chemically-cleanse coal is paying off. The […]

September 4, 2019

Solar, wind and natural gas generation accounted for nearly all of the capacity added to the U.S. grid in 2017, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The costs of the former are going down, while the latter two got […]

July 26, 2019

The retirement of coal-fired power plants by U.S. utilities is pushing onward as the sector deals with economic and environment pressures. A new report by the U.S. Energy Information Administration shows that coal-fired plant owners closed more than 13 GW […]

April 3, 2019

Gasoline prices at the pump have risen steadily throughout the first quarter of 2019, and that naturally causes consternation among consumers who feel the financial pain each time they fill up their tank. The average nationwide retail price for regular […]

August 7, 2018

Wind and solar generators took the greatest leap in new installed capacity and construction investment, while natural gas-fired generation proved to offer the most bang for the buck per project, according to the most recent data available on generator costs […]

January 2, 2018

Less natural gas used in U.S. electricity generation during summer of 2017 compared with 2016 After decreasing nearly 20 per cent in the first half of 2017, the spot energy index in the Standard and Poor’s (S&P) Goldman Sachs Commodity […]

September 14, 2016

On Aug. 17, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) daily update announced that CO2 emissions from natural gas would soon surpass coal. That’s troubling. Natural gas is viewed as a “bridge fuel,” a transitional resource from carbon intensive coal and […]

August 8, 2016

US crude oil exports plunged by more than 40 percent in June, foreign trade data from the U.S. Census Bureau showed on Friday, after Brent’s premium to U.S. crude hovered in a tight band earlier this year. Total exports dropped […]