Credit to Author: U.S. Energy Information Administration| Date: Fri, 07 May 2021 05:22:29 +0000
In 2020, energy production in the United States fell to just below 96 quadrillion British thermal units (quads), down more than 5% from 2019’s record high, according to our Monthly Energy Review. In absolute terms, the drop from 101.3 quads in 2019 to 95.8 quads in 2020 marked the largest annual decrease in U.S. energy production on […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 05 May 2021 17:46:08 +0000
Millions of Americas are at risk of serious health issues if heat waves and power outages occur at the same time — something that is happening more frequently.
Read moreCredit to Author: Nexus Media| Date: Wed, 05 May 2021 03:22:24 +0000
Increasingly frequent power failures combined with heatwaves fueled by climate change pose severe, compounding threats to major American cities, new research suggests. The study, published in Environmental Science & Technology, looked at Atlanta, Detroit, and Phoenix and found at least two-thirds of residents in those cities would be vulnerable to heat exhaustion or heat stroke […]
Read moreCredit to Author: RMI| Date: Sat, 01 May 2021 00:20:24 +0000
The organization is launching two new reports and a web tool to help guide U.S. policymakers, electric utilities, and stakeholders to navigate pathways to achieve deep decarbonization.
Read moreCredit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2021 11:30:43 +0000
Through 2060, pumped hydro storage will maintain its grid dominance, but redox flow technologies, lithium ion and many also-rans will deliver 3.6 TW.
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Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2021 23:42:46 +0000
In a previous article, I covered a recipe Elon Musk gave us for powering the world with renewables. He gave the overall plan, but obviously couldn’t give full details on the plan at the local level. During another part of the Q1 earnings call, he gave a lot more detail on how the local level […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2021 17:37:58 +0000
Lines Would Unlock Renewable Energy Capacity, Create 1.2 Million Jobs, Spur Economic Development, and Increase Grid Resilience
Read moreCredit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2021 11:00:00 +0000
System Operator CEOs and Energy Leaders from Around the World Discussed Paths to Net-Zero Emissions During Launch Event for Global Power System Transformation Consortium
Read moreCredit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2021 02:30:30 +0000
A California company, Natel Energy, is hard at work developing a low-head, low-impact hydropower approach that addresses one of the leading concerns of new deployment — impacts to natural stream flows. Of course, if environmental mitigation strategies take too big a bite out of revenues, the effort is a nonstarter. At the same time, the company […]
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Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2021 23:32:41 +0000
NREL Helps Identify and Implement Energy and Infrastructure Solution Pathways through the Multi-Partner Energy Transitions Initiative Partnership Project
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