Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2024 20:20:23 +0000
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced it is investing $4.75 million to establish a new national center of … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2024 19:28:14 +0000
When it comes to the transition to clean energy, 2023 was quite a year for progress: record-breaking amounts of solar installed in … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: US Energy Information Administration| Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2024 03:30:01 +0000
In our latest Short-Term Energy Outlook, we forecast that wind and solar energy will lead growth in U.S. power generation for … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: US Energy Information Administration| Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2023 04:40:38 +0000
U.S. coal-related CO2 emissions decreased by 7%, or 68 million metric tons (MMmt), in 2022 relative to 2021. This decrease was … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: U.S. Energy Information Administration| Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2023 20:29:54 +0000
Wind, solar, and battery storage are growing as a share of new electric-generating capacity each year. In 2023, these three technologies account for 82% of the new, utility-scale generating capacity that developers plan to bring online in the United States, according to our Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory. Utility-scale solar capacity didn’t start ramping up […]
Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2022 09:03:26 +0000
The transition to electric vehicles is largely driven by a need to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels and reduce emissions associated with burning fossil fuels. In 2021, 40% of the electricity produced by the electric power sector was derived from non-fossil fuel sources. Since 2007, the increase in non-fossil fuel sources has been largely […]
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. […]
Credit to Author: U.S. Energy Information Administration| Date: Thu, 19 May 2022 17:25:15 +0000
In our Summer Electricity Outlook, a supplement to our May 2022 Short-Term Energy Outlook, we expect the largest increases in U.S. electric power sector generation this summer will come from renewable energy sources. These increases are the result of new capacity additions. We forecast utility-scale solar generation between June and August 2022 will grow by 10 million […]
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 […]
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2022 00:36:21 +0000
We’re living in a time of high volatility in the price of gas that has hit close to all sectors of our economy. We’re also living in a time plagued with costly ”this is not normal” weather events. Indeed, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has just warned us of the decisive fate that this decade represents to act […]