The IEA workshop focused on four themes: the outlook for nuclear power in advanced economies; the economic position of nuclear power in mature power markets; the role of nuclear power in power systems requiring more flexible [Read more]
Dr Fatih Birol, the Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, spoke at Canada 2020’s “Global Energy Outlook 2019” this week as part of his North American tour. IEA Twitter photo. Director of International Energy [Read more]
Record high natural gas demand contributed to the largest net withdrawal of working natural gas in the Lower 48 states so far during the 2018–2019 heating season. ABC7 Chicago photo. Record high natural gas demand on January [Read more]
LNG demand is set to rise significantly, according to Royal Dutch Shell’s annual LNG Outlook report. Last year, demand for liquified natural gas rose by 27 million tonnes to 319 million tonnes, according to the [Read more]
The United States government’s receipts from taxes, social security contributions, customs duties and other items fell by 0.4 per cent in 2018, as reduced tax rates more than offset the impact of an expanding US [Read more]
Methanol plants are among the most natural gas-intensive industrial end users and require natural gas both as a feedstock and for process heat. Honeywell UOP photo. Most methanol plants are located on US Gulf Coast, [Read more]
The basic metals industry includes the manufacture of iron, steel, aluminum, and other intermediate metal goods. Some of the main products of the basic metals industry include steel girders, aluminum sheets, and copper wire. Payton [Read more]
The International Energy Agency held a high-level workshop on hydrogen to discuss all parts of the value chain. The results of the workshop will become part of a new study by the agency that will [Read more]
One of the main advantages of reciprocating engines is their ability to provide incremental electricity quickly. They have become increasingly important in areas with high shares of renewable electricity generation from wind and solar. Jenny [Read more]
In recent years electricity demand in advanced economies has begun to flatten or in some cases decline – in fact electricity demand fell in 18 out of 30 IEA member countries over the period 2010-2017. Shutterstock photo. [Read more]
Azerbaijan is planning to expand its natural gas exports to Europe. European Union (EU) leaders consider connecting the Shah Deniz natural gas field to Southern Europe to be a step toward the strategic goal of diversifying Europe’s [Read more]
According to the US EIA, electricity intensity—the amount of electricity consumed per household or square foot of commercial floorspace—decreases by an average of 0.3 per cent per year and 0.4 per cent per year from 2018 through [Read more]
The cause and source of a Missouri pipeline leak that forced the closure of a section of the Keystone pipeline last Wednesday remains unknown. The TransCanada pipeline remains closed in the area of the leak [Read more]
According to the Energy Information Administration, U.S. electric power sector emissions of sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), and carbon dioxide (CO2) will remain mostly flat through 2050, assuming no changes to current laws and [Read more]
Refined coal generated more than 235 million megawatthours (MWh) of U.S. electricity in 2017, or 20 per cent of net coal generation, an increase of 2 per cent from 2016. iStock photo. Refined coal processed to cut emissions when [Read more]
Efficiency is a key focus area for the IEA, which conducts a range of activities on energy efficiency including in-depth analysis, sharing best practices with governments around the world. Meeting long-term climate, air pollution goals [Read more]
IEA Executive Director Dr Fatih Birol (left) with outgoing Biofuture Platform interim Facilitator Ambassador José Antônio Marcondes de Carvalho, Undersecretary General for the Environment, Energy and Science and Technology, at COP24. IEA photo. 20 countries [Read more]
EIA’s Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory for October 2018 reports that most of the 216 solar PV facilities that will come online by the end of 2020 will have capacities of five megawatts or less. [Read more]
According to the US Energy Information Administration, the mix of fuels in US electricity generation has changed in response to differences in the relative costs of electricity-generating technologies and their fuels. Natural gas passed coal in [Read more]
The response to new IMO regulations will likely involve changes to ships, marine fuels, refining, and some infrastructure in the next six to eight years. Shutterstock photo. New IMO regulations begin in January 2020 and [Read more]
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