This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on June 7, 2023. By Max Ober According to our Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), U.S. electricity generation from natural gas reached a record-high 619 billion kilowatthours [Read more]
This article was published by Thomson Reuters Foundation on April 7, 2022. By David Stanway SHANGHAI, April 7 (Reuters) – A new U.N. report detailing what the world needs to do to combat climate change has highlighted [Read more]
This article was published by the International Energy Agency on March 8, 2022. Global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions rose by 6% in 2021 to 36.3 billion tonnes, their highest ever level, as the world economy [Read more]
This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Feb. 8, 2022. By David Fritsch, Kien Chau In our International Energy Outlook 2021 (IEO2021) Issues in Focus: Uncertainty in Coal Trade in India and Greater Southeast [Read more]
The Pembina Institute issued a new report examining government plans to address the impact of the coal industry’s decline on its workforce as jurisdictions in Canada accelerate the phasing out of coal power. Workers and [Read more]
By Carlos Fernández Alvarez, Senior Energy Analyst This article was published by the International Energy Agency on Oct. 19, 2021. The countries that have so far set targets for coal power phase-outs account for about [Read more]
Rapid economic recovery is driving global coal power generation to a record this year and overall coal demand to a potential all-time high as soon as 2022, underlining urgent need for policy action The amount [Read more]
By Kenneth Dubin This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Oct. 15, 2021. In the Reference case of our International Energy Outlook 2021 (IEO2021), where we assume current laws and regulations continue into [Read more]
By Glenn McGrath This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on June 9, 2021. Over the past 15 years, the US electricity generation mix has shifted away from coal and toward natural [Read more]
By Allan McFarland This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on June 4, 2021. The United States EIA recently updated its US energy consumption by source and sector chart with 2020 data. [Read more]
By Stephen York This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on May 24, 2021. In the first four months of 2021, natural gas-fired generation in the Lower 48 states averaged 3,394 gigawatthours [Read more]
Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews Dr. Gunther Bachmann, a former director of the German Council for Sustainable Development, about the challenges posed by his country’s energy transition plan, the Energiewende. Related stories: [Read more]
Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Bloomberg energy and climate journalist Dr. Akshat Rathi joins Markham to discuss China’s Sept. 23 announcement it will reach peak carbon emissions by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by [Read more]
By Mickey Francis This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on May 28, 2020. In 2019, US annual energy consumption from renewable sources exceeded coal consumption for the first time since before [Read more]
The International Energy Agency says the COVID-19 pandemic represents the biggest shock to the global energy system in more than seven decades. The agency says it predicts the drop in energy demand in 2020 will [Read more]
By Perry Lindstrom This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on March 17, 2020. As part of its most recent Annual Energy Outlook, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) conducted three alternative policy [Read more]
By Katherine Antonio, David Fritsch, Michael Scott This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Feb. 7, 2020. Despite projected growth in natural gas and renewable energy use to generate electricity through [Read more]
This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on Jan. 29, 2020. Coal-fired power generation declines considerably in the latest Canada Energy Regulator’s outlook Canada’s Energy Future 2019 (EF2019). Over the projection period, the share [Read more]
This article was published by the International Energy Agency on Dec. 17. 2019. JOHANNESBURG – Global coal demand is expected to decline in 2019 but remain broadly stable over the next five years, supported by [Read more]
By Kenneth Dubin This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Dec. 3, 2019. Since peaking at nearly 318 gigawatts (GW) in 2011, US coal fired electric generating capacity declined to 257 [Read more]
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