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Future US electricity generation mix depends on natural gas prices, but plenty of new solar ahead

February 7, 2018 Markham Hislop

Renewable increases, most of the new generation capacity is powered by solar The mix of fuels used to generate electricity in the United States has changed in response to differences in the relative costs of [Read more]

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January’s cold weather leads to spike in oil-fired electricity generation in Northeast, Mid-Atlantic

January 30, 2018 Markham Hislop

Dual-fuel generators can now specify the percentage of fuels they plan to use and the costs for each fuel The bomb cyclone weather event in early Jan. 2018 resulted in record levels of U.S. natural gas demand [Read more]

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Natural gas production in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia growing faster than demand

January 27, 2018 Markham Hislop

Recent growth in natural gas consumption has almost all been in electric power sector Significant growth in natural gas production over the past decade—primarily from the Marcellus and Utica shales in the Appalachian Basin—have increased gross natural gas [Read more]

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Natural gas to remain primary fuel for US electricity generation for next 2 years – EIA

January 22, 2018 Markham Hislop

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Short-Term Energy Outlook, natural gas Non-hydro renewables’ share of total US utility-scale generation to exceed 10% for first time in 2019 EIA’s Jan. 2018 Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) forecasts that natural gas will remain [Read more]

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The Canadian energy conversation is stuck in the wrong century

by Markham Hislop in Markham on Energy

Find Energi Media journalism in video, audio, and essays YouTube Channel: Video energy news Substack Essays: Thoughtful Energy Journalism Energi Talks Audio Podcast Real story of this energy crisis is not supply disruption, but demand [Read more]

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