This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on August 31, 2022. Despite being the 39th-largest country in terms of population, in 2020 Canada was the fourth-largest consumer of electricity on a per capita [Read more]
This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Sept. 1, 2022 By Lolita Jamison, Elesia Fasching US shipments of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules (solar panels) rose to a record electricity-generating capacity of [Read more]
This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Sept. 9, 2022. By Elesia Fasching In the first six months of 2022, 24 per cent of US utility-scale electricity generation came from renewable [Read more]
The US Department of Energy is seeking public input on the structure of the $2.5 billion Transmission Facilitation Program (TFP), which was created by President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The initiative was created to help [Read more]
This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on April 14, 2022. By Jonathan DeVilbiss, M. Tyson Brown On Tuesday, March 29, wind turbines in the Lower 48 states produced 2,017 gigawatthours (GWh) [Read more]
This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on March 25, 2022. By Vikram Linga At the end of 2021, the United States had 4,605 megawatts (MW) of operational utility-scale battery storage power [Read more]
MEGlobal Canada announced on Friday that it has entered into a 10-year agreement with Edmonton-based Capital Power to purchase a significant share of renewable energy from Capital Power’s Whitla Wind facility. The agreement will see Capital [Read more]
This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Feb. 14, 2022. By M. Tyson Brown A cold snap brought cold weather and icy conditions to Texas earlier this month, increasing heating demand [Read more]
This article was published by the International Energy Agency on Jan. 24, 2022. The past year has seen a rising number of countries pledging to reach net zero emissions in the coming decades. Even many [Read more]
This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on Feb. 9, 2022. Alberta has seen significant changes to its electricity supply mix over the past decade. In 2005, electricity generated from wind and solar [Read more]
This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Feb. 4, 2022 By Richard Bowers Executing several plans announced by U.S. power utilities to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions would have a minor [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]
The Pembina Institute has released a report examining the cost of providing reliable electricity in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia using Clean Energy Portfolios (CEPs). The report, Towards a Clean Atlantic Grid: Clean energy technologies for reliable, [Read more]
By Tyler Hodge This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Jan. 18, 2022. In our January Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), we forecast that rising electricity generation from renewable energy resources such as [Read more]
By Elesia Fasching, Suparna Ray This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Jan. 10, 2022. In 2022, we expect 46.1 gigawatts (GW) of new utility-scale electric generating capacity to be added [Read more]
By David Fritsch This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Dec. 15, 2021. Although coal fired power plants have no mandatory retirement age, power plant owners and operators have reported to [Read more]
By M. Tyson Brown This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Dec. 1, 2021. Despite widespread, intense drought conditions, hydroelectric power plants in the California Independent System Operator (CAISO), the grid operator [Read more]
This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on Nov. 17, 2021. From late June to early July 2021, a warm weather event, known as a heat dome, settled over western Canada and the [Read more]
By Mickey Francis, Manussawee Sukunta This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Nov. 16, 2021. According to our Electric Power Annual, solar power accounted for 3 per cent of U.S. electricity generation [Read more]
By Binnu Jeyakumar and Jan Gorski This op-ed originally appeared in the National Observer on Nov. 8, 2021. In early November at COP26, the United Nations climate conference, Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joined the U.S. and [Read more]
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