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Why Canada is one of the world’s largest electricity consumers

September 9, 2022 Energi Staff

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]

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Record numbers of solar panels were shipped in the US during 2021

September 9, 2022 Energi Staff

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]

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Almost one-quarter of US electricity generation from renewables in 2022 H1

September 9, 2022 Energi Staff

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]

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Biden administration launches $2.5B fund to modernize, expand capacity of US power grid

May 10, 2022 Energi Staff

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]

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Wind was second-largest source of US electricity generation on March 29

April 18, 2022 Energi Staff

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]

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Duration of utility-scale batteries depends on how they’re used

March 25, 2022 Energi Staff

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]

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MEGlobal, Capital Power enter into 10-year renewable energy agreement

March 18, 2022 Energi Staff

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]

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Texas generators meet electric demand, avoid widespread outages during recent cold snap

February 16, 2022 Energi Staff

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]

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Energy transitions require innovation in power system planning

February 16, 2022 Energi Staff

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]

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CER: Corporate power purchase agreements add renewables in Alberta

February 10, 2022 Energi Staff

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]

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Utilities’ carbon-reduction goals will have little impact on U.S. CO2 emissions

February 10, 2022 Energi Staff

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]

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Key lessons for phasing out CO2-emitting coal plants from electricity sectors

January 24, 2022 Energi Staff

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]

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Clean energy the way forward for Nova Scotia and New Brunswick

January 22, 2022 Energi Staff

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]

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New renewable power plants reducing US electricity generation from natural gas

January 22, 2022 Energi Staff

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]

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Solar power will account for nearly half of new US electric generating capacity in 2022

January 10, 2022 Energi Staff

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]

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28 per cent of operating US coal fired power plants to retire by 2035

January 3, 2022 Energi Staff

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]

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California hydroelectric facilities continue to respond to prices despite drought

December 2, 2021 Energi Staff

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]

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How the 2021 summer heat dome affected electricity demand in western Canada

November 30, 2021 Energi Staff

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]

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Solar power projected to supply one-fifth of US electricity by 2050

November 23, 2021 Energi Staff

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]

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Opinion: No better time to invest in an electric future

November 15, 2021 Energi Staff

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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