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2018 gasoline prices have peaked: US Energy Information Administration

June 29, 2018 Energi Staff

Gasoline prices are often higher in summer months when gasoline demand is higher and when federal and state environmental regulations require the use of summer-grade gasoline, which is more expensive to manufacture.  KSCJ.com photo. Gasoline prices [Read more]

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USA

Adoption of autonomous vehicles could increase US transportation energy consumption

June 19, 2018 Markham Hislop

Electricity consumption is higher in all cases Autonomous vehicles are one of the main sources of uncertainty in the future of U.S. transportation energy consumption, as autonomous vehicle technology has the potential to change travel [Read more]

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Tax credits, solar tariffs affect timing of projected US wind and solar energy deployment

May 15, 2018 Markham Hislop

30% increase in solar PV module cost raises total installed costs by about 10% The timing and magnitude of adding wind- and solar-powered electricity generators to the U.S. grid are sensitive to federal policies, especially federal [Read more]

EIA
USA

EIA raises crude oil, US gasoline price forecasts for 2018

May 10, 2018 Markham Hislop

Greater GDP growth has potential to increase oil consumption beyond forecasted levels, putting upward pressure on crude oil prices EIA’s May Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) forecasts that Brent crude oil prices will average $71 per barrel (b) [Read more]

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USA

Coal decline for power generation leads to more US natural gas production, consumption – EIA

April 16, 2018 Markham Hislop

Natural gas leading source of electricity generation in U.S. through 2050, accounting for 35% of electricity generation, an increase from 31% in 2017 EIA’s Annual Energy Outlook 2018 (AEO) projects that U.S. dry natural gas production will [Read more]

USA

US crude oil production growth will be led by light, sweet crude oil

April 9, 2018 Markham Hislop

Permian Basin spans 53 million acres across western Texas and southeastern New Mexico Recent growth in U.S. crude oil production has been primarily light, sweet crude oil, defined as having an API gravity of 35 [Read more]

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USA

US coal demand remains flat for decades – EIA

March 30, 2018 Markham Hislop

Coal demand drops to 14% of total generation by 2050, and utilization rate for coal plants remains under 60% EIA projects U.S. coal disposition—domestic demand and coal exports—to remain relatively flat through 2050 in the Annual Energy [Read more]

USA

Positive US ethanol fuel margins are driving consistent production growth

March 6, 2018 Markham Hislop

US ethanol consumption increased 1% in 2017, same expect to 2019 Estimated ethanol production margins at U.S. corn ethanol plants averaged 22 cents per gallon (gal) in 2017. Last year was the fifth consecutive year [Read more]

tight oil
USA

‘Tight oil’ in American shale basins remains leading source of future US crude oil production – EIA

February 22, 2018 Markham Hislop

 Tight oil estimated to make up 77% of total US production by 2050 EIA’s recently released Annual Energy Outlook 2018 (AEO2018) Reference case projects that U.S. tight oil production will generally increase through the early 2040s, when [Read more]

energy exporter
USA

United States projected to become a net energy exporter by 2022

February 12, 2018 Markham Hislop

 By 2030, US net petroleum exports will total 5.3 million b/d EIA projects that the United States will become a net energy exporter in 2022 in the newly released Annual Energy Outlook 2018 (AEO2018) Reference case, primarily [Read more]

USA

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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Natural gas prices to remain flat through 2019 – EIA

January 29, 2018 Markham Hislop

United States became net exporter of natural gas on an annual basis for first time in 2017 In its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), EIA expects the Henry Hub natural gas spot price to average $2.88 per [Read more]

USA

EIA expects US fossil fuel production to reach record levels in 2018 and 2019

January 19, 2018 Markham Hislop

Growth in Permian Basin projected to associated natural gas production, national output reaches 4.6 million b/d by 1019 In its Jan. 2018 Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), the EIA forecasts that total fossil fuels production in the United [Read more]

In the Spotlight

Huge battery plant subsidies are price Canada pays for lagging in clean energy industry

by Markham Hislop in Markham on Energy

China dominates clean energy industry, US and Europe race to catch up Government subsidies totalling $28.2 billion for two Ontario battery plants require 20-year pay back, according to Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) Yves Giroux. Clean [Read more]

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