This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Sept. 13, 2022. By Paul McArdle, Elesia Fasching From 2016 to 2020, the carbon intensity of U.S. power generation fell 18 per cent, driven [Read more]
By Elesia Fasching, Suparna Ray This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on January 11, 2022. Operators have scheduled 14.9 gigawatts (GW) of electric generating capacity to retire in the United States [Read more]
This article was published by the International Renewable Energy Agency on June 22, 2021. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, June 22, 2021 – The share of renewable energy that achieved lower costs than the most competitive [Read more]
Refined coal generated more than 235 million megawatthours (MWh) of U.S. electricity in 2017, or 20 per cent of net coal generation, an increase of 2 per cent from 2016. iStock photo. Refined coal processed to cut emissions when [Read more]
Increases in electricity generation from non-carbon power sources since 2005 also had an effect on CO2 emissions from power generation. State policies and federal tax incentives that encouraged adoption of renewables have driven this growth. [Read more]
Wind and solar power accounted for a significant amount of in-state electricity generation in Iowa, Kansas and California. Total annual generation from wind and solar in the US last year hit 8 per cent, peaking [Read more]
Bob Dudley, CEO of BP, says natural gas is the best alternative to coal-fired power generation in many areas. He adds improving technologies are helping curb methane emissions. Natural gas under attack by environmentalists A [Read more]
The province must also require utility companies to assess and pursue more aggressive local energy efficiency programs, beyond those implemented on a system-wide basis. CJOCFM.com photo. Energy efficiency includes cost effective alternatives to power generation [Read more]
Power generation emissions have fallen dramatically because of American model, will fall more under Clean Power Plan Barack Obama doesn’t often take advice from Big Oil, but the American Petroleum Institute has an idea ahead of [Read more]
Clean Power Plan aims to eliminate Texas coal power plants, which generate 24% of state electricity We get it. Texas is really mad about Obama, the EPA, and the Clean Power Plan. But behind the [Read more]
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