This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Feb. 25, 2025. By the Office of Energy Statistics staff Electricity generators plan to retire 12.3 gigawatts (GW) of capacity in 2025, a 65 [Read more]
Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews Ben Kujala, director of power planning for the Northwest Power and Conservation Council based in Portland, Oregon. They discussed the extent to which natural gas should be [Read more]
With $15 per ton CO2 fee, nuclear capacity increases to 106 GW in 2050; at $25 per ton, increases to 145 GW in 2050 Existing U.S. nuclear power generating plants operate under increasingly competitive market [Read more]
Government says proposed legislation would help stabilize electricity prices The Alberta Government is introducing legislation called “An Act to Secure Alberta’s Electricity Future” to better protect consumers by empowering the Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC) to penalize [Read more]
Electricity power sector still accounts for 40% of energy-related greenhouse gas emissions The role of electricity in our economies and societies is growing rapidly. The power sector is becoming a critical actor in the global [Read more]
Transport is second largest energy end‑use sector, accounting for 29% of total final energy use in 2015, 64.7% of world oil use A new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the International Energy [Read more]
Natural gas-fired power plants supplied 32% of total US electricity in 2017, coal supplied 30% Wholesale electricity prices at major trading hubs in the eastern United States during 2017 were relatively unchanged from 2016, while [Read more]
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