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Wind, solar, and batteries increasingly account for more new US power capacity additions

March 7, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on March 6, 2023. By Elesia Fasching Wind, solar, and battery storage are growing as a share of new electric-generating capacity each year. In 2023, [Read more]

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The US Inflation Reduction Act takes a big step towards a clean grid. Can Canada keep up?

September 9, 2022 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Pembina Institute on Sept. 1, 2022. By Karambir Singh, Binnu Jeyakumar Signed into law in August, the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) has been heralded as the biggest single piece [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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US became the world’s largest LNG exporter in the first half of 2022

July 26, 2022 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on July 25, 2022. By Victoria Zaretskaya The United States became the world’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter during the first half of 2022, [Read more]

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Over one-quarter of U.S. households use electricity as the only source of energy

July 13, 2022 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on July 12, 2022. By Kaili Diamond, Matthew Sanders, Carolyn Hronis In 2020, 26 per cent of U.S. households used electricity as the only source [Read more]

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New US natural gas pipeline projects approved will boost exports

May 24, 2022 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on May 24, 2022. By Stephen York The US Energy Information Administration’s recently updated Natural Gas Pipeline Project Tracker tracks recently approved and completed natural [Read more]

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Renewable generation surpassed nuclear in the US electric power sector in 2021

April 29, 2022 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on April 26, 2022. By Syne Salem Electric power sector generation from renewable sources totalled 795 million megawatthours (MWh) in the United States during 2021, [Read more]

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US petroleum products imports, exports rose in 2021

April 12, 2022 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on April 12, 2022 By Kevin Hack In 2021, an average of 5.7 million barrels per day (b/d) of petroleum products were exported from the [Read more]

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EIA explores effects of not building future interstate natural gas pipelines

April 4, 2022 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on April 4, 2022. By Stephen York In our Annual Energy Outlook 2022 (AEO2022), Issues in Focus: Exploration of the No Interstate Natural Gas Pipeline Builds, we analyze [Read more]

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White House: US not in ‘active conversation’ on Venezuelan oil

March 16, 2022 Energi Staff

This article was published by VOA News on March 14, 2022. WASHINGTON — The United States is not currently discussing importing oil from authoritarian Venezuela, the White House said Monday, dampening speculation that Washington could look [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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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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US large-scale battery storage capacity up 35 per cent in 2020

August 23, 2021 Energi Staff

By Trisha Hutchins, Vikram Linga, Alex Mey This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on August 20, 2021. The United States continued a trend of significant growth in large-scale battery storage capacity [Read more]

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California’s hydroelectric generation affected by historic drought

July 19, 2021 Energi Staff

Lindsay Aramayo This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on July 7, 2021. Most of the western United States is experiencing intense and historic drought conditions. California is one of the most [Read more]

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2020 US energy consumption increased for renewables, fell for all other fuels

June 10, 2021 Energi Staff

By Allan McFarland This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on June 4, 2021. The United States EIA recently updated its US energy consumption by source and sector chart with 2020 data. [Read more]

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Cyberattack halts fuel movement on Colonial Pipeline

May 11, 2021 Energi Staff

By Jeff Barron, Kevin Hack, Tom White This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on May 11, 2021. Colonial Pipeline, a major delivery system spanning from the US Gulf Coast to the [Read more]

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US spent nuclear fuel inventory steadily increased from 2013 to 2017

May 6, 2021 Energi Staff

By Katherine Antonio This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on May 3, 2021. The volume of spent nuclear fuel produced by nuclear power plants in the United States has steadily increased [Read more]

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USA, China, Europe and the clean energy “arms race”

February 28, 2021 Energi Staff 2

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews Barbara Finamore, senior attorney and Asia Director at the Natural Resources Defense Council, about her Oxford Energy Institute article, “Cleantech innovation in China and its impact on [Read more]

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Time for the United States to compete with China in global clean energy finance

January 16, 2021 Energi Staff

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews Dr. Johannes Urpelainen about how China has become the leading financer of wind, solar, and other green energy projects. They also discuss China’s Belt and Road Initiative [Read more]

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China rises and America is nervous

January 1, 2021 Energi Staff

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews John Kemp, a highly respected energy analyst, about the relative decline of the US and Western Europe as China becomes an economic and geopolitical powerhouse. The energy [Read more]

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