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US news brief July 24: House passes bill to speed up natural gas pipeline permits

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 Also in news brief: American Midstream sells propane business for $170 million, US House moves to streamline permitting process of natural gas pipelines As the California power grid adapts to increased solar electricity production, wholesale power prices are rising in the morning and evening hours, according to the US Energy Information Administration. The higher hourly prices in […]

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Monthly US renewables electricity generation surpasses nuclear for first time since 1984

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Net generation from nuclear power has remained flat since late 1990s, renewables rising slowly as investment increases In March, and again in April, U.S. monthly electricity generation from utility-scale renewable sources exceeded nuclear generation for the first time since July 1984, according to a U.S. Energy Information Administration press release. This outcome reflects both seasonal and

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Energy storage, renewables beyond wind, hydro, solar make up 4% of US power

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All geothermal power capacity is located in 7 states in western US Additional amounts of utility-scale capacity are provided by technologies such as hydroelectric pumped storage, batteries, flywheels, and renewable fuels other than hydro, wind, and solar, according to the US Energy Information Administration. These sources collectively accounted for 4 per cent of the electricity generating capacity

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Natural gas to be largest source of US electricity generation this summer

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Electricity generation for summer 2006, 25% came from natural gas, 46% from coal The US Energy Information Administration expects that electricity generation fueled by natural gas this summer (June, July, and August) will be lower than last summer, but it will continue to exceed that of any other fuel, including coal-fired generation, for the third summer

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Record precipitation, snowpack in California expected to increase 2017 hydro power

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 Natural gas generation down nearly 20%, which may help ongoing problems with leaking Aliso Canyon storage facility For the first time since 2011, California’s drought is significantly weakening—a result of one of the wettest winters on record, according to the US Energy Information Administration. California has experienced record levels of precipitation this winter, and unlike

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US wind generating capacity surpasses hydro capacity at end of 2016

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ERCOT’s recent record of 16,022 MW occurred on morning of Dec. 25, accounted for more than 47% of generation mix Installed wind electric generating capacity in the United States surpassed conventional hydroelectric generating capacity, long the nation’s largest source of renewable electricity, after 8,727 megawatts (MW) of new wind capacity came online in 2016, according

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Renewables generation expected to account for over half of 2016 capacity additions

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Monthly generation from small-scale solar PV peaked in July at 2.1 billion kilowatthours Once final data are in, EIA expects 24 gigawatts (GW) of new generating capacity to be added to the power grid during 2016. For the third consecutive year, more than half of these additions are renewable technologies, especially wind and solar. Of

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World’s nine largest operating power plants are hydroelectric facilities

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Soon-to-be-largest power plants in world are hydroelectric plants under construction in China and Brazil An estimated 62,500 power plants are operating around the world, with a total installed generating capacity of more than 6,000 GW in 2015, according to US Energy Information Administration. The nine largest operating power plants in the world by capacity are all

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Energy-related CO2 emissions, lowest since 1991 in first six months of 2016

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Wind energy saw the largest electricity generating capacity additions of any energy-related fuel in 2015, accounting for 50% US energy-related CO2 emissions totaled 2,530 million metric tons in the first six months of 2016. This was the lowest emissions level for the first six months of the year since 1991, as mild weather and changes in

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