Tag: Nuclear
Decommissioning nuclear reactors is a long-term and costly process
Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant shut down in 2013, won’t be removed until 2073, at $1 billion cost Since 2013, six commercial nuclear reactors in the United States have shut down, and an additional eight reactors have announced plans to retire by 2025, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The retirement process for nuclear power […]
Energy industry says Rick Perry’s proposal to subsidize coal, nuclear power costly, unsupported by evidence
Record does not support discriminatory payments proposed by DOE A diverse group of a dozen energy industry associations representing oil, natural gas, wind, solar, efficiency, and other energy technologies recently submitted reply comments to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) continuing their opposition to the Department of Energy’s (DOE) proposed rulemaking on grid resiliency pricing. Action by […]
EIA forecasts growth in world nuclear electricity capacity, led by non-OECD countries
United States operates world’s largest nuclear fleet with 99 reactors The U.S. Energy Information Administration projects global nuclear capacity will grow at an average annual rate of 1.6 per cent from 2016 through 2040, led predominantly by countries outside of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). EIA expects China to continue leading world […]
Perry’s proposed grid resiliency rule scrambles energy alliances
Grid resiliency rule pits coal and nuclear against renewables and gas By John Kemp LONDON, Oct 3 (Reuters) – U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry’s attempt to save the coal and nuclear industries by proposing a new grid resiliency rule is making for some odd bedfellows across the energy sector. The proposed grid resiliency rule threatens […]
American nuclear power plant outages were relatively low this summer – EIA
Hurricane Irma led to unscheduled outages at both of Florida’s nuclear power plants U.S. nuclear power plant outages averaged 4.6 gigawatts (GW) during the summer of 2017 (June through Aug.), 10 per cent lower than outages during the summer of 2016, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Nuclear outages were highest in June, averaging 7.4 GW, but […]
World energy use to rise 28% by 2040 – US Energy Information Administration
Coal use projected to decline in China by 0.6% per year from 2015 to 2040 The U.S. Energy Information Administration’s latest International Energy Outlook 2017 (IEO2017) projects that world energy consumption will grow by 28 per cent between 2015 and 2040, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Most of this growth is expected to come from […]
Monthly US renewables electricity generation surpasses nuclear for first time since 1984
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 […]
Fossil fuels dominate US energy mix even as renewables increase
Petroleum is largest source of US energy consumption, which has increased in each of the past 4 years Fossil fuels have provided more than 80 per cent of total U.S. energy consumption for more than 100 years, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Since 1928, when consumption of natural gas surpassed that of biomass, […]
2016 global electricity trends: renewables use up, fossil fuels down
Total OECD production of electricity was 8.4% higher than in 2015 An assessment of monthly data shows that in 2016, OECD net electricity production grew by 0.9 per cent compared to 2015, according to a report by the International Energy Agency. Within this small overall change there was a large increase of 9.5 per cent in geothermal, […]
US nuclear generation expected to decline as power plants retire
Capital investment needed to extend life of nuclear plants beyond 60 years is currently unknown Nuclear power currently accounts for about 20 per cent of electricity generation in the United States, playing an important role in electricity markets, according to the US Energy Information Administration. EIA’s 2017 Annual Energy Outlook (AEO2017) Reference case assumes that about […]
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