Tag: Power Generation
US power sector CO2 emissions fall below transportation sector emissions
Electric power’s share of non-carbon-emitting fuels such as nuclear, hydropower, wind, and solar has grown U.S. carbon dioxide emissions from the transportation sector reached 1,893 million metric tons (MMmt) from October 2015 through September 2016, exceeding electric power sector CO2 emissions of 1,803 MMmt over the same time period, according to the US Energy Information Administration. […]
Falling US natural gas output meets stronger demand thanks to power production – Kemp
Power producers burned their way through most of surplus of gas left over at end of record warm winter 2015/16 By John Kemp LONDON (Reuters) – The US natural gas market is on an unsustainable trajectory as consumption grows rapidly while domestic production is falling. Gas production was down nearly 4 percent in July compared with the […]
American electrical power system, consumers in for a big shock
“Come up one megawatt hour short at a data or medical center on a hot summer day and prices will skyrocket.” – Hirs By Ed Hirs, University of Houston What happens when governmental regulation dictates that producers charge less for something than the cost of creating it? Shortages, of course: no sane producer is going […]
WHO database shows shale natural gas significantly improves US air quality
Coal power generation creates fine particulate matter pollution, natural gas-fired plants do not By Seth Whitehead, Energy In Depth New World Health Organization (WHO) urban ambient air pollution data shows US outdoor air quality has improved in recent years at the same time the rest of the world’s outdoor air pollution has increased 8 per cent. […]
Speculators betting US natural gas prices on the rise
Natural gas futures for calendar 2017 were trading around $3.05 (Reuters) – U.S. natural gas speculators boosted their net longs for a third consecutive week, betting prices will rise as production eases and power demand picks up to absorb some of the record high amount of fuel left in inventories after a warm winter. Speculators […]
American electrical generation transformed by less demand, prices, renewables
Wind and solar have affected the amount of new power generation capacity and viability of some coal, nuclear plants According to the EIA, the combination of slower electricity demand growth, low natural gas prices, and policies that encourage renewables-sourced electricity generation is changing the type and the amount of generating capacity added each year. Capacity […]
Natural gas expected to surpass coal in mix of fuel used for U.S. power generation in 2016
Looking forward, environmental regulations may play a larger role in conjunction with market forces for natural gas For decades, coal has been the dominant energy source for generating electricity in the United States. EIA’sShort-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) is now forecasting that 2016 will be the first year that natural gas-fired generation exceeds coal generation in […]
Coal is just 27.6% of US power generation, stockpiles up 4%
Natural gas-fired power generation exceeded coal-fired for 7 months in 2015, a first for US Coal fell to just 27.6 per cent of US utility-scale power generation in Dec., while coal stockpiles increased to 197 million tons, up 4 per cent from the previous month, according to the US Energy Information Administration. The increase in Nov.-to-Dec. […]
GE wins $1 billion contract to build Saudi Electricity Company natural gas power plant
GE Power generates over half of electricity for Saudi Electricity Company GE says it has been awarded a landmark contract worth nearly $1 billionUSD for the engineering, construction, and provision of gas turbine services for the Waad Al Shamal combined cycle power plant of the Saudi Electricity Company. Scheduled for completion in 48 months, the plant will […]
American model of substituting natural gas for coal should be promoted by Obama in Paris
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 the COP 21 conference in Paris next month that the President should seriously consider. As American Energy News reported last […]
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