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Strong El Niño helps reduce US winter heating demand and fuel prices

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 As El Niño event dissipates and demand increases, refinery heating oil prices forecast to increase 18 per cent by next winter Above-normal temperatures during the 2015-16 winter were a key factor in lowering heating demand and winter fuel expenditures. Compared with the 2014-15 winter, propane and heating oil demand decreased by 16 per cent and 45 per cent, respectively, and

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‘Wind drought’ may have long-term implications for US energy power generation

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Drop in wind levels affected states from Washington to Florida, caused wind power output to fall dramatically short of expectations – Rife The unprecedented drop in windiness affecting much of the United State in 2015 cannot be explained by the impacts of El Niño, says a new report, and the real cause could affect the development

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