Natural gas-fired power plants are not only more energy efficient than traditional sources, but have significantly reduced water consumption in electricity generation over the last decade, according to a recent analysis from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Water plays a key role in power generation as it is used for cooling steam from the thermoelectric
Read More...The Energy Information Administration’s 2023 Annual Energy Outlook (AEO) projects U.S. energy production to remain high, exports to grow, and natural gas consumption to remain stable as renewable energies integrate onto the grid through 2050. The combination of increased energy efficiency, including upgrades from simple cycle natural gas turbines to combined cycle natural gas turbines,
Read More...California issued a flex alert to conserve energy, less than a week after state officials announced a plan to ban the sale of gasoline-powered cars by 2035 and accelerate the transition to electric vehicles. The alert came as a heat wave threatens the state with rolling blackouts due to increased cooling demand and a lack
Read More...The U.S. Energy Information Administration recently reported that daily U.S. electricity generation from natural gas hit a record in mid-July. Across the lower 48 states, natural gas fired power reached 6.37 million megawatt hours, surpassing the 2020 record and EIA’s short term outlook for natural gas-fired generation. Analyzing reasons for this growth, EIA wrote that
Read More...The use of renewables for electricity generation rose 32% year-on-year during second quarter according to a new report, Kallanish Energy reports. The Drax Electrical Insights Q2 report, published on Monday by UK power generator Drax and compiled from analysis by Imperial Consultants, found that the share of renewables in the UK energy mix increased to
Read More...The share of U.S. total utility-scale electricity generation from natural gas-fired power plants will rise from 35% in 2018, to 38% in 2019, and then decline slightly in 2020, according to the latest Steo, Short-Term Energy Outlook, produced by the Energy Information Administration. EIA/Steo forecasts the share of U.S. generation from coal will average 24%
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