GreenTechMedia
JANUARY 14, 2020
Energy Information Administration has confirmed what it and industry watchers predicted a year ago—that wind and solar power will expand on their already-large share of new U.S. gigawatts of natural gas-fired plants to come online this year. generation capacity in 2020. gigawatts, and pushes total U.S.
R-Squared Energy
JULY 26, 2021
Small declines were also reported in coal, natural gas, and nuclear consumption, while renewables and hydropower recorded gains. The remainder of global energy consumption came from coal (27.2%), natural gas (24.7%), hydropower (6.9%), renewables (5.7%), and nuclear power (4.3%). Natural Gas.
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GreenTechMedia
DECEMBER 4, 2019
DENVER — It's become a cliche to compare today's energy storage market to where the solar industry was a certain number of years ago. But these tools proved unexpectedly useful when the Aliso Canyon natural-gas leak jeopardized fuel supplies for Southern California power plants.
R-Squared Energy
NOVEMBER 27, 2019
The first was that the shale gas boom in the U.S. unleashed massive new supplies of cheap natural gas. This made it economical for power plants to switch from coal to natural gas. Power produced from natural gas has lower associated carbon dioxide emissions. has more than quadrupled.
GreenTechMedia
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
The solar industry met in Salt Lake City with a more sweeping and disciplined message than in some years past : Rally to extend the federal investment tax credit and buckle up for a decade of massive industry growth. The Solar Energy Industries Association industry group published a roadmap Monday to increase solar power to 20 percent of U.S.
GreenTechMedia
MARCH 3, 2021
As of 2020, it was responsible for the transmission of that 450 GW of installed wind and solar power. Solar-rich Xinjiang Province, in the country’s northwest, saw curtailment in excess of 30 percent in 2016, according to official data. That solar surge saw the country’s cumulative installed PV capacity go from 6.5
GreenTechMedia
NOVEMBER 20, 2019
One of the nation’s largest coal plants permanently powered down this week after the owners determined it would be uneconomical to continue operating the facility as natural gas and renewable energy prices continue to drop. Natural gas and a massive solar-charged battery.
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