CleanTechnica » EIA http://cleantechnica.com Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:48:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 Solar PV Generation Doubles (Monthly US Electricity Generation Report) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/05/solar-pv-generation-doubles-monthly-us-electricity-generation-report/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/05/solar-pv-generation-doubles-monthly-us-electricity-generation-report/#comments Fri, 05 Dec 2014 21:29:40 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=75937 Following up on my first monthly report on US electricity generation by source, here’s the next one. Electricity generation data takes longer to gather than capacity data, so the EIA’s electricity generation information is always from a couple of months prior. In this case, we now have data from September. Check out the charts and a bit of

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/05/solar-pv-generation-doubles-monthly-us-electricity-generation-report/feed/ 60 Renewable Energy = 10% of US Electricity Generation In August http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/02/us-electricity-generation-update/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/02/us-electricity-generation-update/#comments Sun, 02 Nov 2014 12:03:11 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=74383 UPDATE November 3: This article (including the top 3 charts and top table) has been updated to correct numbers used for fossil fuel and nuclear sources. I previously used “Table 1.1. Net Generation by Energy Source: Total (All Sectors), 2004-August 2014 (Thousand Megawatthours)” of the EIA’s Electric Power Monthly report for those sources, when I

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/02/us-electricity-generation-update/feed/ 41 When Grid Defection Makes Economic Sense (Graphs & Charts) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/20/grid-defection-makes-economic-sense/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/20/grid-defection-makes-economic-sense/#comments Mon, 20 Oct 2014 23:16:53 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=73672 After having it on my desktop for ages, I recently took a look at a Rocky Mountain Institute and Cohn Reznick report on The Economics of Grid Defection — in other words, when does it make sense to go off the grid in various parts of the US for those in the residential or commercial sectors? It’s

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/20/grid-defection-makes-economic-sense/feed/ 9 Is PJM Costing Consumers $1.3 Billion By Ignoring Energy Efficiency? http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/19/is-pjm-costing-consumers-1-3-billion-by-ignoring-energy-efficiency/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/19/is-pjm-costing-consumers-1-3-billion-by-ignoring-energy-efficiency/#comments Fri, 19 Sep 2014 19:51:22 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=72207 New analysis says America's largest grid operator ignores gigawatts of energy efficiency savings, overestimates power demand, and costs consumers billions

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/19/is-pjm-costing-consumers-1-3-billion-by-ignoring-energy-efficiency/feed/ 5 Solar Growth Beat Out Natural Gas In First Half Of 2014 http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/11/solar-growth-beat-natural-gas-first-half-2014/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/11/solar-growth-beat-natural-gas-first-half-2014/#comments Thu, 11 Sep 2014 20:40:31 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=71835 New figures from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) released earlier this week concluded that natural gas leads solar in terms of new power plant capacity — a fact that is indisputable, but a fact that doesn’t tell the whole story. According to Greentech Media, which spend a lot of time closely tracking the various energy

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/11/solar-growth-beat-natural-gas-first-half-2014/feed/ 11 Why Other Renewables Are Surpassing Hydro http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/20/renewables-surpassing-hydro/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/20/renewables-surpassing-hydro/#comments Wed, 20 Aug 2014 10:20:40 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=70849 Rocky Mountain Institute. By Laurie Guevara-​Stone. 2014 is predicted to be the first year in history that non-hydro renewable generation exceeds hydropower generation in the United States. This is a big change—only a decade ago hydropower produced three times as much electricity in the U.S. as the combined contributions of non-hydro sources such as wind,

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/20/renewables-surpassing-hydro/feed/ 8 2013 EIA Stats Show Oil Price Stability Based On News, Not Supply http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/07/2013-eia-stats-show-oil-price-stability-based-news-supply/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/07/2013-eia-stats-show-oil-price-stability-based-news-supply/#comments Thu, 07 Aug 2014 10:09:58 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=70260 Let’s start this analysis with the 2013 figures for the United States (right). In general, the oil export/import status looks better for the US than it has in a long time. Although the US is a major oil producer, it has been an even heavier oil consumer, importing millions of barrels per day of oil

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/07/2013-eia-stats-show-oil-price-stability-based-news-supply/feed/ 2 Native American Reservations Embracing Renewable Energy Technologies http://cleantechnica.com/2014/06/30/native-american-reservations-embracing-renewable-energy-technologies/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/06/30/native-american-reservations-embracing-renewable-energy-technologies/#comments Mon, 30 Jun 2014 11:20:40 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=68803 RMI Outlet By Laurie Guevara-Stone  If I told you about a place where almost 40 percent of the people live without electricity, over 90 percent live below the poverty line, and the unemployment rate exceeds 80 percent, you might be picturing a rural village in Africa or some other developing country. However, this community is

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/06/30/native-american-reservations-embracing-renewable-energy-technologies/feed/ 4 4 New Energy Maps Show A Lot About Renewables http://cleantechnica.com/2014/06/30/new-energy-mapping-system-shows-lot-renewables/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/06/30/new-energy-mapping-system-shows-lot-renewables/#comments Mon, 30 Jun 2014 09:20:46 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=68807 Climate Central  By Bobby Magill When the U.S. Energy Information Administration launched its new U.S. Energy Mapping System last fall and upgraded it for use on mobile devices in early June, it powered a system allowing anyone to visualize some of the reams of data the EIA compiles on all things energy-related in the country. That mapping system has a

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/06/30/new-energy-mapping-system-shows-lot-renewables/feed/ 6 US Climate Action “Costs” Illuminated http://cleantechnica.com/2014/06/08/us-climate-action-costs/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/06/08/us-climate-action-costs/#comments Sun, 08 Jun 2014 09:02:20 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=67944 Originally published on Rocky Mountain Institute. By Jules Kortenhorst Earlier this week, the United States Environmental Protection Agency announced new guidelines under the Clean Air Act limiting carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants. The move comes in the wake of the federal government’s Third National Climate Assessment, exposing the serious risk climate change poses to the nation’s

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/06/02/lcoe-drop/feed/ 10 German Electricity Suppliers Not Passing On Wholesale Electricity Cuts http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/27/german-electricity-prices/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/27/german-electricity-prices/#comments Wed, 28 May 2014 02:00:50 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=67369 Originally published on EnergyPost. By Gabriel Camus Complaints about the high costs of the Energiewende are misguided. The primary reason German users pay high electricity prices is not the government’s support scheme for renewable energy. It is rather the fact that energy suppliers are not passing on to consumers the large drop in wholesale prices

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/27/german-electricity-prices/feed/ 10 Why Rooftop Solar Is The Best Choice For The UK Economy Right Now — Even With The British Weather​!​ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/18/rooftop-solar-best-choice-uk-economy-right-now-even-british-weather%e2%80%8b%e2%80%8b/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/18/rooftop-solar-best-choice-uk-economy-right-now-even-british-weather%e2%80%8b%e2%80%8b/#comments Sun, 18 May 2014 20:00:54 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=66892 By Michal Bacia In April of this year,​ ​t​he British Government​,​ through its Department of Energy & Climate Change​,​ announced “​…plans to turn the Government estate as well as factories, supermarkets and car parks into solar hubs​.​” This is huge! ​Translation? Government support for solar PV distributed generation (DG). ​Yay!​ The UK solar industry (at

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/18/rooftop-solar-best-choice-uk-economy-right-now-even-british-weather%e2%80%8b%e2%80%8b/feed/ 16 CO2 Emissions From Electric Power Sector Vary With Coal & Nuclear Retirements http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/06/co2-emissions-electric-power-sector-vary-coal-nuclear-retirements/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/06/co2-emissions-electric-power-sector-vary-coal-nuclear-retirements/#comments Tue, 06 May 2014 17:50:10 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=66365 Originally published on EIA. Significant retirements of nuclear and coal power plants in the United States could change the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted by the electric power sector. EIA’s Annual Energy Outlook 2014 (AEO2014) features several accelerated retirements cases that represent conditions leading to additional coal and nuclear plant retirements in order to

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/06/co2-emissions-electric-power-sector-vary-coal-nuclear-retirements/feed/ 50 Renewable Electricity Generation Projections Related To Cost, Price, Policy, & Economic Conditions http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/06/renewable-electricity-generation-projections-related-cost-price-policy-economic-conditions/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/06/renewable-electricity-generation-projections-related-cost-price-policy-economic-conditions/#comments Tue, 06 May 2014 16:50:09 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=66371 Originally published on EIA. Renewable electricity generation in the United States is projected to grow by 69% from 2012 to 2040 in the Annual Energy Outlook 2014 (AEO2014) Reference case, including an increase of more than 140% in generation from nonhydropower renewable energy sources. While projected hydropower generation is almost completely insensitive to alternative assumptions

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/03/solar-2/feed/ 7 Natural Gas In New York Marcellus Shale Costs More To Get It Out Than The Gas Is Worth http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/25/natural-gas-new-york-marcellus-shale-costs-get-gas-worth/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/25/natural-gas-new-york-marcellus-shale-costs-get-gas-worth/#comments Fri, 25 Apr 2014 12:41:29 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=65928 Originally published on DeSmogBlog. By Sharon Kelly For years, the shale industry has touted the economic benefits it can provide. An overflowing supply of domestic natural gas will help keep heating and electric bills low for American consumers, they argue, while drilling jobs and astounding royalty windfalls for landowners will reinvigorate local economies. These tantalizing promises have

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/25/natural-gas-new-york-marcellus-shale-costs-get-gas-worth/feed/ 26 11 States Produced Twice As Much Power From Nonhydro Renewables Than US Average http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/22/11-states-produced-power-nonhydro-renewables-twice-us-average/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/22/11-states-produced-power-nonhydro-renewables-twice-us-average/#comments Tue, 22 Apr 2014 19:31:48 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=65793 Originally published on EIA. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly About 6.2% of total U.S. electricity supplies in 2013 were generated from nonhydro renewable energy sources such as wind, solar, biomass, and geothermal, up from 5.4% in 2012. But 11 states produced electricity at more than twice the national average from these sources—accounting for

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/22/11-states-produced-power-nonhydro-renewables-twice-us-average/feed/ 0 80% Of US Wind Power In 2013 Generated By 12 States http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/18/80-us-wind-power-2013-generated-12-states/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/18/80-us-wind-power-2013-generated-12-states/#comments Fri, 18 Apr 2014 10:50:42 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=65476 Originally published on Today in Energy. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly In 2013, 12 states accounted for 80% of U.S. wind-generated electricity, according to preliminary generation data released in EIA’s March Electric Power Monthly report. Texas was again the top wind power state with nearly 36 million megawatthours (MWh) of electricity. Iowa was second, with

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/18/80-us-wind-power-2013-generated-12-states/feed/ 7 Just How Off Is EIA’s Renewable Energy Outlook? How About 20+ Years? http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/16/just-eias-renewable-energy-outlook-20-years/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/16/just-eias-renewable-energy-outlook-20-years/#comments Wed, 16 Apr 2014 19:18:53 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=65483 The US Energy Information Administration's renewable energy forecast could be underestimating growth by as much as 22 years, according to a new analysis

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