Utility-Scale Batteries & Pumped Storage Return About 80% of the Electricity they Store
Electric energy storage is becoming more important to the energy industry as the share of intermittent generating technologies, such as … [continued]
Author: US Energy Information Administration
US EIA Explores COVID-19’s Impact On US Energy Mix 2020–2050
The United States will likely take years to return to 2019 levels of energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions following the impact of COVID-19 on the U.S. economy and global energy sector.
U.S. Wind Generation Sets New Daily & Hourly Records At End Of 2020
In the final months of 2020, electricity generation from wind turbines in the United States set daily and hourly records.
U.S. Wind Energy Production Tax Credit Extended Through 2021
At the end of December 2020, Congress extended the PTC at 60% of the full credit amount, or $0.018 per kWh ($18 per megawatt-hour), for another year through December 31, 2021.
Nuclear & Coal Will Account for Majority of U.S. Generating Capacity Retirements in 2021
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) latest inventory of electric generators, 9.1 gigawatts (GW) of electric generating capacity is scheduled to retire in 2021. Nuclear generating capacity will account for the largest share of total capacity retirements (56%), followed by coal (30%).
U.S. Renewable Energy Consumption Surpasses Coal For 1st Time In Over 130 Years
In 2019, U.S. annual energy consumption from renewable sources exceeded coal consumption for the first time since before 1885, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Monthly Energy Review. This outcome mainly reflects the continued decline in the amount of coal used for electricity generation over the past decade as well as growth in renewable energy, mostly from wind and solar.
The United States Consumed Record Amount Of Renewable Energy In 2019
In 2019, consumption of renewable energy in the United States grew for the fourth year in a row, reaching a record 11.5 quadrillion British thermal units (Btu), or 11% of total U.S. energy consumption.
Texas Wind Power Growth 2010–2019 — 6% to 18% of Texas Electricity
In 2019, wind-powered generation contributed 84.4 thousand gigawatt-hours (GWh) of electricity in Texas, an 11% increase from the 75.7 thousand GWh generated in 2018. Wind power accounted for 18% of the electricity generated in Texas in 2019, compared with 6% in 2010.
Hurricane Laura Shut in More Gulf of Mexico Crude Oil Production than Any Storm Since…
According to daily estimates from the U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), Hurricane Laura reduced crude oil production in the Federal Offshore Gulf of Mexico by an estimated 14.4 million barrels over a span of 15 days, the most of any hurricane since the combined effect of Hurricanes Gustav and Ike in 2008.
Smoke from California Wildfires Decreases Solar Generation in CAISO
In the first two weeks of September 2020, average solar-powered electricity generation in the California Independent System Operator (CAISO), which covers 90% of utility-scale solar capacity in California, declined nearly 30% from the July 2020 average as wildfires burned across the state.
