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Dry, hybrid cooling now accounts for 3 percent of US thermoelectric generating capacity
Three percent of U.S. thermoelectric generating capacity now uses dry and hybrid cooling, most of which had begun operation since 2000, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in a recent report. Dry cooling systems use ambient air, rather than water, to cool and condense steam. The... Read More »Smart Electric Power Alliance releases 2018 Utility Energy Storage Market Snapshot report
The Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) announced Tuesday the release of its 2018 Utility Energy Storage Market Snapshot, its second annual overview of the energy storage market. The report uses data and survey responses submitted directly by 137 U.S. utilities that represent more than 82 millio... Read More »Natural gas production up 10 percent in 2018
Natural gas production in the United States is up 10 percent so far in 2018 compared to the previous year, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). The growth has been primarily driven by higher production in the Appalachian Basin in the Northeast, the Permian Basin in weste... Read More »Department of Energy reports detail growth of wind farm installations
The number of wind power installations continues to grow across the country as technology costs and wind energy prices continue to fall, according to several recent reports from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Wind energy contributed 6.3 percent of the nation’s electricity supply in 2017. ... Read More »Michigan ‘roadmap’ outlines opportunities, obstacles to expanding co-gen power plants
Michigan lawmakers interested in expanding the number of co-generation power plants in the Great Lakes State will have an important new document waiting on their desks when they return to the capital this fall. The Michigan Energy Office (MEO) released a new report this month highlighting the hur... Read More »Large installations of distributed wind power turbines almost doubled in 2017
Large installations of distributed wind power turbines nearly doubled in 2017, according to the U.S. Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) annual Distributed Wind Market Report. Distributed wind power is localized wind power, which means the power is generated near w... Read More »Wind energy prices drop to 2 cents per kilowatt hours
Wind energy prices in the United States are being driven lower by technology advancements and cost reductions, a report from the U.S. Department of Energy and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory revealed. Specifically, it found that prices offered by newly built wind projects average around 2 c... Read More »Chris Deeney