A new data set from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reveals that coal-related CO2 emissions saw a record drop in 2015, driven by a more than 60 percent annual decrease across 10 states.
Nearly every state boasted a decline in that period, though. Only four states saw increases re... Read More »
Coal stockpiles levels at electric power plants were 144 million tons in August, the lowest monthly level since late 2014, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Electric Power Monthly.
Coal stockpiles at U.S. coal-fired power plants typically increase during the sprin... Read More »
Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) Chairman Brien J. Sheahan recently announced that Illinois earned the second-highest rating among all states for its work toward a modernized electric grid.
Gridwise Alliance, in collaboration with Clean Edge Incorporated, released last week the results of its ... Read More »
EIA’s International Energy Outlook 2017 (IEO2017) forecasts that global nuclear capacity will increase at an average annual rate of 1.6 percent from 2016 through 2040, led primarily by countries outside of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
China will continue le... Read More »
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) adopted Wednesday revisions to the administrative rules that govern electric net metering in the state.
Net metering allows customers who own electric generation facilities, such as solar panels or wind turbines, to offset their need for electricity... Read More »
Unless recent cost changes continue to widen the gap between West Texas Intermediate (WTI) and foreign crude oil (Brent) prices, East Coast crude oil supply should remain unaffected, according to a recent U.S. Energy Information Administration report.
The price gap between Brent and WTI reached i... Read More »
Chevron Corporation recently announced a strategic partnership with Microsoft Corp. through which the company will act as Chevron’s primary cloud service provider for the next seven years to support the use of advanced technologies.
Chevron will use Microsoft Azure to accelerate the adoption o... Read More »
Efforts to strengthen the electrical ties between Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (UP) and the Lower Peninsula (LP), as well as to Ontario, have suffered a setback after a state study revealed construction costs outweigh any benefit.
Such is the preliminary findings of the Michigan Transmission Expa... Read More »
According to new projections from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), solar photovoltaic installers and wind turbine service technicians will be the fastest growing occupations in the United States from 2016 to 2026.
BLS projected that solar installer jobs will inc... Read More »
Marketed natural gas production in the Haynesville region rose to 6.9 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) in September due to increased drilling activity and well production rates, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO).
Production in th... Read More »