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US Fossil Fuel Electricity Generation Declined As Renewables Increased In 2017
The US Energy Information Administration this week published its official figures for electricity generation in 2017 and it confirms what most expected, that electricity generation from fossil fuels...
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US Renewable Energy Subsidies Dropping, While Renewable Energy Continues To...
Federal subsidies for renewable energy—including biofuels for transportation use and renewable generation of electricity—dropped to $6.7 billion in fiscal year (FY) 2016, a 56% decline from FY 2013....
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Solar Becomes #3 Renewable Electricity Source In USA, Passing Up Biomass
Electricity generation from solar resources in the United States reached 77 million megawatthours (MWh) in 2017, surpassing for the first time annual generation from biomass resources, which generated...
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US Renewable Energy Sources Surpass Nuclear In First Half Of 2018
US renewable energy sources accounted for nearly 20% of the country's net electrical generation during the first half of 2018, according to new figures from the US Energy Information Administration,...
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Renewables Account For 18% Of US Electricity Generation
The United States Energy Information Administration has recently published data revealing that renewable energy sources provided nearly 18% of the country's electrical generation through the first nine...
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US Coal Consumption To Hit Rock Bottom, Lowest Level In 39 Years
The US Energy Information Administration has published numbers this week which shows 2018 US coal consumption is expected to fall to 691 million short tons (MMst), its lowest level in 39 years
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Where Does Your State Get Its Electricity? The NYTimes Knows.
Where does America get is electricity? A new interactive feature by the New York Times has the data for each state and the nation as a whole.
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All The Good News About Renewable Energy — From The US Department Of Energy
Trump or no Trump, the US Energy Department anticipates that renewable energy grid additions will stomp all over coal and leap past natural gas, too
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US Wind To Exceed Hydropower In 2019 For First Time
The latest energy and electricity forecasts from the US government has predicted that wind energy will outperform hydropower for the first time, providing a greater share of the country's electricity...
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US Coal Retirements In 2019 To Hit At Least 6 Gigawatts
The latest S&P Global Market Intelligence data shows that a total of 49 gigawatts (GW) of new power generation capacity will be added in the United States in 2019, but will also see the retirement...
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US Energy Information Administration: Renewables To Be Fastest Growing Source...
EIA expects non-hydroelectric renewable energy resources such as solar and wind will be the fastest growing source of U.S. electricity generation for at least the next two years
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US EIA Annual Energy Outlook Wildly Misses The Mark, Again
The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) has often come under fire for its outlooks, both short- and long-term, as it has repeatedly under-represented the growing role of renewable energy...
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US Coal Generation Expected To Continue Steady Decline, Claims EIA
The US Energy Information Administration's latest Short-Term Energy Outlook was published this week, revealing electricity generation from coal in the United States will average 25% in 2019 and 23% in...
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US Non-Hydro Renewables Grow 6.2%, Provide 11.4% Of US Electricity
A new analysis of recently released data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) by the SUN DAY Campaign has highlighted the fact that renewable energy sources accounted for 18.49% of US...
View ArticleIt’s Time For Transparency In The Electric Grid
Replacing the fossil-fueled energy supply with renewable energy requires unusual focus and substantial investment in the electricity sector.
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