According to new data from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, connecting renewable energy to the grid is taking longer than ever, while project completion rates are falling. via Latitude Media https://ift.tt/zLTEHUX
U.S. Crude Production To Decline In 2024 As Shale Activity Stalls
Over the past three years, the U.S. energy sector has enjoyed an oil price boom that has been accompanied by soaring crude production. According to data by the U.S. Energy Information Administration […]
(The EPA) Drives Me Crazy – New U.S. Rule on Tailpipe Emissions Conflicts With Energy Reality
The Biden administration recently announced a very ambitious — to say the least — rule on tailpipe emissions. But while the rule’s legal and political standing might be a bit uncertain — […]
Natural gas filled in most of the drop in solar generation in Texas during April 8 eclipse
On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse briefly but fully obscured sunlight to utility-scale solar electric generation facilities along the eclipse’s path, from Texas through Maine. Texas was especially affected because […]
High Interest Rates Are Crushing Renewable Energy Projects
Via Metal Miner The Renewables MMI (Monthly Metals Index) slowed its decline and began flattening out. Overall, the index dropped a slight 0.36%, demonstrating sideways price action month-on-month. Most index components, such […]
Introducing the Wholesale Electricity Market Portal
Yesterday, we publicly released the new Wholesale Electricity Market Portal to help users examine and access electricity markets data in the seven Regional Transmission Organizations and Independent System Operators. via Today in […]
Mild winter weather may lead to persistently high natural gas inventories through 2025
U.S. working natural gas inventories ended the winter heating season (November 1March 31) at 2,290 billion cubic feet (Bcf), 39% more than the previous five-year (201923) average. Relatively high natural gas inventories […]
World coal capacity growth jeopardises peak emissions forecasts
Global fleet increases in 2023 as China brings on new plants and the pace of closures slows in EU and US via Financial Times – Energy https://ift.tt/C7olAVK
US grid connection backlog, dominated by solar, grows to 2.6TW in 2023
Solar accounted for the majority of generation capacity in the queues with a combined capacity of 1,080GW, followed by wind (366GW). A total of 571GW of solar capacity in the queues were […]
VPPs in California to provide over 7.5GW of capacity by 2035
Not only could the deployment of VPPs in California generate over half a billion dollars in savings for consumers, but it could also avoid over US$750 million per year in system costs. […]
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