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EIA World net electricity by fuel, IEO 2019 Reference case - oilandgas360

EIA projects less than a quarter of the world’s electricity generated from coal by 2050

January 22, 2020

EIA By 2050, coal-fired generation comprises only 5% of the region’s generation mix. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) International Energy Outlook 2019 (IEO2019), global electric power generation from renewable sources will increase more than 20% throughout the projection period (2018–2050), providing almost half of the world’s electricity generation in 2050. In that same period, global coal-fired generation will decrease

APS Sets Course for 100 Percent Clean Energy Future

January 22, 2020

APS Sets Course for 100 Percent Clean Energy Future

New electric generating capacity in 2020 will come primarily from wind and solar

January 14, 2020

EIA EIA expects 42 gigawatts (GW) of new capacity additions to start commercial operation in 2020. Solar and wind represent almost 32 GW, or 76%, of these additions. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) latest inventory of electric generators, EIA expects 42 gigawatts (GW) of new capacity additions to start commercial operation in 2020. Solar and wind represent almost

Tension between US and Iran far from over, says former diplomat

January 12, 2020

livemint Arun K Singh, who was head of the Iran desk in the Indian foreign ministry as well as an ambassador to Israel, also said the 2015 Iran nuclear deal was as good as dead Arun K Singh, former Indian ambassador to the US NEW DELHI : There may have have been a de-escalation in the confrontation between the US and

Russia May Be Testing U.S. Gas Nerve with Europe Push: Citi

Japan LNG Buyers Talk Tough as Spot Prices Drop to 3-Year Lows

August 7, 2019

From Reuters An inexorable decline in spot market prices for liquefied natural gas (LNG) is pushing utilities in Japan to be more aggressive in price reviews built into traditional long-term contracts linked to oil prices, lawyers and analysts said. The utilities are also looking to buy more LNG on the spot market, where prices LNG-AS are plumbing three-year lows and

U.S. Sanctions China’s State-Run Oil Company for Buying from Iran

July 23, 2019

By Tyler Losier, Energy Reporter, Oil & Gas 360 Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announces sanctions for Zhuhai Zhenrong and its chief executive The United States government will be imposing sanctions on Zhuhai Zhenrong Company Limited, a state-run oil company in China, and its chief executive for purchasing crude oil from Iran. On Monday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced

The Case for Cutting Renewable Subsidies to Save Nuclear

July 12, 2019

From the Washington Examiner A new report on nuclear energy could ignite debate on Capitol Hill over whether to allow renewable energy subsidies to sunset, or renew them as Democrats are seeking to do. The free-market Manhattan Institute’s latest report on nuclear energy says the best thing Congress can do to help nuclear energy is to eliminate both subsidies for wind and

EIA: Renewables Generated More Electricity Than Coal in April

June 26, 2019

By Tyler Losier, Energy Reporter, Oil & Gas 360 Renewables edge out coal for the first time in U.S. history This April, for the first time in U.S. history, monthly electricity generation from renewable sources exceeded that of coal-fired means, according to the EIA. More precisely, coal was responsible for about 20% of the nation’s electricity, whereas renewables such as

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Xcel Energy Says Goodbye to Coal

May 21, 2019

Company is expanding wind generation, using nuclear energy, adding a natural gas plant Xcel Energy announced plans today to retire its last two coal plants in the Upper Midwest a decade earlier than scheduled. Xcel plans to expand wind and solar, using natural gas and operate its carbon-free Monticello nuclear plant until at least 2040. If approved, the plan would

Milestone: World’s First AP1000 Nuclear Reactor Reaches Full Power

August 17, 2018

From Power Magazine The world’s first AP1000 nuclear reactor—Sanmen 1 in China’s Zhejiang province—commenced 100% power operation for the first time on August 11, China National Nuclear Corp. (CNNC) said. Sanmen 1 was connected to the grid on June 30. Earlier this year, China also put online Unit 5 of the Yangjiang Nuclear Plant on May 23, and Taishan 1, an EPR, on June 29. According

Championing Coal and Nuclear Likely to Take Market Share from NatGas

June 7, 2018

Gas-powered generation companies unhappy about administration’s coal and nuclear power bailout plans From US News President Trump’s most recent move, an announcement last week that his administration will once again try to prop up ailing coal and nuclear plants, drew widespread condemnation from a diverse array of groups and experts across the political spectrum – including the CEO of the country’s

Germany’s Reluctant Coalition Govt. Agrees to Coal Phase Out

March 13, 2018

While Germany continues to phase out both nuclear and coal, natural gas will remain a baseload and backup fuel From Power Magazine Germany’s Social Democratic Party (SPD) members agreed to join their longtime rival and governing partner, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), and reluctantly entered into a third grand coalition government on March 4. While this ended months of anxious

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