Wind provided record 40.2% of Oklahoma’s statewide electricity generation in...
The Oklahoman: Oklahoma’s use of wind energy to generate electricity continues to increase. A record 40.2% of all state’s generated energy in 2019 was powered by renewable technology, Oklahoma Power...
View ArticleGas, solar making inroads in traditionally coal-dominated Kentucky...
Greentech Media: In Kentucky, coal still generates the vast majority of electricity: 75 percent in 2018, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. That dominance is waning, however....
View ArticleData show 2019 may have marked a turning point away from fossil fuels in...
Reuters: The use of fossil fuels such as coal and oil for generating electricity fell in 2019 in the United States, the European Union and India, at the same time overall power output rose, a turning...
View ArticleEIA: U.S. coal use dropped 13% in 2019
Bloomberg: U.S. coal use plunged more than 13% in 2019, the most in 65 years, as power plants shut down across the country. That’s poised to happen again this year. Total consumption slumped to 596...
View ArticleIEEFA U.S.: Renewables generated more electricity than coal in February
The unthinkable occurred in the U.S. last month: In the dead of winter, renewable energy (utility-scale solar, wind and hydropower) generated more electricity than did coal plants. This has never...
View ArticleU.S. Electricity: Renewables Surpassed Coal in February
North American Clean Energy: According to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA’s) new hourly electric grid monitor, renewables generated 56,981,597 megawatt-hours of electricity...
View ArticleState of Virginia approves 2045 deadline for 100% carbon-free electricity
Greentech Media: Virginia has become the latest state to pass a law that sets it on a path to 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2045, as well as setting targets for massive investments in energy...
View ArticleWood Mackenzie: 2019 was a record year for battery storage across the U.S.
Greentech Media: The U.S. energy storage industry capped off its biggest year of installations with its largest single quarter in Q4. U.S. energy storage installation topped 522.7 megawatts/1,113...
View ArticleEIA: Coal’s share of U.S. electric generation will fall to 21% this year
S&P Global Market Intelligence ($): Coal production and generation are expected to drop again in 2020 before stabilizing for the near-term, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)...
View ArticleGermany’s RWE planning to build another 4GW of renewable capacity by 2022
Greentech Media: German utility RWE confirmed plans Thursday to build another 4 gigawatts of renewables by 2022, expanding the scope for its annual investments into wind and solar. In its annual...
View ArticleMarket forces and renewables, not regulation, are constricting coal sector
Forbes: President Trump tweeted about the coal industry years before he announced his candidacy for the nation’s top office. He complained about President Obama’s policies and coal plants closing, even...
View ArticleAustralia gas prices remain high despite oil price drop
Asian Power: The 30% crash in oil price on the back of the Saudi-Russia price war is not bringing down electricity prices in Australia as gas prices in the east coast are kept too high, according to...
View ArticleU.S. added 13.3GW of new solar in 2019, pushing national total to 76GW
Greentech Media: Solar topped natural gas and wind to claim a record share of new U.S. electric generating capacity last year, at nearly 40 percent, boosted by a vibrant residential sector that looks...
View ArticleIndia: Distribution weaknesses plague power sector
The Hindu Business Line: The precarious financial health of distribution companies (discoms), coupled with lack of competition, is undermining India’s power distribution and generation sectors and...
View ArticleStressed discoms, weak competition drag down India’s power sector
Asian Power: The unpredictability of distribution companies’ (discoms) financial health coupled with a lack of competition is seen to undermine India’s power distribution and generation sectors,...
View ArticleTVA burns last coal at 1,150MW Paradise plant
Associated Press: President Donald Trump tried to stop it from happening. The top Republican in the Senate, Mitch McConnell, did too. Despite their best efforts to make good on Trump’s campaign promise...
View ArticleMajor new transmission line to boost renewable transition in Arizona, California
S&P Global Market Intelligence ($): The Arizona Corporation Commission on March 24 unanimously granted permission for a private developer to build a major transmission link from the Palo Verde...
View ArticleEIA: Coal generation fell to 19.2% of U.S. electricity market in January
Platts: Total U.S. power generation during January was at 339.32 TWh, up 0.6% from the prior month but 5.1% lower than the year-ago month. It was also down 5.1% from the five-year average and was the...
View ArticleMoody’s: Problems mounting for U.S. coal industry
Mining.com: US domestic demand for thermal coal will fall in the near term as individual states shut down much of the industrial economy to try and stem the coronavirus pandemic, and as slowing...
View ArticleCalifornia regulators back major increase in renewables, ban on new natural...
Reuters: California on Thursday adopted a new emissions target for its electric sector that would double the state’s clean energy capacity over the next decade and close the door to development of new...
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