Items Tagged with "Eia"

EIA provides monthly, state-level, small-scale solar estimates

...mdash; increasingly generate a larger share. EIA estimates total U.S. solar generation was 3.5 ...contribution to the nation's electricity supply," EIA Administrator Adam Sieminski said in a Dec. 1 ...ge to below-average solar resources, according to EIA. Read More...

C&I additions of PV solar outpaced by residential sector, EIA finds

...Information Administration. According to the EIA, total installed capacity rose much faste...shire, Utah, South Carolina and Vermont. The EIA wrote: While still far behind top distrib...both solar and natural gas, according to the EIA.  New  electric generation capa Read More...

Electric sales to C&I sectors to average 1% growth annually through 2040, EIA finds

... projection period to 2040, according to the EIA's most recent Annual Energy Outlook reference ...ntial sector in the early 2020s, according to the EIA. Broken down by segment, electricity ... rate of 0.8% from 2015 to 2040, according to the EIA. Commercial sector electricity intensity Read More...

EIA data show global energy intensity on the decline

... and in the emerging nations of the non-OECD, the EIA wrote in a July 12 blog post. Differences...as economic structure, climate and geography, the EIA said. Manufacturing-focused economies tend to ...gy per dollar of GDP than non-OECD countries, the EIA said.The agency wrote:Energy efficiency polici Read More...

Renewables, imports surpass gas use in California

...pared to the same three-month period in 2015, the EIA said Sept. 6. The overall level of electricity...ddition of new generating capacity. The EIA said in a blog post: Data from CAISO indi...on in CAISO, especially during the daylight hours. Read More...

Report: Offices with data centers use more energy

... data centers in commercial office buildings. The EIA notes that data centers operate around the clo...differences are smaller in larger buildings," the EIA said in an Oct. 5 blog post. "In addition, som...200,000 square feet categories, respectively, the EIA found. Computing electricity intensity &m Read More...

EIA: 30% of distributed solar is third-party owned

...d solar capacity. ...rivate companies, according to data from the U.S. EIA. The agency said Dec. 7 that U.S. distrib...GW of that total is owned third-party owners. The EIA defines third-party owners as "private compani Read More...

EIA: Natural gas prices set to rise in 2017, 2018

... higher prices in 2017 and 2018, according to the EIA's January 2017 Short-Term Energy Outlook, are ...veraged above $3.00/MMBtu since December 2014.The EIA wrote: EIA expects natural gas consumptio....00/MMBtu since December 2014.The EIA wrote: EIA expects natural gas consumption to be higher i Read More...

Power sector emissions drop below transportation's

...n Administration. In a recent blog post, the EIA said this is the first time the automotiv...n intensity in recent years has, according to the EIA, fallen a lot faster than the carbon intensity...r than coal but higher than natural gas. The EIA wrote:In the 12 months from October 2015 throu Read More...

EIA: Coal will again be country's largest source of electric generation without Clean Power Plan

... to be materially reversed by policy changes, the EIA noted in a Feb. 14 blog post that without the ... carbon-free fuels such as wind and solar.Per the EIA's Annual Energy Outlook 2017:  In the sce...forces also play a role and are considered in the EIA's forecasting.  Read More...

Report: US solar, wind capacity shatters EIA estimates

...;As for wind, U.S. supply was 350% above what the EIA projected a decade earlier, according to the N...quo;s economy annually."The NRDC report shows the EIA in 2006:Misjudged the huge increases in solar ...umption at 96.5 quads of energy, 17 percent below EIA's projection of 115.6 quads.Did not anticipate Read More...

Wind to surpass hydro as largest RE source

...raging 38% in 2016 compared with 35% for wind....ically accounted for the largest share of RE, the EIA forecasts its rate declining from 7.4% in 2017...19, following the trend seen in recent years. The EIA’s latest "Preliminary Monthly Electric G Read More...

U.S. renewables generation mix to double by 2050

... 2024....cording to its Annual Energy Outlook 2021 report, EIA expects the renewable share to increase as nuc...he increase in renewable generation through 2050. EIA assumes that utility-scale (and commercial) so Read More...