Sentences with phrase «u.s. electric power generation»

Nearly half of U.S. electric power generation comes from coal.

In fact, the EIA recently reported that coal's share of U.S. electric power generation fell below 40 % for the last two months of 2011, the lowest level since 1978.

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Electric power generation from coal and natural gas plants is responsible for 40 % of U.S. carbon emissions.

If today's European carbon prices were applied to the U.S., most utilities would not automatically install new power generation technologies, according to a study by the Electric Power Research Instipower generation technologies, according to a study by the Electric Power Research InstiPower Research Institute.

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, electric power generation accounts for nearly half of the nation's water usage; it takes on average 21 gallons of water to produce one kilowatt hour of electricity.

As electricity use spikes across the country in the summertime when more people use air conditioning, electric power companies turn to more coal and natural gas power plants to help meet the demand, reducing renewables» share of total U.S. power generation, Comstock said.

Honda Environmental Leadership Honda's diverse portfolio of alternative fuel vehicles has included numerous technologies to improve fuel efficiency and reduce CO2 emissions including the first EV leases in California (1997 Honda EV Plus), the retail introduction of America's first hybrid (1999 Honda Insight), delivery of the first fuel - cell electric vehicle in the U.S. (2002 Honda FCX), five generations of the Civic Natural Gas (first introduced in 1998) and the first gasoline - powered vehicles in the hands of consumers to meet stricter emissions standards.

Right now, nuclear only represents 2 % of China's electric power generation, compared to 19 % in the U.S. and 75 % in France.

Starting this month, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) is including monthly estimates of small - scale distributed solar PV capacity and generation by state and sector in EIA's Electric Power Monthly.

A December report from the North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) said U.S. power generation from renewable sources, along with natural gas, would produce enough electricity to offset retirements of U.S. coal and nuclear units over the next 10 years.

EIA recently launched a new U.S. Electric System Operating Data tool, which provides hourly electricity operating data, including actual and forecast demand, net generation, and the power flowing between electric Electric System Operating Data tool, which provides hourly electricity operating data, including actual and forecast demand, net generation, and the power flowing between electric electric systems.

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Looking at just emissions from the electric power sector, emissions in Minnesota dropped by slightly more than the U.S.. However, since 2009, the state has made little to no progress on emissions even as electricity generation by wind increased by 92 percent.

Existing U.S. nuclear power generating plants operate under increasingly competitive market conditions brought on by relatively low natural gas prices, increasing electricity generation from renewable energy sources, and limited growth in electric power demand.

According to the January 2017 U.S. Energy and Employment Report, 373,807 Americans now work in solar electric power generation, while 101,738 people work in wind.

In the U.S., solar power was the # 1 source of new electric generation capacity added in 2016 with a share of 39 %.

«Since 1990, U.S. emissions have increased more slowly than the average annual growth in population (1.2 percent), primary energy consumption (1.1 percent), electric power generation (1.9 percent), or gross domestic product (3.0 percent),» said the report, titled «Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in the United States 2005».

Electric power generation is responsible for 29 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.

National Energy Technology Laboratory, Tracking New Coal - Fired Power Plants: Coal's Resurgence in Electric Power Generation (Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of Energy, 1 May 2007).

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