Sentences with phrase «exceeded coal generation»
EIA's Short - Term Energy Outlook (STEO) is now forecasting that 2016 will be the first year that natural gas - fired generation exceeds coal generation in the United States on an annual basis.
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FPL says it expects its solar power generation capacity will exceed that from coal and oil combined by 2020.
In the Reference case, coal generation at existing coal plants is supported by a steady rise in natural gas prices beyond 2020, with annual average spot prices exceeding $ 7.50 per million Btu by 2040.
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, natural gas power generation exceeded power generation from coal in April.
Natural gas is projected to account for 33 % or U.S. electrical generation in 2016, exceeding coal (at 32 %) for the first time.
However, EIA's latest Electric Power Monthly shows that coal's generation share once again exceeded that of natural gas during May.
However, in April 2015 gas - fired generation exceeded coal for the first calendar month ever.
That level of alternative energy would exceed that provided by all of China's coal - fired power plants right now and be the equivalent of the United States» total electricity generation.
For example, additional capacity beyond existing plants is only required by 2020 if power generation growth exceeds 4 % year and coal plants are run at utilisation rate of 45 % or less.
Across six regions, according to the report, coal provided 55 percent of daily incremental generation, and the study concludes that at least for PJM Interconnection (which manages the electricity grid across 12 Midwest and Mid-Atlantic states as well as DC), «coal provided the most resilient form of generation, due to available reserve capacity and on - site fuel availability, far exceeding all other sources» without which the region «would have experienced shortfalls leading to interconnect - wide blackouts.»
These results suggest that total atmosphere - related environmental damages plus generation costs are much greater for coal - fired power than other types of electricity generation, and that damages associated with gasoline vehicles substantially exceed those for electric vehicles.