Ohio Solar Technology Poised to Take Off
They’ve become cheaper, more efficient, and don’t rely on materials from China: why a made-in-Ohio solar panel technology is poised to take off.
Air Quality In CT Causes By 10 Nearby States
According to new federal data, Connecticut’s air quality suffers from fossil fuel emissions from ten other states, including Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. #data #quality #airquality #airqualitymonitoring
Natural Gas Is Volatile! Market Snapshot: February 6, 2023
NATURAL GAS: FROM $9.35 IN SEPTEMBER TO $3.11 IN JANUARY, THE NYMEX HAS FALLEN FAR THE MARKET REMAINS VOLATILE ON COMPETING INDICATORS. A WARMER FORECAST IN THE EAST REDUCES THE DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY AND NATURAL GAS NATURAL GAS: FUTURES PRICING FOR THE NEXT YEAR HAS COLLAPSED The market for future months has dropped by about…
First Solar brings US manufacturing investment to $4B after selling out of panels through 2025
The company wants to bring its annual domestic manufacturing capacity to 10.6 GW by 2025. The story >>
In the past 20 years, natural gas has displaced most coal-fired generation in Pennsylvania.
Natural gas-fired power plants generated 2% of the electricity produced in Pennsylvania in 2001. Over the next 20 years, natural gas-fired generation in the state will increase rapidly, reaching 52% in 2021. Natural gas displaced most coal-fired generation, which fell from 57% of the electricity generated in Pennsylvania in 2001 to 12% in 2021. Natural…
PJM Generator Average Interconnection Costs soar 728%
The average cost for generators to connect to the grid in the PJM Interconnection soared from 2020 to 2022 compared to previous two-year intervals, driven mainly by network upgrades beyond the interconnecting substation, according to a study released Thursday by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Read the complete story >>
Market Snapshot: Monday, January 23, 2023
Natural Gas: WE MAY HAVE HIT BOTTOM, AND COLDER WEATHER COULD BRING PRICES BACK THE MARKET REMAINS VOLATILE ON COMPETING INDICATORS. What Is Henry Hub?Henry Hub is a natural gas pipeline located in Erath, Louisiana, that serves as the official delivery location for futures contracts on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX). EIA NATURAL GAS…
EIA: Increasing Renewables likely to Reduce Coal and Natural Gas Generation over Next Two Years
In the Energy Information Agency’s latest Short-Term Energy Outlook, they expect that increased U.S. power generation from new renewables capacity—primarily wind and solar—will reduce generation from coal-fired and natural gas-fired power plants in 2023 and 2024. With the new solar and wind projects coming online this year, the EIA forecasts these two energy sources will…