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The Full Transcript Elizabeth Wason: Welcome to the Policy Leadership Series Podcast from Resources for the Future (RFF). In every episode, leading global decisionmakers speak to RFF President and CEO Richard Newell about big environmental and energy policy issues. In this episode, Richard speaks to Jigar Shah, director of the Loan Programs Office at the […]
June 29, 2023 Primary energy consumption in the United States was 100.4 quadrillion British thermal units (quads) in 2022, a 3% increase from 2021. About 21% of U.S. energy consumption in 2022 came from nonfossil fuel sources such as renewables and nuclear—a tie with 2020 as the highest share since the early 1900s, according to […]
June 27, 2023 U.S. natural gas demand (domestic consumption plus gross exports) increased 43%, or 34.5 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d), from 2012 to 2022. Demand in the Gulf Coast states of Louisiana and Texas grew by 116%, or 16.0 Bcf/d, driven largely by increased demand for feedgas for liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports. […]
[1/2] People shop in a supermarket as inflation affected consumer prices in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., June 10, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly Producer price index falls 0.3% in May PPI increases 1.1% year-on-year, smallest gain since 2020
June 14, 2023 As the country’s generation mix moves away from the most water-intensive sources of generation, U.S. electric power sector water withdrawals for power plant cooling remained relatively constant in 2021, increasing by just 0.3% from 2020 to 47.7 trillion gallons of water. The slight increase compares to a 2.5% rise in U.S. electricity […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced 12 projects, whose work will span more . . .
June 12, 2023 U.S. ethane exports averaged 537,000 barrels per day (b/d) in March 2023, an all-time high since the United States began exporting ethane nearly a decade ago, according to our May 2023 Petroleum Supply Monthly. Increased export capacity in recent years has allowed more ethane to be exported. Ethane serves mainly as a […]
According to a Department of Energy (DOE) press release, transitioning to clean energy can create exciting new job opportunities in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields. Last month, the DOE launched the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Clean Energy Education Prize. This competition aims to assist HBCUs in developing programs that will boost […]
A debt default by the U.S. federal government would shake up the global energy market, S&P Global Commodity Insights has warned, adding, however, that the chance of that happening was a slim one. Congress is at an impasse about the debt ceiling and recent talks between President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy ended with […]
US engineering firm Black & Veatch told BNamericas it was planning to seek a contract for the first energy storage project of its kind in the country. The company is preparing to participate in Chile’s second transmission auction . . .