power generation

Driven by demand from the electric power sector, the United States set new records in natural gas production, consumption and gross exports in 2019, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported Monday. In its Natural Gas Annual report, EIA said 2019 gas consumption increased 3%, led by a 7% increase in power sector demand that…

A carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) study completed for several Wyoming coal-fueled power plants found that retrofits may provide significant benefits and reduce emissions.  The study by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) evaluated the potential opportunities for retrofitting the state’s existing power plants with CCUS technology, as well as the economic impact. It…

Mexico’s state-owned energy companies must shift their limited capital budgets from unprofitable business lines to segments that make money, according to a new diagnostic analysis by local think tank Instituto Mexicano para la Competitividad, aka IMCO. For national oil company Petróleos Mexicanos, that means re-thinking its strategy to bolster the refining segment and instead investing…

An aerial study of 238 natural gas-fired generation plants in California has concluded they are responsible for 2.1% of the state’s methane emissions from point sources.  Jet Propulsion Laboratory researchers earlier this summer completed the survey using its remote sensing technology. Study flights were conducted in five phases during 2016, 2017 and 2018, covering at…

The Covid-19 pandemic dealt a substantial blow to Mexico’s natural gas demand between April and July, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Gas consumption in Mexico averaged 8.2 Bcf/d during the period, down 5% or 0.5 Bcf/d from the same span last year, EIA said last Thursday, citing data from Genscape Inc. The…

More than $30 million in federal funding has been directed to 10 different research projects aimed at developing advanced natural gas transmission pipeline retrofitting technology to rehabilitate existing cast iron and bare steel pipes in the United States, the Department of Energy (DOE) said. To keep pace with the growing domestic gas industry, DOE’s Under…

Even amid lower overall electricity consumption due to Covid-19 mitigation efforts, natural gas-fired power generation grew 55,000 GWh year/year through the first half of 2020, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA). Comparing the first six months of 2019 to the first six months of 2020, natural gas was the fastest growing source of electric…

In a post-coal, carbon-neutral world, hydrogen and renewable energy resources can lead the way in the transition from fossil fuels, a panel of experts said recently in a webinar hosted by the California Hydrogen Business Council. Supporting the vision of a “fiscally sustainable” future for hydrogen, executives during the webinar offered insights from the perspective…

Horizontal drilling, hydraulic fracturing and renewable power generation have transformed Colorado’s energy landscape over the last decade, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said Thursday. Colorado ranked eighth among U.S. states in natural gas gross withdrawals (5.5 Bcf/d) and fifth in oil production (514,000 b/d) in 2019, said researchers led by Brett Marohl. Weld County, north…