(Mon, 06 Nov 2017) Repowering older wind turbines, which involves replacing aging turbines or components, is becoming more common in the United States as the turbine fleet ages and as wind turbine technology advances. Newer turbines tend to be larger and installed at greater heights, allowing for more capacity per turbine.
(Mon, 06 Nov 2017) Contains spreadsheets with retail sales and revenue data from the 2016 Form EIA-861 (latest website update: November 6, 2017). The files contain electricity sales, revenue and price data. The data geographic coverage is the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
(Fri, 03 Nov 2017) Cumulative sales of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs), including battery electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, reached 1.2 million worldwide in 2015. Still, PEVs account for less than 1% of vehicles in use globally. Future developments in battery technology, policy, and consumer preference have important implications for future PEV adoption and serve as a great source of uncertainty in meeting future mobility demand.
(Thu, 02 Nov 2017) The South China Sea is a major route for liquefied natural gas (LNG) trade, and in 2016, almost 40% of global LNG trade, or about 4.7 trillion cubic feet (Tcf), passed through the South China Sea
(Thu, 02 Nov 2017) The square footage, or size, of a home is an important characteristic in understanding its energy use. This comprehensive methodology report discusses how the 2015 RECS square footage estimates were produced.
(Thu, 02 Nov 2017) Nearly one-third of U.S. households (31%) reported facing a challenge in paying energy bills or sustaining adequate heating and cooling in their home in 2015, according to the most recent results from EIAâs Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS).
(Thu, 02 Nov 2017) The U.S. does not have a federally mandated building energy code. Instead, states or local governments can choose whether to adopt one of the national model energy codes or a modified version of the model code. This report estimates state adoption and compliance rates for commercial and residential model building energy codes.
The European Commission, watchdog of the EU treaties, is throwing everything it has at Russia’s planned 55 Bcm/year Nord Stream 2 pipeline across the Baltic Sea to Germany in its efforts to keep Russian natural gas transit flows to the EU through Ukraine a viable option.
(Wed, 01 Nov 2017) In September and October 2017, the difference between domestic and foreign crude oil prices has risen to the highest level since 2015. In the past, price differences between West Texas Intermediate (WTI) and Brent crude oil led to changes in crude oil supply for petroleum refineries in the U.S. East Coast region.
(Tue, 31 Oct 2017) The Petra Nova facility, a coal-fired power plant located near Houston, Texas, is one of only two operating power plants with carbon capture and storage (CCS) in the world, and it is the only such facility in the United States.
