U.S. production capacity of renewable diesel and other biofuels reached 3 billion gallons per year in January 2023, exceeding the production capacity for U.S. biodiesel for the first time, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The growth in production capacity of renewable diesel and other biofuels can be attributed to increasing targets for state…...
Federal and state regulators are actively pursuing efforts to promote the use of electric vehicles (EVs) and expand investment in charging infrastructure. Recently, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) took a major step…Read the full report …...
Federal and state regulators are actively pursuing efforts to promote the use of electric vehicles (EVs) and expand investment in charging infrastructure. Recently, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) took a major step to support an equitable transition to EVs by providing grants and loans to retrofit existing automotive manufacturing facilities. Several states, including California, New York, Minnesota and Colorado, have expanded funding and incentives to support EV adoption and charging solutions.
The U.S. Department of Interior’s first offshore wind auction in the Gulf of Mexico resulted in one lease area receiving a high bid of $5.6 million, according to an Aug. 29 press release. RWE, a company based in Germany, won the rights to a 102,480-acre Lake Charles, Louisiana that has the capacity to produce around…
Solar panel shipments in the U.S. increased by 10 percent in 2022, compared to 2021 and set a record high of 31.7 million peak kilowatts (kWp), according to an Aug. 29 report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. U.S. solar shipments consisting of imports, exports and domestically produced and shipped panels have risen, in line…...
Food service buildings encompassing restaurants across the U.S. are on average almost four times more energy intensive than commercial buildings, according to an Aug. 28 report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The agency determines energy intensity for each building category by dividing total usage of key energy fuels, such as electricity, fuel oil and…...
Regulators across the U.S. are advancing grid transformation measures to support the growth in new sources of power generation driven by…Read the full report …...
Natural gas fired generation has accounted for a larger share of the electricity generation in Florida over the past 20 years, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Natural gas accounted for 31 percent of Florida’s electricity generation in 2022. The installation of 26.8 gigawatts (GW) of new and advanced natural gas fired capacity over…...
Wind power accounted for 22 percent of new electricity capacity installed in the U.S. last year, representing $12 billion in capital investment, according to wind energy market reports issued by the U.S. Department of Energy. The reports – 2023 offshore, land-based, and distributed wind market reports – show that wind power continues to be a…...
Regulators across the U.S. are advancing grid transformation measures to support the growth in new sources of power generation driven by clean energy commitments. Recent actions include reforms adopted by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to address backlogs in the interconnection queue, New York’s grid planning process to identify transmission investments, and Maine’s proceeding examining priorities for utility grid plan filings to assist the transition towards a clean electric grid.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management will hold Gulf of Mexico oil and gas Lease Sale 261 on Sept. 27, 2023, according to a notice issued on Aug. 25. The sale will offer about 12,395 blocks on about 67 million acres on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf in the Western, Central, and Eastern Planning Areas…...