Natural Gas Accounts for Half of 2013 Capacity Additions

Natural gas accounted for more than 50 percent of the 13,500 MW of U.S. power plant capacity additions in 2013. On April 8, 2014, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) released a report showing that the U.S. added approximately 13,500 MW of new utility-scale generating capacity in 2013, with natural gas-fired power plants accounting for more…