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Coal And Nuclear Electricity Generation Declines As Renewable Energy Sources Soar
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 20, 2009 According to the latest figures published by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) in its "Electric Power Monthly" report released on February 13, 2009, renewable sources of electricity enjoyed significant growth during the past year while nuclear and coal both experienced notable declines. Specifically, EIA reports that net electricity generation in the United States dropped by 0.9 percent from November 2007 to November 2008. This was the fourth consecutive month that net generation was down compared to the same calendar month in 2007. The drop in coal-fired generation was the largest absolute fuel-specific decline from November 2007 to November 2008 as it fell by 4,380 thousand megawatt-hours, or 2.7 percent. Declines in Texas, Georgia, Missouri, Tennessee, and West Virginia totaled 4,262 thousand megawatt-hours. Nuclear generation was down by 2.3 percent and was second only to coal-fired generation in its contribution to the national drop in net generation. The biggest drop in generation at a nuclear plant was at the Millstone facility in Connecticut, which was down for part of the month for a refueling outage. On the other hand, EIA figures show that renewable energy, including conventional hydropower, increased by 7.3 percent - reflecting a combined increase of 6.1 percent in conventional hydropower coupled with a 10.0 percent increase in non-hydro renewables (i.e., solar, wind, geothermal, biomass). In particular, according to EIA, net generation from wind sources was 42.4 percent higher than it had been in November 2007. The higher wind generation totals in Texas, California, Minnesota, and Illinois accounted for 53.1 percent of the national rise. Conventional hydroelectric power provided 6.4 percent of the U.S.'s total net electricity generation, while other renewables (biomass, geothermal, solar, and wind) and other miscellaneous energy sources generated the remaining 3.1 percent of electric power. Share This Article With Planet Earth
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AHRI Applauds Presidential Signing Of Stimulus Bill
Arlington VA (SPX) Feb 19, 2009The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute applauds congressional leaders for bringing to President Obama an economic stimulus bill, which he signed yesterday, that provides numerous incentives to upgrade the nation's heating and cooling system infrastructure, creating thousands of jobs, reducing buildings' energy costs, and helping achieve the nation's environmental goals faster. |
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