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Generating Unit Annual Capital and Life Extension Costs Analysis
(Wed, 04 Dec 2019) EIA has released its evaluation of capital expenditures and operations and maintenance costs for existing fossil steam and renewable generators. With recent increases in generator retirements, this report focuses on potential cost changes for coal and other fossil-fueled plants over time.
Weekly net change in working gas stocks exceeds five-year average for first time this heating season
(Tue, 03 Dec 2019) Last week (week ending November 22, 2019), the U.S. Energy Information Administrationâs (EIA) estimated weekly net withdrawals from working natural gas stocks at underground storage facilities in the Lower 48 states exceeded the five-year average for the first time in three weeks. The heating season traditionally begins on November 1. Total net withdrawals were just 28 billion cubic feet (Bcf) compared with the five-year average for the report week of 57 Bcf.
Two Reporters Navigate Mountains of Packages in New York
The signs were all around us. The city’s infrastructure can’t keep pace with the e-commerce boom.
Facing a Pollution Crisis, Netherlands Tells Drivers to Slow Down
The government lowered the daytime speed limit on Dutch highways, to 62 miles per hour, in an attempt to cut nitrogen pollution.
How Bad Is China’s Debt? A City Hospital Is Asking Nurses for Loans
The city of Ruzhou spent big, then used its health care workers to raise money, as local governments look for ways to keep the economy going.
Sudan and South Sudan Country Analysis Brief
(Thu, 07 Nov 2019) EIA has updated its country analysis Executive Summary for Sudan/South Sudan from the previous country analysis brief. The Executive Summary contains detailed information and updates to crude oil production, consumption, and exports as well as other significant changes in the countriesâ energy sectors, and the Background Reference provides additional context to the Executive Summary.
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Net injections in EIAâs salt storage region match record, drive near-record injections in South Central region
(Thu, 31 Oct 2019) Net injections into working gas storage in the South Central region totaled 44 billion cubic feet (Bcf) for the week ending October 25, 2019. Net injections into salt dome working gas storage facilities totaled 25 Bcf for the week, matching the previous record for the week ending October 14, 2016. This weekâs combined salt and non-salt implied net flows into working gas in the South Central region is tied for the fifth largest weekly net injection on record in the history of the five-region weekly working gas estimates, dating to 2010.
It’s the End of California as We Know It
The fires and the blackouts are connected to a larger problem in this state: a failure to live sustainably.
It’s the End of California as We Know It
The fires and the blackouts are connected to a larger problem in this state: a failure to live sustainably.