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January 23, 2013How much electric supply capacity is needed to keep U.S. electricity grids reliable?
November 21, 2012
Wind energy tax credit set to expire at the end of 2012
November 2, 2012
Extended outages at several nuclear plants led to high outage levels in 2012
October 4, 2012
Combined heat and power technology fills an important energy niche
September 17, 2012
Municipal solid waste plants convert garbage to electricity
September 7, 2012
Natural gas demand at power plants was high in summer 2012
September 6, 2012
NRG-GenOn acquisition plan would create the largest independent power producer
August 17, 2012
Electric generator dispatch depends on system demand and the relative cost of operation
July 31, 2012
Projected retirements of coal-fired power plants
July 9, 2012
Texas electricity market faces summer challenges
June 14, 2012
California's electric power market faces challenges heading into summer
May 17, 2012
Global generation capacity for nuclear power has grown to over 346 gigawatts since 1955
May 15, 2012
Participation in electric net-metering programs increased sharply in recent years
May 9, 2012
Policies for compensating behind-the-meter generation vary by State
May 8, 2012
U.S. nuclear outages back within five-year range
March 12, 2012
U.S. wind generation increased 27% in 2011
February 10, 2012
Natural gas and renewable shares of electricity generation to grow, coal still largest
November 17, 2011
Over half the cooling systems at U.S. electric power plants reuse water
August 2, 2011
Wind generating capacity is distributed unevenly across the United States
July 6, 2011
Natural gas use in the electric power sector is growing
July 5, 2011
Most electric generating capacity additions in the last decade were natural gas-fired
June 8, 2011
Electric generators' roles vary due to daily and seasonal variation in demand
June 7, 2011
Recent mix of electric generating capacity additions more diverse
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