
May 15, 2018
Planned coal-fired capacity additions from a number of countries in and around the Middle East will add 41 gigawatts (GW) of new electric generating capacity over the next decade, based on announced projects and projects currently in the permitting process. Another 3 GW of coal-fired capacity is currently under construction in these countries.
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February 21, 2018
Over the next two years, EIA’s Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) projects growth in U.S. consumption of ethane in the petrochemical industry will exceed increases in consumption of all other petroleum and liquid products—such as motor gasoline, distillate, and jet fuel—combined. EIA also projects that ethane exports will continue increasing, as ethane is exported both by pipeline to Canada and by tankers to more distant destinations.
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December 17, 2015
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) recently issued a report from the Nuclear Fuel Data Survey indicating the nature and amount of spent nuclear fuel currently in storage around the U.S.
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November 3, 2015
The U.S. Energy Information Agency (EIA) reported on Monday that nuclear capacity is anticipated to increase by 2020 despite planned closures of nuclear power plants.
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October 23, 2015
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported that, if the proposed merger between Exelon Corp. and Pepco Holdings Inc. were approved, it would create the largest electric utility holding company by customers, the group announced Wednesday.
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October 5, 2015
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released a report on Monday that indicated Kazakhstan has become the leading uranium supplier to U.S. nuclear reactors. In 2014, the U.S. purchased approximately 12 million pounds of uranium from Kazakhstan.
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August 13, 2015
Sendai Nuclear Power Station Unit 1 became the first nuclear reactor in Japan to begin restarting its operations on Tuesday following the aftermath of the Fukushima Daiichi accident of 2011.
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August 3, 2015
Over the next 20 years, Vietnam is expected to increase its electrical output through the diversification of its generation sources, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) announced on Monday.
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July 20, 2015
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Monday that China is expected soon to surpass Japan, Russia and South Korea in nuclear generation capacity.
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June 16, 2015
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) recently analyzed the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan and was forced to consider new nuclear capacity in a separate case analysis because building new nuclear capacity beyond current construction or retirement is not included in the EPA’s major compliance options.
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