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U.S. power grid added 20.2 GW of generating capacity in the first half of 2024

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According to our latest Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory, developers and power plant owners added 20.2 gigawatts (GW) of utility-scale electric generating capacity in the United States during the first half of 2024. This new capacity is 3.6 GW (21%) more than the capacity added during the first six ...

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Initial cargo of liquefied natural gas ships from Mexico

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The developer of the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility in Mexico shipped an initial cargo this month, with the LNG sailing via the Panama Canal to Mexico's LNG import terminal in Baja California Sur. Developer New Fortress Energy produced the LNG aboard an offshore Floating LNG (FLNG) production vessel ...

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Diesel consumption falls in China due to reduced economic activity and fuel substitution

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Our estimates of diesel consumption in China totaled 3.9 million barrels per day (b/d) in June 2024, a decline of 11% from the same month last year and the largest year-over-year decline in consumption for any month since July 2021.

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China’s natural gas consumption, production, and imports all increased in 2023

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In 2023, 7%, or 2.6 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d), more natural gas was consumed in China than in 2022, after a decline of 1.1% in 2022 when economic growth was slower, mainly due to China's zero-COVID policies, leading to a reduction in natural gas consumption.

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Public company proved oil and natural gas reserves were mostly unchanged in 2023

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Global proved crude oil and natural gas reserves held by 175 publicly traded global exploration and production (E&P) companies increased by 2.0 billion barrels of oil equivalent (BOE) in 2023, or about 1%, according to data from the companiesï¿½ annual financial reports.

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U.S. wind generation hit record in April 2024, exceeding coal-fired generation

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Electricity generation from wind established a new record in the United States in April, and wind generation exceeded coal-fired generation in both March and April, data from our July 2024 Monthly Energy Review show.

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Domestic uranium market will grow between 2023 and 2024

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Uranium miners in the United States produced more than 82,000 pounds of uranium concentrate in the first quarter of 2024, more than in all of 2023. Domestic uranium mines produced 50,000 pounds of triuranium octoxide (U3O8), also called uranium concentrate, in 2023, a significant decrease from the 194,000 pounds ...

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What is the outlook for U.S. natural gas inventories at the end of injection season?

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In our latest Short-Term Energy Outlook, we forecast that U.S. working natural gas inventories will be 3,954 billion cubic feet (Bcf) by the end of October, the most natural gas in U.S. storage since November 2016. We forecast less-than-average cumulative injections for the rest of the injection season (through ...

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U.S. imports of renewable diesel increased in the early months of 2024

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In the first five months of 2024, U.S. imports of renewable diesel averaged 30,000 barrels per day (b/d), approaching the monthly record set in May 2023. Most of the imports (94%) were destined for the U.S. West Coast, where most of the country's renewable diesel is consumed. All U.S. imports came from Neste's plants ...

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The most coal is stockpiled at U.S. power plants since 2020

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Coal stockpiles at U.S. electric power plants totaled 138 million short tons at the end of May, the most since the first half of 2020 when the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic reduced electricity demand and coal consumption.

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