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One of the largest wind farms in the United States was completed in Oklahoma last spring

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In April 2022, the Traverse Wind Energy Center in Oklahoma was completed and came online. At 999 megawatts (MW) of capacity, the Traverse facility is one of the largest wind farms in the United States and is the largest wind farm built in one phase in North America. Project developers expect that it will generate ...

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Natural gas imports from Canada continue providing winter reliability to U.S. markets

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Despite the downward trend in natural gas imports from Canada, trade between the United States and Canada remains important in balancing U.S. natural gas markets and helps ensure reliable supply to parts of the United States. Because of ample capacity on pipelines and in storage facilities in Canada, suppliers can ...

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Real U.S. gasoline prices this Thanksgiving are mostly unchanged from last year

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Consumers paid, on average, $3.65 per gallon (gal) at the pump for U.S. regular gasoline on November 21, the Monday before Thanksgiving. This year's Monday-before-Thanksgiving price is 7.5%, or $0.25/gal, higher than last year, which is the same as the overall consumer goods price increase of 7.7%, based on the ...

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New Software To Predict Building Energy Usage

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According to EnergyPlus "Buildings account for more than 40% of U.S. energy use and 70% of the country’s electricity use. Reducing that consumption and “shaping” it to match renewable generation is one of the key challenges of our clean energy future. We need to design and operate buildings to be more efficient, ...

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2022: Energy limits are likely to push the world economy into recession

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In my view, there are three ways a growing economy can be sustained: With a growing supply of cheap-to-produce energy products, matched to the economy’s energy needs.With growing debt and other indirect promises of future goods and services, such as rising asset prices.With growing complexity, such as greater ...

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“Our Next Energy” Tests Its 750-Mile Range Prototype Battery In A Tesla Model S

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Our Next Energy (ONE), a Michigan-based startup, tested its prototype of a new battery in a Tesla Model S and drove 752 miles before having to recharge, Reuters has reported. ONE plans to start producing battery packs that will deliver a similar range in 2023. Mujeeb Ijaz, ONE’s founder and CEO, shared their plans to ...

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Solid-State Energy Storage Dam Is About To Bust Wide Open

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New solid state lithium-ion energy storage technology is still in the R&D phase, and it has already attracted EV manufacturers who love the idea of packing more muscle into smaller spaces while saving on weight, improving performance, and enhancing their safety profile, too. Now it looks like the stationary ...

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High Energy Costs the Christmas Gift of ‘Green’ Politicians – Watts Up With That?

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By Vijay Jayaraj – December 29, 2021 The coming cold of winter is being paired with “green-inspired” energy policies that have created higher energy prices and fuel shortages. Historically, winters have been big killers. But centuries of innovation made us more resilient to the cold as we fully utilized the ...

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The Free-Energy Principle Explains the Brain – Neuroscience News

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Summary: The free-energy principle can explain how neural networks minimize energy costs and are optimized for efficiency.Source: RIKENThe RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS) in Japan, along with colleagues, has shown that the free-energy principle can explain how neural networks are optimized for efficiency. ...

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Renewables Best Coal As America’s Second Largest Energy Source

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Reprinted with permission from Daily KosThe Energy Information Administration (EIA) announced that renewables generated 21 percent of all electricity in the country for 2020. Renewable energy sources like biomass, geothermal, solar, and wind accounted for 834 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of the nation’s power last ...

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