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Solar Power Generation Drives Electricity Generation Growth Over The Next Two Years
Electricity generation by the U.S. electric power sector totaled about 4,260 billion kilowatthours (BkWh) in 2025. In our latest Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), we expect U.S. electricity generation will grow by 1.1% in 2026 and by 2.6% in 2027, when it reaches an annual total of 4,423 BkWh. The three main dispatchable … [continued]
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Avoiding Contrails on Night & Winter Flights Is Aviation’s Fastest Climate Win — New T&E Study
A new analysis by T&E shows that 25% of European aviation’s contrail-related global warming comes from night flights in autumn and winter, which make up just 10% of European air traffic. Contrail warming is highly seasonal and concentrated in time: in 2019, 75% of European contrail warming occurred between January to … [continued]
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TVA Rebates 10,000 Heat Pump Water Heaters in Q4 of 2025, Showing a Wildly Successful Model
By Vidhisha Moopnar The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), the largest public power provider in the United States, via its EnergyRight program has a straightforward mission: serve the Tennessee Valley by delivering affordable, reliable energy while conserving natural resources and supporting economic development. Over the years, TVA has built a strong … [continued]
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When Steel Outlives Strategy: The Climate Cost of Germany’s Hydrogen Pipeline
Germany’s 400 km hydrogen backbone segment is now pressurized, full of fossil hydrogen, and waiting. There are no meaningful suppliers connected to it and no contracted offtakers drawing molecules out. That fact alone makes it worth slowing down and doing the accounting carefully, because large infrastructure decisions do not become … [continued]
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The 8 (Or 11) Electric Cars That Increased Their US Sales In The 4th Quarter
Everyone knew US electric car sales would be down in the 4th quarter. After the $7,500 US EV tax credit was killed, the only question was how far sales would drop. I like looking for surprises, though, and trying to find out what will happen or what happened that people … [continued]
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