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U.S. Primary Energy Production, Consumption, and Exports Increased in 2024

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The United States continued to produce more energy than it consumed in 2024. This surplus energy production helped energy exports grow to a record high 30.9 quadrillion British thermal units (quads) in 2024, up 4% from 2023. Energy imports stayed flat at 21.7 quads in 2024, meaning the United States exported 9.3 quads more … [continued]

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CO₂ By Sea: The Risky Bet Beneath Europe’s Biggest Carbon Storage Project

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Northern Lights is Europe’s most ambitious carbon capture and storage project, and possibly the most operationally serious one in the world. It deserves credit for getting past the pilot stage, for designing an end-to-end storage system with real injection capacity, and for contracting with emitters in four different countries. But … [continued]

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U.S. Natural Gas-Directed Rigs Decreased for 2nd Consecutive Year in 2024

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The number of rigs deployed to drill for natural gas in the United States decreased over the last two years. U.S. natural gas-directed rigs decreased 32% (50 rigs) between December 2022 and December 2024. This decline has been concentrated in the natural gas-rich Haynesville and Appalachia regions, where the combined … [continued]

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Planned Retirements of U.S. Coal-Fired Electric-Generating Capacity to Increase in 2025

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Electricity generators plan to retire 12.3 gigawatts (GW) of capacity in 2025, a 65% increase in retirements compared with 2024. Last year, 7.5 GW was retired from the U.S. power grid, the least generation retired since 2011, according to data reported to us in our latest inventory of electric generators. Coal … [continued]

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