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Medium-term Outlook for US power: 2015 Could Equate to Deepest de-Carbonization Ever
In 2015, the US could set new national records for annual renewable build, coal retirements, and gas burn from the power sector. Meanwhile, continues a research note published by Bloomberg New Energy Finance,electricity-related emissions could fall to their lowest levels since 1994.
The research note examines short-term forecasts for US power.Renewable build will total 18.3GW in 2015 – 9.1GW from solar (an all-time high); 8.9GW from wind (third-most ever). Both technologies are in the midst of a temporary build rush, as developers race to capture important federal tax incentives that are set to step down or expire by 2017. California will account for over half of the solar build in 2015; Electrical Reliability Council of Texas will absorb over one third of the new wind.
• The Mercury and Air Toxics Standard (MATS) take effect on April 2015, hastening a wave
of coal retirements among generators whose economics are otherwise challenged by the
effects of old age and cheap gas. In all, expect 23GW to stop burning coal this year, with
another 30GW falling offline before decade-end.
• Natural gas-fired generators are poised to back-fill lost generation from retiring coal; and even
more importantly, plummeting gas prices have enabled efficient, combined-cycle gas turbines
to undercut marginal costs of coal in many parts of the country. Coal-to-gas switch calculus is
complex, but we believe these two factors (lost coal capacity and a relative improvement in
gas-fired economics) will lead to the most gas burn from the power sector ever – more even
than witnessed in 2012 (‘the year of no winter,” when Henry Hub sank below $3/MMBtu).
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This year’s winning entries were chosen by an independent voting panel of integrators along with the editors of CE Pro.
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By tracking and monitoring a fleet of cable reels that are off-site or at subcontractor locations, significant savings can be realized. The service includes an online and mobile software platform for efficient and convenient management. This innovation provides customers with the real-time location of each reel as well as an alert system for monitoring on-site events including deliveries and pick-ups.
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“The Back to Work wage subsidy is benefiting hundreds of Manitoba businesses that are bringing back employees who were laid off during the COVID-19 pandemic, and hiring more staff to boost their operations and provide valued services to Manitobans,” said Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister. “Manitoba has designed some of Canada’s strongest support programs to help relieve small businesses of unexpected financial burdens...
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