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First offshore wind farm in the United States begins construction

August 14, 2015 Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, based on Lindoe Offshore Renewables Center In July, American offshore wind developer, for what is expected to be the first offshore wind farm in the United States. The project will be located three miles southeast of Block Island, Rhode Island. With five turbines totaling 30 megawatts (MW) […]

EIA’s mapping system highlights energy infrastructure across the United States

June 16, 2015 Source: EIA’s from many government agencies as well as public and private sources. Understanding infrastructure components is helpful as energy supply and consumption patterns change. Source: EIA Energy Mapping System Crude oil pipelines and rail terminal locations are based on publicly available data. Source: EIA Energy Mapping System As with crude oil […]

Average size of new commercial buildings in United States continues to grow

May 8, 2015 Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS) Increases in the size of commercial buildings have outpaced increases in the number of those buildings over the past decade, according to EIA’s . EIA’s CBECS is the only nationally representative data collection for building characteristics and energy use in commercial […]

Wind generation seasonal patterns vary across the United States

February 25, 2015 Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Forms EIA-860 and EIA-923 Note: Data include facilities with a net summer capacity of 1 MW and above only. Wind plant generation performance varies throughout the year as a result of highly seasonal wind patterns. Nationally, wind plant performance tends to be highest during the spring and […]

European residential electricity prices increasing faster than prices in United States

November 18, 2014 Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration and Eurostat Note: European Union average consists of 27 member countries in 2006, 28 member countries for all other years. European residential electricity prices have historically exceeded U.S. prices, and the gap has widened in recent years. In 2013, average residential electricity rates in European Union (EU) […]

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