U.S. primary energy consumption totaled 100 quadrillion Btu, a 1% decrease from 2018. Natural gas consumption increased 3%, renewable energy consumption and nuclear electric power consumption each increased less than 1%, petroleum consumption decreased less than 1%, and coal consumption decreased 14%.

Podcast/Audio - What the issues and market-specific variables that make energy storage such a diverse landscape?

India’s annual electricity demand in 2019 grew at its slowest pace in six years, according to the CEA, amid a broader economic slowdown that resulted in a fall in sales of everything from cars to cookies, prompting some large-scale industries such as the automobile sector to slash jobs.

Based on more than 7,500 survey responses from consumers in the U.S. and Canada throughout 2019, here are three themes on the needs of today's energy consumers:

Yet ratepayers have not been able to benefit from these significantly lower costs of clean energy

There is no doubt that we are in the midst of an energy revolution. Not only is the nature of energy changing from fossil-generated energy to renewable – there is a total change in the distribution structure occurring with less focus on centralisation and more on distributed energy.

Question - How are utilities handling enterprise and operational information management?

The power industry is evolving because it must meet a growing demand for electricity, as the world population continues to increase and developing countries industrialise.

EIA forecasts Brent prices will average $61/b in 2020; with prices averaging $58/b during the first half of the year and $64/b during the second half of the year. EIA forecasts the average Brent prices will rise to an average of $68/b in 2021.

U.S. coal and nuclear power plants will collectively provide more than 25% of electricity generation through 2050.