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2021, March, 26, 12:00:00
U.S. SOLAR COSTS WILL DOWN
The cost of generating power from the sun has dropped more than 80% in the last decade, making it competitive with plants powered by fossil fuels like coal and natural gas.
2021, March, 26, 11:55:00
U.S. GDP UP 4.3%
Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 4.3 percent in the fourth quarter of 2020
2021, March, 25, 12:05:00
U.S. OIL INVENTORIES UP 1.9 MB TO 502.7 MB
U.S. commercial crude oil inventories increased by 1.9 million barrels to 502.7 million barrels.
2021, March, 24, 10:10:00
U.S. NUCLEAR FUEL FACILITY
HALEU fuel is enriched to between 5% and 20% uranium-235 and will be required by many advanced reactor designs that are currently under development, but is not yet commercially available in the USA.
2021, March, 22, 08:50:00
U.S. MICRO NUCLEAR REACTOR
Advances in nuclear technology have made possible a largely autonomous, fully inherently safe reactor which can be safely moved.
2021, March, 22, 08:45:00
U.S. ENERGY STORAGE MARKET UP
In the last three months of 2020, 2.2 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of energy storage systems were put into operation, according to the energy data firm Wood Mackenzie. That’s an increase of 182% from the previous record-setting quarter.
2021, March, 22, 08:40:00
U.S. RIGS UP 9 TO 411
U.S. Rig Count is up 9 from last week at 411, Canada Rig Count is down 24 from last week to 92
2021, March, 19, 13:05:00
U.S. OIL INVENTORIES UP 2.4 MB TO 500.8 MB
U.S. commercial crude oil inventories increased by 2.4 million barrels to 500.8 million barrels.
2021, March, 19, 13:00:00
U.S. OIL FOR INDIA UP ANEW
US crude imports by India stood at 12.69 million mt in 2020, up nearly 29% from a year earlier, helping the country move up to fifth position from sixth in 2019,
2021, March, 19, 12:45:00
U.S. ZERO EMISSIONS RISKS
Modelling Princeton conducted on the path to a net-zero future showed not much, if any, increase in gas-fired generation capacity starting now, with small increases in some areas to manage reliability needs from rapid coal retirements offset by retirements of older gas plants in other areas.
2021, March, 19, 12:35:00
CANADA'S SMR INVESTMENT $45 MLN
According to the study, a 300 MWe grid-scale SMR built in Ontario and operated for 60 years would create direct and related employment including nearly 700 jobs during project development, over 1600 jobs during manufacturing and construction, over 200 jobs during operations, and about 160 jobs during decommissioning.
2021, March, 19, 12:25:00
WESTINGHOUSE INVESTMENT FOR POLAND
Westinghouse's work on the offer is financed by the US Trade and Development Agency. The works are to cost $10 million.
2021, March, 18, 11:55:00
U.S. FEDERAL FUNDS RATE 0.0 - 0.25% AGAIN
The Committee decided to keep the target range for the federal funds rate at 0 to 1/4 percent
2021, March, 17, 14:10:00
U.S. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION DOWN 2.2%
U.S. industrial production decreased 2.2 percent in February.
2021, March, 16, 12:40:00
U.S. LNG FOR ASIA UP
LNG exports to Asia increased 67% in 2020 compared with 2019, accounting for almost half, or 3.1 Bcf/d, of all U.S. LNG exports.