In a recent article in the journal Energy, experts from universities in Portugal, Switzerland, the U.S., and Romania identify digitalization as a pivotal phenomenon affecting the electricity sector, alongside other…
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![The Big Picture: Coal Controls [Infographic]](https://www.powermag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/bp-coalcontrols-april2024-finalweb-scaled.jpg)
U.S. coal power plant emissions in 2023 showed dramatic reductions in air pollutants, owing mainly to coal plant closures. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), compared to 2022,…
![The Big Picture: A U.S. Hydropower Profile (Infographic)](https://www.powermag.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Stock_GrandCouleeHydroDam_BPA-e1376585555309.jpg)
The U.S. conventional hydropower fleet includes 2,252 hydropower plants with a total generating capacity of 80.58 GW, which produced 6.2% of the country’s electricity in 2022 and nearly 30% of all…
As of December 2022, the Department of Energy (DOE) CHP Installation Database recorded 4,674 combined heat and power (CHP) installations in the U.S., with a combined capacity of 80.4 GW.…
![The Big Picture: Off-Grid Power [Infographic]](https://www.powermag.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/bp-offgridpowerwebstorysplash.jpg)
An estimated 91% of the world’s population had access to electricity in 2020, marking substantial progress toward goals to ensure universal access to power. Still, according to the International Renewable…
![THE BIG PICTURE: Global Coal-to-Gas Switching](https://www.powermag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/bp-dec2022-coaltogasswitching-revisedwithbubbles-scaled.jpg)
The Global Energy Monitor (GEM), an organization dedicated to enhancing understanding of climate change data, in a recent report, estimated that about 89.6 GW (or 13%) of the 692 GW…
![The Big Picture: Power Plant Additions Over the Decades [Infographic]](https://www.powermag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/bp-oct2022-powerbydecades-webphoto-scaled.jpg)
The deployment of new power plants in the U.S. over the past 14 decades has hinged on policies, markets, technologies, and new industry players. Every decade has presented its own…
![THE BIG PICTURE: Hydropower’s Climate Risks](https://www.powermag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/existing-projecteddrought-flood-wwf.png)
While hydropower provides about 16% of global electricity generation today, climate change is predicted to drive various changes in hydrology that could translate into a spectrum of risks for hydropower…
While only one commercial power plant equipped with carbon capture and storage (CCS) remains in operation today, the momentum for CCS appears to have picked up dramatically over the past…