Sometime this year, construction on Vineyard Wind, the first major offshore wind farm in the United States, will begin.
Read more here:
https://spectrum.ieee.org/energy/renewables/with-vineyard-wind-the-us-finally-goes-big-on-offshore-wind-power
Around the world, confidence is growing in the oil and gas sector.
Read more here:
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/22/us-oil--gas-firms-ready-to-spend-as-confidence-grows-survey-says.html
Saudi Arabia shows interest in investing in U.S. Natural Gas.
Read more here:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/judeclemente/2019/01/22/saudi-arabia-ventures-into-u-s-natural-gas/#66d8170250a1
According to EIA, wind will exceed natural gas for new electric generation capacity in 2019.
A net, 15.4 GW will be added, consisting of:
· Wind 46%
· Natural Gas 34%
· Solar 18%
· Other renewables/storage 2%
Embedded in the EIA article is a very informative chart detailing where generation capacity additions and retirements are occurring […]
