by September 28, 2017 9:55 am
-Nuclear outages fall 10% in summer 2017
Outages at U.S. nuclear power plants were 10% lower or on average 4.6 gigawatts in the summer of 2017 (June through August), compared to the same period in 2016, according…
by September 28, 2017 9:55 am
-Outages at U.S. nuclear power plants were 10% lower or on average 4.6 gigawatts in the summer of 2017 (June through August), compared to the same period in 2016, according…
by September 26, 2017 4:05 pm
-Members of Arkansas’ congressional delegation said they followed up on earlier plans to ask U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Rick Perry to end the agency’s participation in the controversial Clean…
by September 26, 2017 2:29 pm
-The National Oil and Gas Gateway, made available to the public Tuesday (Sept. 26), is the first public website with oil and natural gas well-level data from multiple states. The…
by September 26, 2017 11:12 am
-The U.S. Energy Information Administration has released to the public the National Oil and Gas Gateway, a website with oil and natural gas well data from multiple states. The website…
by September 25, 2017 9:54 am
-Retail electricity rates paid by U.S. residential customers increased 3% to 12.8 cents per kilowatt-hour in the first half of 2017, compared to the same period in 2016, according to…
by September 22, 2017 11:52 am
-Since January 2010, rail shipments of asphalt have remained flat, but the shipments of petroleum coke have risen by two thirds over the same period, according to the U.S. Energy…
by September 19, 2017 9:46 am
-Coal-fired plants in the United States installed environmental controls just before compliance deadlines, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The environmental controls include mercury control equipment that uses activated…
by September 15, 2017 2:59 pm
-Arkansas Sierra Club and the city of Fayetteville hosted a Drive Electric Week event in downtown Fayetteville on Friday (Sept. 15). The event focused on the benefits of electric vehicles…
by September 14, 2017 10:16 am
-Energy consumption is expected to rise 28% globally, between 2015 and 2040, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. On Thursday (Sept. 14), the EIA released the International Energy Outlook…
by September 12, 2017 10:32 am
-The production of primary aluminum in the United States has declined by more than 50% since January 2015, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Primary aluminum production was consistently…
by September 11, 2017 6:42 pm
-Gross inputs to refineries along the U.S. Gulf Coast declined 34% or 3.2 million barrels per day in the week ending Sept. 1, from the previous week in which Hurricane…
by September 11, 2017 6:17 pm
-Little Rock nonprofit Winrock International has helped to develop an emission reduction program in Ghana, allowing it to become part of the Carbon Fund portfolio of the Forest Carbon Partnership…
by September 8, 2017 9:34 am
-Hurricane Irma has utilities in Florida preparing for high levels of power outages, and officials in the state are planning to shut down two nuclear power plants — Turkey Point…
by September 7, 2017 11:41 am
-A team of science and agriculture researchers at the University of Arkansas are working with researchers from two other institutions on a project to develop a chemical process that converts…
by September 7, 2017 11:07 am
-The price of electricity rose 1.5% between 2006 and 2016 — similar to the 1.6% annual rate of inflation over the same period, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration….
by September 6, 2017 3:10 pm
-Tulsa-based Magellan Midstream Partners, a major Gulf Coast refined productions transporter that delivers gasoline and other motor fuels into Arkansas’ market, announced plans Wednesday (Sept. 6) to build another 135-mile,…
by September 6, 2017 2:52 pm
-Pump prices across Arkansas have jumped nearly 25 cents over the past week as Hurricane Irma approaches the Florida coast, prompting fears of gas shortages and price-gouging that could spike…
by September 5, 2017 8:33 am
-The U.S. Department of Energy has proposed a rule to accelerate the approval process for small-scale exports of natural gas, including liquefied natural gas (LNG), from the United States. On…
by September 5, 2017 8:27 am
-The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will temporarily allow the distribution of 11.5 Low Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) gasoline in Arkansas in hopes to ease a fuel shortage in the wake…
by August 31, 2017 6:00 pm
-U.S. consumption of distillate fuel has become less seasonal as its use as a heating fuel has fallen, exports have risen and its non-seasonal usage as a transportation fuel has…