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About 7% of fossil fuels are consumed for non-combustion use in the United States

(Fri, 06 Apr 2018) While most fossil fuels in the United States are burned, or combusted, to produce heat and power, EIA estimates that the equivalent of about 5.5 quadrillion British thermal units of fossil fuels were consumed for non-combustion purposes in the United States in 2017. Over the past decade, non-combustion consumption of fossil fuels has typically accounted for about 7% of total fossil fuel consumption and about 6% of total energy consumption in the United States.

Natural gas storage design capacity increased slightly in 2017

(Mon, 02 Apr 2018) Over the past four years, relatively little new underground natural gas storage capacity was built in the Lower 48 states. EIA measures natural gas storage capacity in two ways: design capacity and demonstrated maximum working gas volume (or demonstrated peak). In 2017, design capacity grew by about 1%, and demonstrated peak fell by 1%

EIA projects that U.S. coal demand will remain flat for several decades

(Fri, 30 Mar 2018) EIA projects U.S. coal disposition—domestic demand and coal exports—to remain relatively flat through 2050 in the <em>Annual Energy Outlook 2018</em> (AEO2018) Reference case, even as many coal-fired power plants are retired. Coal disposition for the next three decades averages 750 million short tons per year (MMst), down from the peak of nearly 1.2 million tons in 2008.

EIA uses two simplified metrics to show future power plants' relative economics

(Thu, 29 Mar 2018) EIA's long-term outlook for the electric power sector considers both the cost to build and operate power plants as well as the value those plants provide to the grid. A supplemental report to EIA's <em>Annual Energy Outlook 2018</em> (AEO2018) describes two simple measures of cost and value to show how certain technologies can be compared to determine the most economically attractive technologies, and in turn, the types of power plants most likely to be built.

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