EIA: Gas Will Top Coal for Power Generation This Year
By Robert Walton | March 10, 2016
Technology • March 2016 • Views: 919
- Natural gas-fired power generation will top coal this year, according to new predictions from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. It is the first time gas is expected to best coal, and the agency released its estimate this week in its Short Term Energy Outlook.
- Gas is expected to fuel a third of the United States' power generation this year, compared to 32% from coal, EIA said. In 2017, the two will produce equal amounts of energy, the agency predicts.