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Since 2010, the US power industry has retired or closed more than 500 coal -fired power plants. This action has reduced the coal -fired power generation capacity of more than 100GW among the US power structure. According to the latest report from the US Energy Information Administration EIA, about one -fifth of these shutdown power plants are replaced by natural gas power generation or directly replaced by natural gas power plants. According to data from the US Energy Information Administration EIA, from 2011 to 2019, 121 coal -fired power plants in the United States were used to burn other types of fuel. More than 100 retired power plants were transformed or replaced by gas power generation, and the replacement capacity was close to 30GW. According to EIA, the decision of power plants from coal to natural gas is promoted by stricter emission standards, lower natural gas prices and more efficient new natural gas burning machine power generation technology. As the US coal -fired power plant continues to respond to the challenges brought about by emission standards and low prices of natural gas, EIA expects that more such conversions will occur in the future, especially in the central and western United States and southeast. Eight of the planned power plant projects have been notified to EIA, five of which are under construction and will replace existing coal -fired power plants. At present, natural gas fuel accounts for more than 35%of the US power generation, followed by coal (less than 25%) and nuclear energy (accounting for 20%). Now, renewable energy accounts for nearly 20%, mainly from hydropower, wind and solar energy. |
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Germany accelerates the "decoupling" with Russia's energy. The EU wants to embarked on Russia's oil in the next step? According to Bell Berbque's statement, Germany will reduce oil imported from Russia this summer; it will completely prohibit imported oil from Russia before the end of this year; then, the "decoupling" of natural gas will follow. "By then, the European Union will get rid of its dependence on Russian energy." Bell Berbak said, "We will follow the common line map of the European Union."Recently, Germany has increased its efforts to reduce its dependence on Russia's energy imports. Data show that as of the beginning of April, Russia's oil accounted for 25%of Germany's imports, below 35%before the situation in Ukraine worsened at the end of February.Of course, compared to oil, Germany is more dependent on natural gas from Russia, so it is more difficult for the natural gas "one -size -fits -all" natural gas imported from Russia. The above data shows that Germany still imported about 40%of natural gas from Russia in the first quarter of this year. The German Economic Minister of Economy also previously believed that (Germany) must completely get rid of the natural gas dependence on Russia, and it is possible to "mid -2024".In order to fill the huge gap left by Russia's energy in the future, Habeck has led a group to visit Qatar, a large oil and gas resource country in Middle East at the end of March, hoping to ensure the supply of energy supply in Germany, especially the supply of natural gas. At that time, Habeck said that Germany must import more natural gas from other countries outside Russia to ensure energy safety and stability. During his visit, he emphasized that Germany hopes to establish closer partnership with Qatar in the field of hydrogen energy such as hydrogen energy to accelerate the transition process of Germany to clean energy.However, Germany intends to import natural gas from Qatar still facing challenges. According to German media reports, due to the need for natural gas from Qatar, Germany has accelerated the construction of the two liquefied natural gas receiving stations, the Hong Kong LNG receiving stations, but the infrastructure such as liquefied natural gas receiving stations still needs to be longer. time.Earlier, some European countries have called for the energy import of energy from Russia. Earlier this month, the European Union approved the ban on Russian coal, but failed to reach an agreement on the embargo on petroleum and natural gas. According to data from the EU Statistical Bureau, the EU's natural gas imports from Russia accounted for about 40%each year, and about one -third of the EU's oil demand comes from Russia.According to foreign media reports, after the announcement of embargoing Russia coal, EU officials are currently brewing a measure of embarrassment for Russian oil products. The above measures may be officially announced after the results of the French election this weekend.The news was also confirmed by France. French Finance Minister Lemer said on the 21st that French President Macron hopes to take such a move at the EU level. "I hope that in the next few weeks, we will persuade our European partners to stop importing Russian oil. The European Commission is trying to speed up the supply of energy to try to reduce the cost of prohibiting Russia's oil and persuade Germany and other reluctant EU countries. Accept this measure. " |
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#accelerate#expansion#issued Since mid -February, American economic activities have continued to expand at a mild speed, and the growth of consumer expenditure in the retail and non -financial services field has accelerated. Essence Car sales continue to be restricted by low inventory. Although the demand for real estate such as residential housing continues to be strong, it also faces supply restrictions. The Russian conflict has exacerbated the contradictions of the US economy, especially the worst inflation in the United States for more than 40 years. The cost of raw materials, transportation and labor has risen sharply, and the prices of energy, financial services and agricultural products have soared. Due to the strong consumer demand, companies continue to pass the rapidly rising investment cost to customers or consumers. In the next few months, the US economy will continue to face inflation pressure. The Federal Reserve Chairman Powell discussed in a group discussion on the International Monetary Fund's group of global economy that it was appropriate to accelerate the pace of interest rate hikes. He said that at the coming May interest rate conference, 50 basis points raised interest rates will be discussed at the main conference. This means that after the inflation data is hit, the Fed will face this issue with a more serious attitude. As the market's expectations of the Fed in the future have been formed, the US dollar exchange rate has also been on the raising orbit. Although the appreciation of the US dollar is conducive to the capital to stay in the US market, it has maintained the US commodity trade deficit in high levels and dragged down GDP growth. A few days ago, the International Monetary Fund issued a new issue of the World Economic Outlook Report. It is expected that the US economy increased by 3.7%in 2022, lower than the previous 4%forecast value. |
