EVA’s annual Power Plant Performance Report is featured in the June issue of PennWell’s Power Engineering magazine. The Power Plant Performance Report is based on data and analysis provided by EVA’s analysts. The data is collected from Form EIA 923 “Power Plant Report” and EPA’s Continuous Emissions Monitoring System (CEMS).

It was another year of growth in 2017 for renewable power in the U.S. Renewable generation increased more than 13 percent over 2016, with generation from solar growing more than 47 percent and wind more than 12 percent over 2016’s record-setting year. Meanwhile, generation from fossil fuels declined by more than 5 percent over 2016, as total electricity demand dropped 2 percent year-over-year.

“With flat or even declining electricity demand, fossil fuel-fired power plants continue to lose market share to new renewable generation, which is essentially zero cost generation once it is built,” said Phillip Graeter, a senior consultant at Energy Ventures Analysis (EVA), an energy consulting firm based in Arlington, Virginia. This report highlights the top performing natural gas, coal, and nuclear plants, as well as the top states for wind and solar in 2017, according to preliminary data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA).

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