FERC Fuel Forecast: Gas, Wind and Solar Gain, but Coal Loses

SUGAR LAND--March 12, 2018--Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The "dash to gas" and the "rush to renewables" will continue through 2020, according to the most recent U.S. energy infrastructure update from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) (Washington, D.C.). Through December 2020, FERC expects about 380 new gas-fired units will be built, totaling about 93,000 MW of new electric generating capacity, and renewable-energy developers are upbeat about their prospects in the coming years.

Within this article: Details on how the growing demand for natural gas and renewables is changing the U.S. energy markets.