EIA Electric Power Monthly June 2021 for April 2021.
I've decided to group and post the data in a separate thread.
Natural Gas: down on 2020, up on 2019.
Coal:: up on 2020, down on 2019.
Nuclear: down on 2020, down on 2019
Wind: up on 2020, up on 2019
Solar:up on 2020,up on 2019
There's still a few more months of COVID to come off the rolling data so we should expect to see coal rolling generation continue to rise at least until August.
April 2021 was the 2nd time utility-scale solar generation was above 10TWh. The previous time was July 2020.
Capacity factors suggest that April was sunny and windy, but with further capacity additions we can expect utility-scale solar to exceed 10TWh through September.
Utility wind+solar is reached 11.16% of utility generation.
Renewable generation is 19.79% of utility generation.
Includring estimated solar, wind+solar is 12.11% of generation.
We could see renewable's share drop temporarily as rolling generation recovers from COVID, especially combined with the heat waves we've seen.
However, the planned capacity increases are pointing to the growth of renewables.
Generation
Capacity
Capacity Factor
I've decided to group and post the data in a separate thread.
Natural Gas: down on 2020, up on 2019.
Coal:: up on 2020, down on 2019.
Nuclear: down on 2020, down on 2019
Wind: up on 2020, up on 2019
Solar:up on 2020,up on 2019
There's still a few more months of COVID to come off the rolling data so we should expect to see coal rolling generation continue to rise at least until August.
April 2021 was the 2nd time utility-scale solar generation was above 10TWh. The previous time was July 2020.
Capacity factors suggest that April was sunny and windy, but with further capacity additions we can expect utility-scale solar to exceed 10TWh through September.
Utility wind+solar is reached 11.16% of utility generation.
Renewable generation is 19.79% of utility generation.
Includring estimated solar, wind+solar is 12.11% of generation.
We could see renewable's share drop temporarily as rolling generation recovers from COVID, especially combined with the heat waves we've seen.
However, the planned capacity increases are pointing to the growth of renewables.
Generation
. | . | . | Natural Gas | Coal | Nuclear | Wind | Utility Solar | Utility Total | Small Solar | Total Solar | Total |
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2020 | Month | GWh | 108,138.0 | 40,576.0 | 59,170.0 | 29,534.0 | 8,010.0 | 274,876.0 | 3,801.0 | 11,811.0 | 278,677.0 |
2020 | Month | % All | 38.80% | 14.56% | 21.23% | 10.60% | 2.87% | 98.64% | 1.36% | 4.24% | 100.00% |
2020 | Month | % Utility | 39.34% | 14.76% | 21.53% | 10.74% | 2.91% | 100.00% | . | . | . |
2021 | Month | GWh | 107,041.0 | 53,933.0 | 57,092.0 | 35,908.0 | 10,923.0 | 292,392.0 | 4,593.0 | 15,516.0 | 296,985.0 |
2021 | Month | % All | 36.04% | 18.16% | 19.22% | 12.09% | 3.68% | 98.45% | 1.55% | 5.22% | 100.00% |
2021 | Month | % Utility | 36.61% | 18.45% | 19.53% | 12.28% | 3.74% | 100.00% | . | . | . |
Diff | Month | GWh | -1,097.0 | 13,357.0 | -2,078.0 | 6,374.0 | 2,913.0 | 17,516.0 | 792.0 | 3,705.0 | 18,308.0 |
Diff | Month | % All | -2.76% | 3.60% | -2.01% | 1.49% | 0.80% | -0.18% | 0.18% | 0.99% | 0.00% |
Diff | Month | % Utility | -2.73% | 3.68% | -2.00% | 1.54% | 0.82% | 0.00% | . | . | . |
2020 | YTD | GWh | 490,409.0 | 212,482.0 | 263,287.0 | 116,885.0 | 24,985.0 | 1,242,443.0 | 12,179.0 | 37,163.0 | 1,254,622.0 |
2020 | YTD | % All | 39.09% | 16.94% | 20.99% | 9.32% | 1.99% | 99.03% | 0.97% | 2.96% | 100.00% |
2020 | YTD | % Utility | 39.47% | 17.10% | 21.19% | 7.57% | 2.01% | 100.00% | . | . | . |
2021 | YTD | GWh | 449,414.0 | 285,608.0 | 255,587.0 | 132,566.0 | 32,500.0 | 1,280,926.0 | 14,373.0 | 46,873.0 | 1,295,299.0 |
2021 | YTD | % All | 34.70% | 22.05% | 19.73% | 10.23% | 2.51% | 98.89% | 1.11% | 3.62% | 100.00% |
2021 | YTD | % Utility | 35.09% | 22.30% | 19.95% | 8.63% | 2.54% | 100.00% | . | . | . |
Diff | YTD | GWh | -40,995.0 | 73,126.0 | -7,700.0 | 15,681.0 | 7,515.0 | 38,483.0 | 2,194.0 | 9,710.0 | 40,677.0 |
Diff | YTD | % All | -4.39% | 5.11% | -1.25% | 0.92% | 0.52% | -0.14% | 0.14% | 0.66% | 0.00% |
Diff | YTD | % Utility | -4.39% | 5.20% | -1.24% | 1.06% | 0.53% | 0.00% | . | . | . |
2020 | Rolling | GWh | 1,622,620.0 | 858,330.0 | 808,620.0 | 311,155.0 | 76,854.0 | 4,072,442.0 | 37,015.0 | 113,869.0 | 4,109,457.0 |
2020 | Rolling | % All | 39.49% | 20.89% | 19.68% | 7.57% | 1.87% | 99.10% | 0.90% | 2.77% | 100.00% |
2020 | Rolling | % Utility | 39.84% | 21.08% | 19.86% | 7.64% | 1.89% | 100.00% | . | . | . |
2021 | Rolling | GWh | 1,575,753.0 | 846,932.0 | 782,218.0 | 353,191.0 | 98,406.0 | 4,047,569.0 | 43,935.0 | 142,341.0 | 4,091,504.0 |
2021 | Rolling | % All | 38.51% | 20.70% | 19.12% | 8.63% | 2.41% | 98.93% | 1.07% | 3.48% | 100.00% |
2021 | Rolling | % Utility | 38.93% | 20.92% | 19.33% | 8.73% | 2.43% | 100.00% | . | . | . |
Diff | Rolling | GWh | -46,867.0 | -11,398.0 | -26,402.0 | 42,036.0 | 21,552.0 | -24,873.0 | 6,920.0 | 28,472.0 | -17,953.0 |
Diff | Rolling | % All | -0.97% | -0.19% | -0.56% | 1.06% | 0.53% | -0.17% | 0.17% | 0.71% | 0.00% |
. | . | . | Natural Gas | Coal | Nuclear | Wind | Utility Solar | Utility Total | Small Solar | Total Solar | Total | NG Combined Cycle | NG Gas Turbine | NG Steam Turbine | Solar PV |
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2020 | Rolling | MW | 480,711.2 | 224,711.3 | 97,116.2 | 106,150.4 | 40,148.0 | 1,103,362.7 | 24,665.1 | 64,813.1 | 1,128,027.8 | 274,034.3 | 129,153.1 | 72,025.7 | 38,389.9 |
2020 | End | MW | 482,590.0 | 218,424.0 | 96,554.8 | 117,744.1 | 47,848.2 | 1,117,474.8 | 27,723.6 | 75,571.8 | 1,145,198.4 | 276,068.6 | 129,355.4 | 71,670.4 | 46,090.1 |
2021 | Month | Prior MW | 486,034.3 | 216,095.2 | 96,434.9 | 121,495.6 | 50,701.9 | 1,123,029.9 | 28,888.5 | 79,590.4 | 1,151,918.4 | 277,117.4 | 129,650.1 | 73,769.1 | 48,947.0 |
2021 | Month | +/- MW | 705.9 | -391.0 | -1,046.7 | 426.4 | 518.2 | 205.9 | 412.9 | 931.1 | 618.8 | 180.2 | 413.0 | 57.7 | 526.2 |
2021 | YTD | +/- MW | 4,150.2 | -2,719.8 | -1,166.6 | 4,177.9 | 3,371.9 | 5,761.0 | 1,577.7 | 4,949.6 | 7,338.7 | 1,229.0 | 707.7 | 2,156.4 | 3,383.1 |
2021 | Rolling | +/- MW | 6,029.0 | -9,007.1 | -1,728.0 | 15,771.6 | 11,072.1 | 19,873.1 | 4,636.2 | 15,708.3 | 24,509.3 | 3,263.3 | 910.0 | 1,801.1 | 11,083.3 |
2021 | Current | MW | 486,740.2 | 215,704.2 | 95,388.2 | 121,922.0 | 51,220.1 | 1,123,235.8 | 29,301.3 | 80,521.4 | 1,152,537.1 | 277,297.6 | 130,063.1 | 73,826.8 | 49,473.2 |
2021 | Month | +/- % | 0.15% | -0.18% | -1.09% | 0.35% | 1.02% | 0.02% | 1.43% | 1.17% | 0.05% | 0.07% | 0.32% | 0.08% | 1.08% |
2021 | YTD | +/- % | 0.86% | -1.25% | -1.21% | 3.55% | 7.05% | 0.52% | 5.69% | 6.55% | 0.64% | 0.45% | 0.55% | 3.01% | 7.34% |
2021 | Rolling | +/- % | 1.25% | -4.01% | -1.78% | 14.86% | 27.58% | 1.80% | 18.80% | 24.24% | 2.17% | 1.19% | 0.70% | 2.50% | 28.87% |
2021 | Rolling | Prior +12mo Plan MW | 5,200.8 | -4,463.1 | -4,019.3 | 14,072.5 | 14,918.8 | . | . | . | . | 4,076.5 | 1,431.7 | -430.9 | 15,186.8 |
2021 | Rolling | +12mo Plan MW | 6,115.6 | -5,313.1 | -2,983.0 | 14,308.1 | 16,225.2 | . | . | . | . | 6,636.2 | 1,224.4 | -1,813.9 | 16,485.2 |
Diff | Rolling | +/- +12mo MW | 1,620.7 | -1,241.0 | -10.4 | 662.0 | 1,824.6 | . | . | . | . | 2,739.9 | 205.7 | -1,325.3 | 1,824.6 |
Diff | Rolling | +/- Plan % | 1.26% | -2.46% | -3.13% | 11.74% | 31.68% | . | . | . | . | 2.39% | 0.94% | -2.46% | 33.32% |
. | . | . | Coal | Nuclear | Wind | NG Combined Cycle | Solar PV |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2020 | Month | MW | 225,819.2 | 97,102.9 | 105,857.1 | 272,708.9 | 37,346.4 |
2020 | Month | % | 25.50% | 83.90% | 38.70% | 47.30% | 28.20% |
2020 | Rolling | % | 42.81% | 93.48% | 35.16% | 57.82% | 24.59% |
2020 | Rolling | 100% MW | 96,669.4 | 90,775.0 | 37,217.6 | 157,671.2 | 9,184.1 |
2021 | Month | MW | 215,704.2 | 95,388.2 | 121,408.4 | 277,297.2 | 48,962.4 |
2021 | Month | % | 35.40% | 82.30% | 40.60% | 44.70% | 29.80% |
2021 | Rolling | % | 44.70% | 92.37% | 35.50% | 54.72% | 25.05% |
2021 | Rolling | 100% MW | 96,419.8 | 88,106.9 | 43,100.0 | 151,727.8 | 12,265.1 |
Diff | Rolling | 100% MW | -249.7 | -2,668.1 | 5,882.4 | -5,943.4 | 3,081.0 |
Diff | Rolling | 100% +/-% | -0.26% | -2.94% | 15.81% | -3.77% | 33.55% |
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