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ChartThe Italian Duck Curve: Evolution of Italy’s August Electricity Generation Resource Mix — 2017-2023As utility-scale solar has grown in Italy, its August electricity generation mix now displays the "Duck Curve" first observed in California, with…
ChartU.S. Crude Oil Import Dependence and Potential VulnerabilityU.S. crude oil imports have swung widely over seven decades, from near self-sufficiency in the late 1940s to a 2008 peak exceeding…
ChartRunning on Empty Revisited: U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve Continues to Decline to Historic LowsEarlier warning on SPR depletion trends.
ChartSeeking Price Relief Through SPR Sales – (Revisited 2)Between November 2021 and March 2023, the Biden Administration released 220 million barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve—the largest drawdown in the…
ChartLNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) Trade Lowers U.S. Trade DeficitU.S. LNG exports, which began in 2016, have grown to become a measurable offset to the national trade deficit, with the monthly…
ChartRising U.S. Transportation Fuel PricesAfter retreating from their twenty-year (non-inflation-adjusted) peaks in late summer 2022, U.S. transportation fuel prices are rising aggressively again, emerging as the…
ChartThe Spanish Duck Curve: Evolution of Spain’s August Electricity Generation Resource Mix — 2019-2023As utility-scale solar has expanded in Spain, midday solar output increasingly displaces other generation, producing a "Duck Curve" that requires steep evening…
ChartEuropean Industrial Electricity Prices as a Measure of Energy AffordabilityEuropean industrial electricity prices held stable from 2007 through 2021 before spiking sharply in 2022 amid Russia's escalation of its war against…
ChartAmericas Net Oil ImportsFig. 2 of 2 · Chart 2023-33 · Source: EPRINC From the EPRINC Chart of the Week archive.
ChartU.S. Energy Security As Measured by AffordabilityConsumer spending on motor vehicle fuel and other energy goods has fallen as a share of total disposable personal expenditures from roughly…
