A new projection from the United States Energy Information Administration, however, shows a clear win for renewables in the coming years – and waning natural gas usage. The EIA expects that regions of the country with the largest increases in renewable capacity, will experience the largest reductions in natural gas generation. Solar, wind, and hydro-power are becoming increasingly competitive with fossil fuels, and their use is going to keep on growing. Thanks to the United States shale revolution of the last decade or so, natural gas has become an increasingly cheap and abundant source of power in global energy markets. Many world leaders and industry heads have also touted the plentiful fuel source as a cost-effective stepping stone away from more emissions-intensive fossil fuels such as coal and gas along the road to decarbonization. That view, however, has sparked much debate among policy-makers, shale execs, and environmentalists as the […]