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In nuclear power: World nuclear power
The Energy Information Administration (EIA), a statistical arm of the U.S. Department of Energy, has projected that world electricity generation between 2005 and 2035 will roughly double (from more than 15,000 terawatt-hours to 35,000 terawatt-hours) and that generation from all energy sources except petroleum will continue…
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In shale gas: Shale gas resources of the United States
According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), a statistical service of the U.S. Department of Energy, shale gas, which had accounted for a minuscule amount of U.S. natural gas production in 2000, climbed to almost one-quarter of the total by 2010. By 2035, the EIA predicted, shale gas…
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In shale gas: Shale gas resources around the world
…outside the United States, the EIA has estimated that the shale gas resources of those regions (comprising 32 countries) plus the shale gas resources of the United States have increased the world’s technically recoverable gas resources by more than 40 percent. Many of these newly assessed resources are said to…
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