{"id":26713,"date":"2025-01-14T11:13:38","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T03:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/?p=26713"},"modified":"2025-01-14T11:13:38","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T03:13:38","slug":"%e4%ba%ba%e5%b7%a5%e6%99%ba%e8%83%bd%e9%9d%a9%e5%91%bd%e6%8e%a8%e5%8a%a8%e7%94%b5%e5%8a%9b%e9%9c%80%e6%b1%82%e6%bf%80%e5%a2%9e%ef%bc%8c%e7%be%8e%e5%9b%bd%e5%85%b4%e8%b5%b7%e5%a4%a9%e7%84%b6%e6%b0%94","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/26713.html","title":{"rendered":"Artificial Intelligence Revolution Drives Surging Demand for Electricity, U.S. Sees Boom in Construction of Natural Gas-Fired Power Plants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Financial Times reported on January 13 that, as large tech companies turn to fossil fuels to meet<a href=\"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/tag\/%e4%ba%ba%e5%b7%a5%e6%99%ba%e8%83%bd\" title=\"[View articles tagged with [artificial intelligence]]\" target=\"_blank\" >AI<\/a>The revolution has brought about a great<a href=\"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/tag\/%e7%94%b5%e5%8a%9b\" title=\"_Other Organiser\" target=\"_blank\" >electrical power<\/a>demand, the U.S. is ushering in natural gas<a href=\"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/tag\/%e5%8f%91%e7%94%b5%e5%8e%82\" title=\"[Sees articles with labels]\" target=\"_blank\" >power plants<\/a>building boom, a trend that could jeopardize the achievement of climate goals.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26714\" title=\"34a2d099j00sq269p001qd000ne00hkp\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/34a2d099j00sq269p001qd000ne00hkp.jpg\" alt=\"34a2d099j00sq269p001qd000ne00hkp\" width=\"842\" height=\"632\" \/><\/p>\n<p>1AI notes that energy consulting firm Enverus says that<strong>Up to 80 new natural gas-fired power plants will be built in the U.S. by 2030<\/strong>In addition, 46 GW of installed capacity has been added, which is equivalent to the size of Norway's entire power system and nearly 20% more than has been added in the past five years.<\/p>\n<p>Installed natural gas capacity in the U.S. may be growing faster, according to energy research firms Wood Mackenzie and S&amp;P Global Market Intelligence.<strong>It will grow by 35% and 66% respectively over the next five years, far exceeding the rate of construction over the last five years.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The rapid growth of gas-fired power plants could jeopardize U.S. climate goals, experts warn. While natural gas is cleaner than coal and oil, the greenhouse gases it emits still contribute to global warming. If the trend of relying on this fossil fuel continues, it could make it more challenging for the U.S. to reduce carbon emissions.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States is witnessing a boom in the construction of natural gas-fired power plants as big tech companies turn to fossil fuels to meet the huge demand for electricity brought about by the artificial intelligence revolution, a trend that could jeopardize the achievement of climate goals, the Financial Times reported on January 13th. 1AI notes that energy consulting firm Enverus says the U.S. will build as many as 80 new natural gas-fired power plants by 2030, adding 46 gigawatts of new capacity, equivalent to the size of Norway's entire power system, and nearly 20% more capacity than has been added in the past five years. Energy research firms Wood Mackenzie and S&amp;P Global Market Intelligence say the U.S. will build as many as 80 new natural gas-fired plants by 2030, adding 46 gigawatts of new capacity, equivalent to the size of Norway's entire power system and nearly 20% more capacity than has been added in the past five years. Wood Mackenzie, an energy research firm, and S&amp;P Global Market Intelligence (S&amp;P) said that U.S. natural gas installations<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[146],"tags":[204,5542,5263],"collection":[],"class_list":["post-26713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-204","tag-5542","tag-5263"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26713\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26713"},{"taxonomy":"collection","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/collection?post=26713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}