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October 30, 2012

Industrial onsite generation increasingly relies on natural gas

Onsite generating capacity in the industrial sector produced 142 million megawatthours of electricity in 2011. Of that, 58% was from natural gas, up from 51% in 2000. Onsite generation is used when some or all of an industrial plant’s electricity needs can be provided more economically onsite than by purchasing power from the electric grid.


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