UNDERUTILIZED CAPACITY OF COMBINED CYCLE NATURAL GAS-FIRED TURBINES IS READY TO FILL DEMAND FOR POWER GENERATION; GAS GENERATION WILL INCREASE BUT IMMEDIATE IMPACT ON COAL-FIRED GENERATION IS LIKELY TO BE SMALL: TUDOR PICKERING HOLT

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Natural gas demand for power generation doubled from 10 Bcf/d in 1990 to more than 20 Bcf/d last year. Given the amount of underutilized capacity in the U.S. combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) fleet, gas-fired generation will continue to grow, Houston-based energy investment bankers, Tudor Pickering Holt & Co., said in a recent report, Crack a Window…U.S. Getting Gassier: The Changing Landscape of U.S. Power Generation.