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In the first part of our two-part series on Japan's energy policies in the electric power sector, we examined policies affecting generation from non-fossil fuel sources, namely renewable sources and nuclear generation. [...]

Over the last several years, the Japanese government has announced energy policies aimed to achieve carbon neutrality, or net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, by 2050 by lowering emissions in the electric power, industrial, and transportation sectors. In the electric power sector, government policies set 2030 targets, which include accelerated investment [...]

New data from the High School and Beyond Longitudinal Study of 2022 (HS&B:22) are being released in seven Digest of Education Statistics tables. HS&B:22 is a nationally representative sample of over 18,000 ninth-grade students. Data were collected from ninth-grade students and their families, teachers, school administrators, and school counselors from [...]

Consumer Price Index (CPI): +0.4% in Mar 2024 News Release Historical Data Unemployment Rate: 3.8% in Mar 2024 News Release Historical Data Payroll Employment: +303,000(p) in Mar 2024 News Release Historical Data [...]

Georgia Power announced this week that the 1,114-megawatt (MW) Unit 4 nuclear power reactor at Plant Vogtle near Waynesboro, Georgia, entered into commercial operation after connecting to the power grid in March 2024. The commercial start of Unit 4 completes the 11-year expansion project at Plant Vogtle. No nuclear reactors [...]

U.S. electricity generation from wind turbines decreased for the first time since the mid-1990s in 2023 despite the addition of 6.2 gigawatts (GW) of new wind capacity last year. Data from our Power Plant Operations Report show that U.S. wind generation in 2023 totaled 425,235 gigawatthours (GWh), 2.1% less than [...]

This set of web tables presents the final data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) spring 2020 data collection, which includes fully edited and imputed data findings plus any revised data that was reported in the succeeding year. Data topics covered in these tables includes enrollment, finance [...]

This set of web tables presents the final data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) winter 2019-20 data collection, which includes fully edited and imputed data findings plus any revised data that was reported in the succeeding year. Data topics covered in these tables includes graduation rates, [...]

These data tables are a final version of the Fall 2019 IPEDS data which includes fully edited and imputed data as well as any data revised in the succeeding year. This collection includes three survey components: Institutional Characteristics for the 2019-20 academic year, Completions covering the period July 1, [...]

Based on analysis in our most recent U.S. Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions report, U.S. energy-related CO2 emissions decreased by 3%, about 134 million metric tons (MMmt), in 2023. [...]

Electricity generation from units that primarily consume natural gas in the U.S. Lower 48 states has increased for all hours of the day since 2021, according to data reported on Form EIA-930, Hourly and Daily Balancing Authority Operations Report. [...]

The Digest State Dashboard is a central hub for the most recently published state-level data on topics of current interest in American education. Topics currently covered include student enrollment trends and student characteristics, public and private schools and teachers, enrollment in and number of postsecondary institutions, standardized assessment scores, graduation [...]

Ten new "statistical profiles" have been added to this commemorative guide, which provides an overview of the history and use of education statistics that have been collected and reported by the federal education statistics agency (now NCES) since 1868. Each "statistical profile" in this report offers an in-depth look at [...]

Knowledge- and technology-intensive (KTI) industries are those with high and medium-high R&D intensity. They include 10 manufacturing and 3 services industries. This report discusses U.S. and global KTI production patterns and international trade. The report shows that KTI industries value added account for about a 10th of U.S. GDP. In [...]

The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service’s (NASS) Administrator, Hubert Hamer, retired March 31, after more than 44 years of service at the agency. [...]