The United States is losing the renewable energy race to China but will be the undisputed leader for oil and gas in the coming years, the head of the IEA said. The U.S. Energy Information Administration expects total U.S. oil production to set an all-time record this year at 10 million barrels per day. About half of the new utility-scale power on the U.S. grid last year came from renewables and most of that was in the fourth quarter. Fatih Birol , the head of the International Energy Agency, told the U.S. Senate the annual rate of growth for U.S. renewables could slow from 3.5 percent […]