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California’s Shift From Natural Gas to Solar Is Playing a Role in Rolling Blackouts

GreenTechMedia

California was beset by its first rolling blackouts since the 2001 energy crisis, as a heatwave slammed the Western U.S. But the blackouts were also a side effect of the state’s increasing shift to solar power and away from natural-gas-fired generators, according to state grid operator CAISO and Wood Mackenzie analysts.

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Why Natural Gas Prices Quadrupled In Two Years

R-Squared Energy

natural gas production, I engaged in a Twitter discussion on the causes of the natural gas price surge over the past two years. The largest contributor to higher natural gas demand has been US power generation. What ensued was a discussion of the influences in the natural gas markets in recent years.

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Bearing and seal maker shares net-zero manufacturing journey

Envirotec Magazine

While this is a lot of carbon, it is much lower than it was in 2001 – when we started monitoring our emissions. SKF first reported its own emissions in 2001 – and has steadily reduced them since then. At SKF, this is mainly natural gas used for building and process heating. SKF’s global emissions are around 1.8

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Texas Crisis Drives First Public Power Bankruptcy, With More Fallout Expected

GreenTechMedia

Freezing temperatures caused cascading problems in the state’s natural-gas production and delivery network that restricted fuel supply to the power plants relied upon for about two-thirds of wintertime electricity supply. That crisis forced utility Pacific Gas & Electric into bankruptcy and led to then-Gov.

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Consumers Are Playing a Big Role in Keeping the Lights On in California This Week

GreenTechMedia

After a massive heat wave in California that led grid operator CAISO to order its first rolling blackouts since the 2001 energy crisis on Friday and Saturday, the state has thus far managed to avoid further forced outages. High heat can cause problems for power plants that can force them to shut down.

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NYPA seeks to replace gas peaker plants with battery storage

Smart Energy International

Have you read: Next-gen building energy codes pilot in New York New York avails $3m to help municipal utilities build climate resilienc e Eni decarbonises natural gas plant with Mitsubishi CCUS technology. In 2001, NYPA installed peaker plants at six locations in New York City and one on Long Island.

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District of Massachusetts Reaffirms Broad Defense of Filed Rate Doctrine

Energy and Cleantech Council

By way of background, two class action lawsuits filed in the District of Massachusetts alleged that Eversource and Avangrid systematically abused their influence in the natural gas transmission market in violation of federal and state antitrust laws.