DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Carbon capture has never been deployed on gas-fired power stations at such a scale before — and a senior Equinor executive has made frank admissions around the technical challenges such projects face. This clean-burning fuel is made from natural gas, with carbon capture technology used to trap emissions released during the process.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Meeting AIs Energy Demands with Innovative Solutions Artificial intelligence has seen explosive growth over the past few years, with generative AI tools like ChatGPT igniting the demand for powerful computing infrastructure. More than just meeting demand, however, is the need to address the environmental impact of AIs growth.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Because those centers require enormous amounts of electricity, with a ChatGPT query using almost ten times more power than a regular Google search, top executives at TC Energy now argue that AI is helping push gas demand to “record highs.” That $11 billion pipeline connects vast gas reserves in northeastern B.C. million homes.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

A seemingly significant milestone was confirmed on 16 February for the gas grids in Northern Ireland which will see the injection of biomethane into the SGN Natural Gas network this year through a unique collaboration with Granville Eco Park Ltd, part of the Bio Capital Group and based in Dungannon.

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altenergymag

MARCH 3, 2022

Tenth Annual Edition of the Sustainable Energy in America Factbook Provides Key Data on the Role of Energy Efficiency, Natural Gas and Renewable Energy in Driving the Energy Transition

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 31, 2020

Dominion Energy is replacing its CEO as part of an executive shakeup accompanying the Virginia utility’s major shift away from natural gas and toward a renewable energy future, and its hefty financial penalty for its cancellation of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline project. gigawatt offshore wind farm in 2024.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 7, 2020

While the oil and gas industries face the greatest risks, EIA’s latest Short-Term Energy Outlook also predicts steep declines in commercial and industrial electricity demand, and a significant decline in new generation capacity as a result. These drop-offs in demand will drive down total U.S.

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R-Squared Energy

OCTOBER 2, 2022

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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R-Squared Energy

JULY 29, 2024

The Review provides a comprehensive picture of supply and demand for major energy sources on a country-level basis. In three previous articles, I discussed: Overall highlights Trends in global carbon dioxide emissions Global production and consumption of petroleum Today I will discuss trends in natural gas production and consumption.

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R-Squared Energy

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Today I delve into the data on natural gas production and consumption. Natural Gas Production The U.S. dominated global natural gas production until the 1980s, at which time it ceded the lead to Russia. and Russia as the world’s leading natural gas-producing region. Natural Gas Consumption U.S.

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R-Squared Energy

AUGUST 11, 2021

The is the fourth article in a series on BP’s recently-released Statistical Review of World Energy 2021. Previous articles provided an overview of this year’s Review, an examination of the data on carbon emissions, and a look at oil supply and demand trends. Today I delve into the data on natural gas production and consumption.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 1, 2020

The utility also wants to turn them on by August 2021, which would be a record-fast turnaround for projects of that magnitude. Half of that solicitation is due online by August 2021, and SCE must deliver the largest share among the state’s utilities and community choice aggregators (CCAs). The consultancy expects the U.S.

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R-Squared Energy

AUGUST 14, 2022

The Review provides a comprehensive picture of supply and demand for major energy sources on a country-level basis. Previous articles covered overall energy consumption , carbon dioxide emissions , petroleum supply and demand, and global natural gas trends. 2021 Consumption and Production Statistics.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Building electrification is a potential game-changer for energy efficiency, demand management, distributed energy and other advanced energy industries, as well as for the broader task of reducing emissions. But in the Midwest, with the harshest winters in the lower 48, it has been cheaper to stick with natural gas as a heating source.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 19, 2020

It’s not as much as the roughly 500 megawatts enrolled in Consumers’ current commercial and industrial demand response programs, or the roughly 30 megawatts available from its existing residential direct air conditioner load control program. And Consumers' 1.6 That’s where the free offering comes in.

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R-Squared Energy

JULY 26, 2021

The Review provides a comprehensive picture of supply and demand for major energy sources on a country-level basis. For example, as I will detail below, oil demand fell dramatically last year, but we already know that it has largely recovered in 2021. Natural Gas. Global natural gas consumption declined by 2.3%.

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Energy Central

AUGUST 4, 2022

The Review provides a comprehensive picture of supply and demand for major energy sources on a country-level basis. Previous articles covered overall energy consumption, carbon dioxide emissions, and petroleum supply and demand. Today, I want to cover the production and consumption of natural gas.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

primary energy demand, according to the Department of Energy. At many of these facilities, fossil fuels, and especially natural gas, are the energy feedstock used for process heating applications. beverage sector for boiler and process heat came from natural gas. Cheaper than natural gas. in Lemoore.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

gigawatt "all-source" procurement that will pit new renewables, energy storage, demand response and other clean resources against natural gas-fired power plants in a race to meet what could be a major shortfall in grid capacity in the next four years. The all-source procurement is technically open to existing natural gas plants.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 31, 2021

Wed, 03/31/2021 - 01:00. greenhouse gas emissions come from industry. Lower-temperature applications are the best fit for electrification, as two-thirds of industrial heat demand is below 300 degrees Celsius. Energy efficiency can reduce energy inputs and lower cost differences between electricity and natural gas.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 26, 2024

Maintaining and improving global energy security; empowering Indigenous communities; seizing the global LNG opportunity — these were some of the talking points speakers were keen to discuss throughout the Canada Gas Exhibition & Conference, which took place in Vancouver in May.

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R-Squared Energy

AUGUST 26, 2022

Previous articles were: Wind And Solar Provided A Record 10% Of The World’s Power Generation In 2021. Natural Gas Production Set A New Record In 2021. Global Coal Consumption Surged In 2021. That was remarkable given how significantly the pandemic impacted total energy demand. In 2021, that had reached 39.9

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Business Green

JULY 13, 2021

The latest edition of National Grid ESO's Future Energy Scenarios (FES) 2021 predicts there are a number of ways that power generation in Britain could become emissions net negative by 2034 helping to put the UK on track to become a net zero emission economy by mid-century.

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Business Green

JULY 5, 2021

Growing demand for natural gas will start to be curbed in the coming years, but more needs to be done to meet net zero goals, IEA report warns. Natural gas demand is expected to rise by 3.6 The annual increase in global demand for natural gas is teh expected to hit an average of 1.7

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 3, 2022

Carbon dioxide emissions in 2020 were the lowest in nearly 40 years, according to a 2021 year-end report by the U.S. EIA cited lower energy demand due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as continuing changes in the electricity generation fuel mix. Natural gas emissions fell 2% to around 1.6 billion metric tons.

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R-Squared Energy

DECEMBER 26, 2021

You can see those predictions and read the context at Energy Sector Predictions For 2021. There is still a little over a week left in 2021, but I believe there is enough available information to gauge the accuracy of these predictions. The average price of WTI in 2021 will be between $50/bbl and $55/bbl. MMBtu — in 2021.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 20, 2021

A new report released last week by the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) outlines how better energy efficiency and a robust demand response program using distributed energy resources (DER) already on the grid could provide up to 11 GW of “flexible generation” to ERCOT, the Texas grid operator, when the grid is strained.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Many of our customers – such as those in the automotive sector – increasingly demand components and materials with much lower embodied carbon. This demand helps to create significant opportunity all along the value chain. However, demand for steel far exceeds available scrap levels – which is around 30% of global demand.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 23, 2020

gigawatts of new resources by 2023 to help make up for the capacity to be lost from the pending closure of natural-gas-fired power plants along Southern California’s coast. megawatt/730-megawatt-hour project from Tesla being built near a natural-gas plant in the Monterey County community of Moss Landing.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 29, 2020

Responses will help inform options to meet its FlexPower Bundle plan, which envisions adding about 900 megawatts of solar, 50 megawatts of energy storage and 500 megawatts of “new technology solutions” to replace the need for buying natural-gas-fired power from outside power plants. Sommers natural-gas power plants.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Evergy has become the latest utility to pledge to long-term carbon cuts even though the states it serves, Kansas and Missouri, aren’t demanding them. gigawatt generation fleet from 52 percent to 40 percent, while reducing natural gas and oil from 38 percent to 26 percent. Above and beyond states' demands.

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EDF + Business

JANUARY 14, 2025

In the evolving global energy economy, methane emissions have become a critical variable in the oil and gas industrys long-term performance. Large natural gas importers want lower emissions. Yet despite this momentum, oil and gas methane emissions remain unacceptably high. Investors want lower emissions.

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R-Squared Energy

JANUARY 15, 2025

The global energy landscape has entered a transformative era as Europe decisively shifts away from Russian natural gas. The Decline of Russias European Market Russias dominance in Europes natural gas market began unraveling in late 2021, when Gazprom reduced supplies to the European spot market, triggering price spikes.

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Clean Energy Canada

JANUARY 30, 2024

“As such, it’s good to see the province prioritizing non-emitting sources, like nuclear, over polluting natural gas power. Electricity demand in the province is set to potentially quadruple by 2050. This demand must be met cleanly and cost-effectively, for bill payers and industries alike.

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EDF + Business

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The annual conference, hosted by Energy Dialogues, brings together natural gas interests to discuss where the industry is headed, with perspectives from policymakers and civil society. Speakers talked about natural gas as the solution to a trinity of critical energy challenges: emissions mitigation, energy poverty, and energy security.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Since 2021, when the map was first published, the number of tracked production projects at any stage of development has increased by almost 50%. Meanwhile, the UK launched its hydrogen strategy in 2021. home to 7 (7%); the UK home to 7 (7%); and Japan home to 7 (7%). billion in 192 startups. billion in 192 startups.

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Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2022

Renewables share of the power system is rapidly growing, but the growth in clean energy generation is not keeping up with "galloping" demand for electricity, the IEA warned. Last year, the deficit between demand and clean power capacity helped to drive a surge in coal-fired generation, as operators looked to sidestep record gas prices.

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