DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 12, 2024

Billed by the fossil fuel industry as a climate solution, dozens of planned blue hydrogen projects in Europe could consume more natural gas each year than France, and produce emissions on a par with Denmark, a DeSmog analysis has found. Credit: Sabrina Bedford. “We should be very cautious with blue hydrogen. .

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Preliminary findings of a joint investigation into the freeze that left millions in Texas without power for days last February highlighted an increasing frequency of extreme cold weather events, as well as the devastation caused by the failure of natural gas-fired plants. — Jeff Dennis (@EnergyLawJeff) September 23, 2021.

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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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GreenBiz

APRIL 20, 2021

Tue, 04/20/2021 - 02:11. Buildings are similarly opening their doors to being powered entirely by electricity, supplanting natural gas and other fuels for heating and cooling. Local jurisdictions are banning the use of natural gas in newly constructed (and, in some places, renovated) homes and commercial buildings.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 22, 2021

Fri, 01/22/2021 - 00:15. BioEnergy Devco transforms chicken poop into natural gas. It’s a little late for New Year’s resolutions, but that would be an amazing goal for 2021.) The problem with zero-waste goals is the word 'waste'. This essay originally appeared in Food Weekly. Sign up for your free subscription.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 25, 2021

electrical generating capacity additions and increased their contribution to the nation’s electrical production in the first half of 2021. Further, wind and solar were the only sources of new capacity additions in June 2021. . By comparison, net growth for natural gas will be only 13,241 MW. rooftop) solar.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

production during the first three-quarters of 2021, according to a SUN DAY Campaign analysis of new data released by the U.S. Natural gas remained as the top source of U.S. Washington DC — Driven by strong solar and wind power growth, electrical generation by renewable energy sources (i.e., ” .

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

At the same time, it's already adopting renewable natural gas to power its natural gas trucks in its short-haul fleet. . It's got close to 300 alternative-fueled vehicles, including electric, hybrid and natural gas buses, sweepers and light-duty vehicles. Just a short five years away. despite the U.S.'s

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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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GreenTechMedia

JULY 15, 2020

Bloom’s core product is its Energy Server, which converts natural gas into electricity through an electrochemical process without combustion, reducing carbon emissions compared to conventional gas-fired power generation and doing away with other forms of air pollution entirely.

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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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GreenBiz

JULY 15, 2020

It is energy-efficient, abundant and an environmentally friendly alternative to natural gas. Clean hydrogen could cut greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel by up to 34 percent, reported Bloomberg New Energy Finance. . And it could be cheaper than producing hydrogen from natural gas. locations in 2021.

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The Guardian: Energy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Residents of Plaquemines parish, 70 miles south of New Orleans, say they have faced unreliable essential services, water shortages and impassible traffic since 2021, when Venture Global began construction on what will become one of the world’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) hubs. Continue reading.

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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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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 17, 2022

It will also mean that Britain’s fleet of gas-fired power plants will be able to use blended hydrogen to generate cleaner electricity. The Plan builds on the progress made by gas network companies through the HyDeploy project, which has demonstrated that blending hydrogen with natural gas is feasible and safe.

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R-Squared Energy

JANUARY 28, 2024

set a new oil production record in 2023 and became the world’s top liquefied natural gas exporter. set a natural gas production record in 2023, but that it wouldn’t be certain until the Energy Information Administration released the final numbers sometime in 2024. Annual Change in Natural Gas Production 2020 through 2023.

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R-Squared Energy

JULY 29, 2024

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. The Top 3 Natural Gas Producers in 2023. Top 10 Gas Consumers in 2023. since 2019.

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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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Renewable Energy World

JULY 29, 2021

according to the Energy Information Administration , coming in second to natural gas at 1,617 billion kWh. Only natural gas produced more electricity than renewables in the U.S. peaked at 2,016 billion kWh in 2007, and much of that capacity has since been replaced by or converted to natural gas-fired generation.

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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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Hydrogen Fuel News

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The hydrogen is delivered in tanks and, currently, most of it originates from natural gas using processes like steam methane reforming. Clean hydrogen can be produced in numerous ways, from natural gas reforming with carbon capture to renewable-powered electrolysis and nuclear energy.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Fri, 02/26/2021 - 00:45. There just isn’t a path to a safe climate future without addressing natural gas in buildings. Relieving monthly expenses associated with inefficient and dirty energy is a natural way to uplift communities and help keep money local. . Electrifying everything should start with the masses.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 11, 2021

electricity source in ­­2020 , trailing only natural gas. New additions of solar and wind generating capacity in 2021 were offset by reduced generation from hydropower in 2020, according to EIA, keeping the renewable share of electricity generation flat from 2020 to 2021. GW in 2021, and +6.3 GW in 2021, and +16.6

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

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. Previously, natural gas accounted for about 65 percent of the building’s $65,000 annual energy costs. In 2021 Michigan has important decisions to make about residential building codes.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

At many of these facilities, fossil fuels, and especially natural gas, are the energy feedstock used for process heating applications. America’s craft beer industry, to cite one example, could be an ideal market to turn to solar thermal technology in place of natural gas. Cheaper than natural gas.

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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.

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GreenBiz

MAY 11, 2021

Tue, 05/11/2021 - 02:11. It feels almost quaint to remember way back when "80 by 50" — an 80 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 — was a bold goal for a company or government entity to make. Is 'net zero' much ado about nothing? Joel Makower. The "way back when" in this case seems to be around 2014.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 10, 2022

GW (21%) from natural gas projects and 7.6 EIA based this estimate on reported additions through October 2021, as well as anticipated additions over the final two months of 2021. GW that came online in 2021. GW of expected new natural gas-fired capacity, combined-cycle plants represent 8.1 Of the 9.6

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 9, 2023

Gas leak measurement is germane to the realisation of goals such as the Global Methane Pledge. Originally proposed by the US and EU in September 2021, the Global Methane Pledge will see countries acting to cut methane emissions by 30 percent by 2030. An example is ABB’s mobile gas leak detection solutions. How do leaks occur?

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

As a result, in 2021 countries signed the Global Methane Pledge, committing to reduce methane emissions by at least 30% of 2020 levels by 2030. This study focuses on methane leakage associated with discovery, extraction, and production of oil and natural gas.

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Solar Power World

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Americans are in an energy renaissance, desiring to replace fossil fuel and natural gas resources with green energy to sustain our homes. In 2021, the conversation got real. These are all growing chants for change in how we work, shop and live.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

As companies that drill for oil and natural gas using hydraulic fracturing consider recycling and reusing wastewater that surfaces from wells during the fracking process, chemists at The University of Toledo discovered that the new and unexplored waste contains many environmental contaminants including organic chemicals and metallic elements.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 24, 2020

It's a colossal task for an 8-year-old company that says it won't be profitable until at least 2021 and plans to slash hundreds of millions of dollars in costs this year. . Why will it be so hard? Because the vast majority of cars on the Lyft platform are owned by drivers, many of which drive for less than 10 hours a week for Lyft.

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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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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

electrical generating capacity additions during the first three-quarters of 2021. [1]. There were also small additions in 2021 by hydropower (28 MW), geothermal (25 MW), and biomass (14 MW). . Most of the balance was provided by natural gas (2,327 MW) coupled with very small contributions from oil (19 MW) and coal (11 MW).

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GreenBiz

JULY 30, 2020

According to Diageo, it should avoid more than 117,000 metric tons of annual carbon emissions by switching to renewable electricities compared to operating using a traditional natural gas facility. . The facility is under construction, with completion slated by mid-2021. It’s not every day you get that opportunity." .

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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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