DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The problem for multinational oil companies seeking to extract that oil is whats mixed in with it: trillions of cubic feet of methane, often referred to as natural gas. Handling natural gas off the coast of Suriname and Guyana poses major challenges and involves significant environmental risk, however. In May, the U.S.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 10, 2022

Energy Information Administration (EIA) says nearly half of planned capacity additions in 2022 will be solar energy resources. GW (21%) from natural gas projects and 7.6 One of these reactors, Unit 3, was delayed until June 2022 to allow additional time for construction and testing. EIA said it expects 46.1 Around 21.5

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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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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. In 2022, U.S.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 18, 2020

It's aiming to be the first shipbuilder to deliver a cargo ship for ocean operation that runs entirely on fuel cells powered by natural gas. Bloom and Samsung want to show off their workable design in 2022. Currently, an estimated 80 percent of the vessels in the world's shipping fleet operate using bunker fuel.

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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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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. Global gas production remained steady compared to 2022, with the U.S. Top 10 Gas Consumers in 2023.

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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. Media Source.

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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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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

APRIL 22, 2020

That investment will include the 409-megawatt Manatee Energy Storage Center in Florida that NextEra announced last year, which will be powered be solar panels and replace a pair of aging natural gas-fired plants. Cheap natural gas no match for renewables, NextEra says. per share, up from $467 million, or $0.90

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 17, 2020

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. ” California has also lost a good deal of the generation capacity that it had in years past, he said.

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Energy Central

AUGUST 26, 2024

Written By Germán & Co The scramble for natural gas resources has intensified markedly between Asia and Europe following Russia's incursion into Ukraine in February 2022. This military conflict has upended European gas markets and propelled energy prices to unprecedented levels.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 15, 2023

Average size is based on a 2022 National Grid ESO that assessed the impact the potential impact of a portfolio of 16 offshore proposed wind projects, with average capacity of 1.55 Pre-2022 installed offshore capacity is based on historic information obtained from National Grid’s Future Energy Scenarios workbooks. 2016-2021).

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

National Grid will also be trialling LOOP’s ability to reduce the combustion CO2 potential of the nation’s gas on a larger scale. When run through the device, natural gas is replaced with a hydrogen-methane mix with no loss of energy potential.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

A regional cooperation for a greener beer brewing process and a greener regional gas network. This sustainable alternative for fossil natural gas will supply gas which is equivalent to the gas needs of approximately 700 households. A sustainable gas with the same properties as natural gas.

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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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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 3, 2022

But FERC needs to do more in 2022. The top issue for 2022 – interregional transmission There is an issue brewing in PJM with its queue reform process. A session about transmission reform will be presented at DISTRIBUTECH Connect, set for Dallas, Texas January 25, 2022. Connect is free for qualified utilities!

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Photos I shot in 2022 for DeSmog capture damage from extreme weather events and the continued expansion of the fossil fuel industry — the dominant industry causing global warming. Industries reliant on methane gas continue to expand their footprint, despite bipartisan discussions about the need to develop climate solutions.

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R-Squared Energy

JULY 10, 2024

The latter consists of light liquid hydrocarbons recovered in the field at natural gas wells. Another category that may be lumped into oil production is natural gas liquids (NGLs). These are hydrocarbons that are separated at natural gas processing plants. This was a new record for U.S. produced 15.6%

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Energy Central

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Written By Germn & Co “Global Natural Gas Reserves – Proven, Probable & Possible. Workart fully right of Germn & Co Proven reserves: As of 2022, the world’s proven natural gas reserves stand at 198.8

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Canary Media

MARCH 7, 2024

During a summer’s afternoon in 2022, a 450-foot fireball exploded at a liquefied natural gas terminal south of Houston, rocking sunbathers on Quintana Beach, adjacent to the Freeport LNG terminal, and rattling homes for miles around. Twenty-one months later, residents around the plant have yet to receive any…

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 3, 2020

Though coal is steadily losing its crown, new natural gas combined cycle plants will remain more economic than building large-scale solar projects in some parts of Kentucky for the next couple years. The company is developing two projects in the state, each 50 to 60 megawatts, expected to come online in 2022.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 11, 2021

will rise to nearly 23% in 2022, according to short-term guidance released Tuesday by the U.S. electricity source in ­­2020 , trailing only natural gas. GW in 2022 Estimate +10.6 GW in 2022 Estimate +10 GW small-scale solar capacity from 2021-2022 Expect significant solar capacity increases in Texas.

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Greentown Labs

MAY 24, 2022

and Houston, Texas, May 24, 2022 — Decarbonizing supply chains is critical to reducing emissions from the manufacturing sector and beyond. More specifically, Go Make 2022 is interested in solutions across supply chain management; packaging products and materials; alternative foods and ingredients; and green fleets and battery management.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 4, 2021

That's one reason a group of fleet leaders who spoke at the GreenBiz VERGE 20 conference late last year said they’re integrating renewable natural gas and other efficiency improvements alongside a long-term push to electrify. The vans are expected to start rolling out for delivery in 2022. in early 2020. Photo courtesy of BYD">.

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NRDC onEarth

JULY 20, 2023

PJM’s report on Winter Storm Elliott found that gas generators were responsible for 70 percent of forced outages during December 2022. Climate change will only intensify future severe weather.

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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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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

It is hoped the site will be operational by 2024 with a final investment decision in 2022. That term incorporates hydrogen produced from natural gas with carbon capture technology in place, or so-called blue hydrogen. Longer-term plans could potentially see the electrolyzers scaled-up to 500 MW as the partnership develops.

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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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Solar Power World

MARCH 13, 2023

More than 8 million people took a flight from Pittsburgh International Airport in 2022, but they likely didn’t know the airport’s terminals, shops, restaurants, trams and other facilities are all operating on a separate electrical grid powered by a solar array and natural gas-fueled generators.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 26, 2020

Thursday’s letter from PG&E vice president Robert Kenney to the California Energy Commission is a notable concession by the state’s largest utility to the constraints its natural gas operations will face under California’s push to attain zero-carbon emissions by 2045. Southern California Gas Co.,

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 12, 2021

1 spot until 2022 when the combination of the stepdown of the federal Production Tax Credit and the growth in solar causes wind to drop to second place. By 2029, utility solar will see more annual capacity additions than onshore wind, offshore wind, natural gas, battery storage, and all other capacity generation sources combined.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 23, 2020

part of Ontario, Canada-based Nexus Renewables, to deploy a fleet of batteries at multiple sites in PG&E service territory and provide them for grid services starting in August 2022. 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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Hydrogen Fuel News

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Initially announced as part of South Korea’s renewable energy push, the project in the Daebul National Industrial Complex aimed to harness energy through hydrogen produced from liquefied natural gas (LNG). Prices surged more than 200% from 2020 to 2022, significantly affecting fuel cell profitability.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

This study focuses on methane leakage associated with discovery, extraction, and production of oil and natural gas. The article “ Likely underestimation of reported methane emissions from United Kingdom upstream oil and gas activities ,” was first published in Energy & Environmental Science on Dec 22, 2022.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Record-high natural gas prices are fueling an energy crunch ahead of winter in the Northern Hemisphere, leading to power shortages in parts of the world. On one hand, developing countries eyeing a switch from coal to natural gas to support higher penetration of renewables may be dissuaded by higher gas prices.

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