GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Department of Energy study indicates that geothermal heat pumps, which capture the steady temperatures of underground air to heat homes in winter and cool them in summer, could cost-effectively replace fossil-fuel- and electric-powered heating and air conditioning in up to 28 million homes. About three-quarters of U.S.

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Canary Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The liquefied natural gas, or LNG, industry has exploded across the U.S. Gulf Coast over the past decade, burying once-remote shorelines under hundreds of acres of concrete and steel where the fossil fuel is cooled so it can be shipped across the globe. This story was first published by Grist. The war in Ukraine…

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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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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

This annual licensing round will only take place if a couple of key tests are met, namely: (1) that the UK is projected to import more oil and gas from other countries than it produces at home, and (2) that the carbon emissions arising from the production of UK gas are lower than the equivalent emissions from imported liquified natural gas (LNG).

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JUNE 25, 2024

The facility of Bosch under the Car Multimedia division in Braga, Portugal has installed a geothermal heating and cooling system as part of a wider initiative to eliminate the use of natural gas as an energy source at the site.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 21, 2022

I live in South Louisiana on the front lines of the climate crisis and cover the fossil fuel industry and impacts related to the warming planet, so facing gaslighting is a regular occurrence for me. So it resonated with me that Merriam-Webster dictionary chose “gaslighting” as the word of the year.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Some of its notable advancements in this field include: Residential Hydrogen Fuel Cells : Panasonic’s ENE-FARM, a household fuel cell, has been commercially available since 2009 in Japan and is now expanding to Europe.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 1, 2020

That’s needed to replace grid capacity provided by four natural gas-fired power plants on the Southern California coast that use seawater for cooling, and have been ordered to close as soon as possible to reduce their environmental impact.

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Grist

JUNE 27, 2024

I really don’t think there’s any more efficient or better way to heat and cool our homes.” If deployed across the country, these geothermal systems could go a long way in helping decarbonize buildings, which are responsible for about a third of total greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S.

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The Verge: Energy

OCTOBER 24, 2023

It’s not a question of ‘if,’ it’s just a matter of ‘how soon’” With renewables now the cheapest power source, solar and wind energy are loosening fossil fuels’ grip on the global economy. Demand for coal, oil, and gas is expected to peak this decade, according to the IEA’s new Outlook. degrees of global warming this century.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Currently, thermal energy production (not storage) for electricity is still not competitive with natural gas and other renewables. To understand the size of the industrial heat market, the Figure below shows the data for heat and cooling demand for the US.? Commercial (a) heating and (b) cooling demand by U.S. link] NREL.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 6, 2020

In June, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey asked the state's Department of Public Utilities to open an investigation into the future of natural gas companies in the state. ” Schulman asks. The GeoMicroDistrict concept.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

It continues to refine its drilling technology to make residential drilling and heat pump installation easier and more competitive with incumbent fossil fuels. In the winter, installations pump heat from deep underground to warm the house, cutting the need for heating fuel. Dandelion is seizing on statewide trends as well.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

That means that these two battery plants offered a compelling enough price to edge out some fossil fuel plants for delivering power on demand. Gas plants are the go-to source of on-demand power for the U.S. The region also has a limited supply of natural gas, which gets diverted to heat homes during frigid northern winters.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 13, 2020

Heat makes up 35 percent of global energy consumption, and when it comes to space heating, direct combustion of fossil fuels in buildings plays a dominant role across the globe and is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions. Natural gas and fuel oil satisfy 60 percent of heating needs of households in Europe.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Here, hydrogen replaces fossil fuels used in conventional reduction processes. Another challenge is to find alternatives to the fossil fuels used directly in operations. At SKF, this is mainly natural gas used for building and process heating. Delivery woes.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 1, 2021

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. “In some cases, these costs are reported to be in the hundreds of millions of dollars.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

DECEMBER 3, 2023

According to the US Department of Energy , hydrogen fuel can be produced from a broad spectrum of different technologies and energy sources.    These include “fossil fuels, biomass, and water electrolysis with electricity.” Making hydrogen fuel at home requires only the most basic materials.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 25, 2020

Global revenue for home electric heating, cooling, and cooking equipment could increase more than five times by the end of the decade. The surge in spending on all-electric homes is expected even though many consumers are unfamiliar with the natural gas-displacing electric appliances on the market today.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Renewable Energy World contributor is being awarded a Constellation Prize for Policy Impact in response to a new heating/cooling solution he proposed for a 100-year-old building in Albany, NY. The article ultimately led to the cancelation of the gas-fired CHP microgrid; a victory for renewable energy advocates. According to A.J.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

Climate activists say the state’s progress on reducing building emissions has been far too slow given the pace of the climate crisis, and that it needs to end incentives for energy-efficient natural gas heating. rise in emissions from natural gas. for natural gas and 6.6% for fuel oil.

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Energy Transition

JUNE 22, 2023

In response to Russia’s invasion and brutal war of aggression against Ukraine in 2022, many European nations, particularly Germany, have banned Russian fossil fuels imports. However, LNG, which is mainly cooled and compressed methane.

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Business Green

JANUARY 3, 2021

Shifting from fossil fuels to electricity is climate-friendly, but serious cooks don't think much of electric stoves. To curb climate change, many experts have called for a massive shift from fossil fuels to electricity. Traditional electric stoves are notoriously slow to heat up and cool down.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Instead, its derived from fossil fuels like natural gas, which defeats the purpose of transitioning to a sustainable energy ecosystem. The chemical reactions involved in splitting water require vastly different temperatures, leading to inefficiencies during heating and cooling periods.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Some of those pathways move more dramatically toward closing coal plants or halting new natural gas power plants. This difference is mainly due to the Southeast’s reliance on electricity rather than natural gas for heating air and water in buildings, Snider explained. While most U.S.

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Mr. Sustainability

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Summary - The world needs 384 TWh of energy per day, of which 87% comes from fossil fuels. The entire world needs a total of 384 TWh * of energy per day, of which the majority (87%) comes from fossil fuels. These are crude oil (35%), coal (28%) and natural gas (24%). Energy Consumption per Sector.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Time to burn that bridge to natural gas. Energy Secretary Ernie Moniz positioned natural gas as the bridge to renewables. We’ve crossed that bridge; on-site renewables are now cheaper than natural gas for all applications except industrial process heat and long-haul trucking. No more fossil fuels.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 14, 2020

this weekend will push California’s grid to the limits, as the state charts a course to eliminating fossil fuel power. The desert environment won’t cool down much at night, so air conditioning load is expected to crank continuously. A heat wave across the Western U.S.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Like Hurricane Katrina and numerous storms before it, Hurricane Ida demolished Louisiana’s outdated, fossil-fuel-dependent energy system. Fossil-Fuel Failures. Instead, state and local government, as well as the electric utility, Entergy, continue to fight tooth and nail for more fossil-fuel-powered energy infrastructure.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The achievement comes six months after Pilkington produced sheet glass using hydrogen fuel at the Merseyside plant, as part of the HyNet Industrial Fuel Switching project that aims to decarbonise industrial sites in England's North West. The trial is part of a £7.1m

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Hydrogen Fuel News

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

For this reason, the hydrogen market today is dominated by steam reformation of natural gas, it’s essentially a fossil fuel. These items include the manifolds for the gas, the cooling system, the gas separation system, and the electrical connections among others.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

The research at Ohio University could help transform old fossil fuel sites into clean energy assets, though much work remains to be done. Geologists at Ohio University are exploring the potential to turn abandoned coal mines into sources of carbon-free heating and cooling. Tremendous geothermal potential’.

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Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 25, 2020

Despite the additional complications posed by the coronavirus pandemic a record 312 institutions participated in Sierra's annual Cool Schools rankings in 2020. Here is a countdown of Sierra's top 20 Cool Schools as described by Katie: 20. Sierra has been ranking the environmental performance of colleges since 2006.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 7, 2021

With most of the world's energy demand being supplied by fossil fuels, we are facing the harsh reality of climate change. Hydrogen is being heralded as the clean fuel of the future and is set to play a key role in the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy. Hydrogen is inherently a green fuel.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 18, 2020

“ Modular microgrids ,” built around standard technology platforms like fossil-fueled generators, combined heat-and-power systems, or battery-backed solar systems, and offering customers low-cost, long-term contracts for the energy and resiliency they provide, have been an important step in expanding the potential market.

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Business Green

JANUARY 4, 2021

More than 650 households and businesses in a village in Tyne and Wear could soon be among the first in the UK to heat their homes and cook their meals using natural gas blended with green hydrogen, with the neighbourhood set to take part in a pioneering clean gas energy pilot later this year.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Electrification is essential in the national strategy to transition away from fossil fuels , with buildings alone accounting for 35% of the countrys carbon emissions. The Strain of Electrification on the Grid Heating and cooling demand during severe weather pose significant challenges for the current grid. HyDeploy This U.K.-based

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