Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2022

The global economy could face many more years of energy market turbulence if governments do not take steps to turbocharge their clean energy and technology investments, the IEA has warned. The stakes for nations that fail to unhitch themselves from gas markets are incredibly high, according to the global energy think tank.

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Grist

JULY 24, 2019

Natural gas has been touted as a green energy source by some because, when burned for fuel, it emits less CO2 than coal. But before that happens, leaks from across the natural gas supply chain — from the drilling process to gas stoves — can unintentionally vent methane into the atmosphere.

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Energy Central

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Hydrogen for Heat With around 23 million homes in the UK using natural gas for heating and cooking, generating nearly a quarter of the entirety of UK emissions, decarbonising the homes must remain at top of the political agenda. Heating UK homes is a real political issue.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 23, 2024

Morial Convention Center, a small but dedicated group of environmental activists affiliated with Sunrise Movement New Orleans protested the start of the 20th edition of the Americas Energy Summit & Exhibition. A coalition of environmental groups opposed to the expansion of the liquified natural gas export capacity along the Gulf Coast.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2022

How are European policymakers dealing with the energy crisis? On behalf of environmental group RePlanet, energy specialist Joris van Dorp offers a deep analysis of the key messages in Europe’s policy. For much of the past decade, they have barely been breaking even as energy prices have been at historic lows.

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Energy Central

MAY 22, 2024

California’s relentless war against oil and natural gas companies is poised to increase costs not only in California but also in the battleground states of Nevada and Arizona.

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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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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 5, 2020

So, why is it that “building electrification” is now among the energy industry’s most popular buzzwords? And they consume fossil fuels such as natural gas or propane to power furnaces, boilers, and water heaters. Gas-powered water heaters can be replaced with heat pump water heaters. It depends.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 27, 2022

Concept of home hydrogen unit for renewable energy storage. The Government has committed to hydrogen heating for UK homes in a seemingly significant speech by one of the key ministers responsible for energy strategy. It is not lack of political will that is holding us back.”.

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Energy Central

APRIL 3, 2024

While 2024’s first quarter showed steady oil and gas activity, political and regulatory hurdles – most notably the administration’s recent pause on U.S. liquified natural gas (LNG) exports exports – have created widespread worry amongst exploration and production (E&P) firms.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

This isn’t the first time BP has tried to make a push into clean energy and decarbonization — is this time different? Then, natural gas is suddenly in the hot seat. For gas-only utilities, one pathway is clear. And how will the battle over natural gas connections play out? Find out more.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

AUGUST 9, 2024

The country signed with a number of foreign companies The green hydrogen production MoUs were signed in the presence of the Minister of Industry, Mines, and Energy, Fatma Thabet Chiboub. The country has been working to decrease its dependency on fossil fuel imports and replace it with local clean energy alternatives. 

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Oil and gas companies have for years marketed fracked gas from B.C. But an impending flood of liquefied natural gas exports from western Canada to Asia could make it harder for countries there to achieve their national climate targets and contribute to tens of thousands of additional deaths due to air pollution.

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The Guardian: Energy

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Scope of oil and gas influence underscores concerns technology will prolong demand for planet-heating natural gas The UK government’s move to award £22bn in subsidies to carbon capture projects followed a sharp increase in lobbying by the fossil fuel industry, it can be revealed.

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Energy Central

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The company’s push for new natural gas generation will generate new political heat. Georgia Power, the largest of Atlanta-based holding company Southern Co.

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Energy Central

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Hydrogen for Heat With around 23 million homes in the UK using natural gas for heating and cooking, generating nearly a quarter of the entirety of UK emissions, decarbonising the homes must remain at top of the political agenda.

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

VANCOUVER – Far more Canadians say they would more likely cast their ballots for a Conservative Party that keeps in place Canada’s climate measures than one that rolls them back, according to a new poll conducted by Abacus Data for Clean Energy Canada.

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Clean Energy Canada

JUNE 20, 2023

By adopting the International Energy Agency’s key assumptions for such a scenario, in particular the price of oil and gas in a world that achieves net-zero emissions by 2050, Canada can have a more serious, informed conversation about what opportunities and challenges lie ahead—and how to plan for them. “On

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Hydrogen Fuel News

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Can Saudi Arabia Transform the Green Energy Landscape? As the world shifts toward more sustainable energy sources, Saudi Arabia’s commitment signals a potentially transformative step in the global energy landscape. Chief among these is the high cost of production.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 4, 2019

DENVER — It's become a cliche to compare today's energy storage market to where the solar industry was a certain number of years ago. said Daniel Finn-Foley, energy storage director at Wood Mackenzie, speaking Tuesday at GTM's Energy Storage Summit in Denver.

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Energy Central

MAY 18, 2022

Reducing dependence on Russian gas is the need of the hour. LNG terminals for liquid natural gas will soon also play an important role in Germany. building import terminals for liquefied natural gas (LNG) on the German coast is several years old. The idea of ??building

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 11, 2024

The World Biogas Association BRAZIL Congress 2024 took place on 1 October, and ran concurrently with the G20 Energy meetings in Foz do Iguaçu. Itaipu Binational’s general director, Enio Verri, made it clear that biogas is seen “as a great, fundamental tool in the energy transition, especially in times of climate crisis.”

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Energy Central

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Big questions will be answered today by the announcements: 1) Will there be a small number of large grants, or will DOE turn political and chop the money up into lots of smaller grants? 4) How much in the way of natural gas infrastructure will be involved? 2) Will blue hydrogen get funded, or only green?

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Energy Central

OCTOBER 20, 2022

In crises, political decisions are always wrong. And Europe is in a deep crisis over the supply of natural gas to the continent. Now, the European Union is trying to find a joint.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The Daily Telegraph has published weekly articles since 11 August by David Blackmon, a veteran of the oil and gas industry. The articles have all been critical of current policies to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions and ensure the transition to renewable energy. He continues to write and podcast on energy matters”.

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Energy Central

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Editor's Reflections: A Swedish Nightmare Its name is —Recep Tayyip Erdoğan— Any political decision that involves the gift of a Natural Gas Hub has significant weight. ” Where the end.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

climate talks in Egypt demanded European governments halt a “dash” for the continent’s natural gas. At least nine gas deals have been struck so far on the sidelines of the negotiations – known as COP27 – five involving Africa. percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. percent of global greenhouse gas emissions.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 3, 2022

The International Energy Agency today unveiled a 10-point plan which it believes could wean the European Union off Russian gas imports by more than a third by this time next year. The move comes in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and subsequent fears over Europe’s energy security because of its dependence on Russian gas.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 19, 2024

A new study from UK energy think tank Ember has found that in several countries the transmission grid plans are out of step with national plans. Furthermore, investment in national transmission systems will likely need to be augmented to make them ‘fit for purpose’ in those countries where the grid plans lag behind existing energy policy.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 26, 2021

For those living in Europe, the next few months are going to be even more challenging than usual with an emerging energy crisis threatening to push prices up to catastrophic levels. At the center of the crisis is a perfect storm that has destabilized the price of gas. The same cannot be said of gas. It makes sense.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 6, 2024

Alberta bills itself as an energy superpower and produces about 70 percent more petroleum in total than Norway, which has roughly the same population and enjoys some of the most generous public services in the world. Let’s unpack this important question by first dispelling some cherished myths of Alberta politics. billion BOE with $25.2

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Hydrogen Fuel News

AUGUST 29, 2024

Shell Downstream, Renewables and Energy Solutions Director Huibert Vigeveno said that the announcement of the facility “marks an important milestone in delivering our strategy of more value with less emissions.     When produced using renewable electricity to power electrolysis, greenhouse gas emissions are not produced.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The findings present a picture of a world that has made significant progress on climate action, powered by the rapid roll-out of clean energy technologies, the acceleration of the electric vehicle (EV) transition, and a growing understanding of the economic and geopolitical benefits ending reliance on coal, oil, and gas.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 16, 2023

This story is part of a DeSmog series on the influence wielded by the gas lobby in Europe BERLIN, Germany — Germany’s push to achieve climate neutrality by 2045 could, by some projections , soon turn the vast network of natural gas pipelines powering the country’s homes and industry into one of Europe’s biggest stranded assets.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 15, 2024

energy policy, according to internal company documents. We use sponsored content as a tool to push our messages directly to Washington, DC, [sic] elites who set and influence energy policy — and can decide whether we keep our license to operate,” it reads.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

The European Investment Bank (EIB) will stop backing fossil fuel energy projects in 2021, except those using carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology or offsets to cancel out their emissions. The EIB's new financing criteria will make lending to gas projects very difficult. This is now a time for action and delivery.".

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Energy Central

OCTOBER 6, 2022

the Machiavellian war strategy in the supply chain of the natural gas market. Hopefully, …the economic giant of the East will wake up and use the unique key that its economic and political power confers on it to find a definitive way out of this situation that is wreaking havoc on the global economy.

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