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Government ‘excited’ by the potential of green gas to support its clean energy transition mission

Envirotec Magazine

Achieving clean power is an absolute national mission for this government, and one we are determined to deliver. It will be increasingly important for us that this industry is a whole part of the energy mix as we phase out natural gas. This considered the cost of the transition to Net Zero with green gas.

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Duke Energy Pledges to Eliminate Methane Emissions From Natural Gas Business by 2030

GreenTechMedia

Duke Energy has upped its net-zero carbon by 2050 goals, pledging to eliminate methane emissions from its natural gas business by 2030 through a combination of better pipeline leak detection, more efficient operations, and investing in renewable natural gas to reduce the carbon intensity of its supplies.

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Drax Cancels Plan to Build Europe’s Largest Natural Gas Power Plant

GreenTechMedia

gigawatt natural gas power plant in the U.K. It would have been the largest gas plant in Europe and, unsurprisingly, drew the attention of environmental groups. The company’s annual report notes that it is still committed to developing “four small open-cycle gas turbine units.” Plans for a new 3.6-gigawatt

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5 questions investors should ask about LNG projects

GreenBiz

government, are proposing to increase North American natural gas production and invest in the infrastructure to export liquified natural gas. Energy companies, with the backing of the U.S. Is this the right course?

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Speech cements government commitment to hydrogen

Envirotec Magazine

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. The trials] are designed to provide the Government with the necessary evidence to take big strategic decisions on heating within a matter of two or three years.

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Local governments must take responsibility for clean heat

Envirotec Magazine

Net zero energy goals for heating need to be owned and delivered by regional and local governments, according to a new report led by the University of Birmingham. In addition, the report emphasises the need to balance these on-the-ground local decisions with long-term policy decisions from Government.

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2020: Fossil fuels are dead, long live the sun

GreenBiz

The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis reported that "the world’s largest publicly traded oil and gas companies shelled out a total of $71.2 Meanwhile, the coal and natural gas industries are also collapsing around us — a swift decline from the shale fracking boom. Natural Gas. Pull Quote.