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Renewables Set to Overtake Natural Gas in US Power Mix, the EIA Says (Finally)

GreenTechMedia

Energy Information Administration (EIA) has finally come around to the view that renewables will overtake natural gas in the country’s electricity mix. As recently as last year, the EIA forecast that natural gas would remain the country’s top source of electricity out to 2050. Solar the big winner over time.

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Electrification gets down to the wire

GreenBiz

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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ExxonMobil’s Exit from Suriname Raises Pressure on Guyana Amid Natural Gas Concerns

DeSmogBlog

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.

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Norwegian Oil Giant’s Plan to Capture UK’s Carbon Is Fraught With Risks

DeSmogBlog

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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Is Big Oil Really to Blame for Climate Change?

R-Squared Energy

Quantifying Big Oils Contribution Big Oil typically refers to the five largest integrated supermajor oil companies: ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell, BP, and TotalEnergies. billion cubic feet of natural gas/day Chevron: 1.5 billion cubic feet of natural gas/day TotalEnergies: 1.55 million barrels of oil/day, 7.7

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Is 'net zero' much ado about nothing?

GreenBiz

For those not yet up to speed, net zero refers to the goal of emitting no greenhouse gases by a specific date, typically 2050. Electrification — transforming cars, buildings, factories and other things to operate on electricity rather than, say, oil or natural gas — is a fast-emerging field. First, what is net zero?

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UK falling behind Germany and South Korea on low-carbon hydrogen

Envirotec Magazine

1] Green hydrogen refers to a production method of hydrogen using electrolysis of water; blue hydrogen utilises natural gas. [2] It is clear from our findings that the UK government needs to up its game if it wants to become and remain a major player in the low carbon hydrogen market.”.

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