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Why The Natural Gas Price Collapse May Not Last

R-Squared Energy

Whenever I try to get a feel for the direction of natural gas prices, the Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report is the first place I stop. This report provides an update on the levels of natural gas in storage facilities across the United States.

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Why Are Oil And Gas Production Rising When Rig Counts Are Falling?

R-Squared Energy

oil and natural gas production are both poised to set new annual production records, after monthly production has risen steadily all year. Keep in mind that the rig count is a measure of rigs that are currently drilling for oil and gas. The biggest example of that can be seen in the natural gas rig count.

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Confidence is evaporating: How fossil fuel share offerings plummet $123bn since 2012

Business Green

Fossil fuel issuance fell by 85 per cent from $70bn to just $10bn between 2012 and 2020, the Carbon Tracker report said, while renewables raised a record $11bn from public equity offerings in 2020 alone.

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The 5 Biggest US Utilities Committing to Zero Carbon Emissions by 2050

GreenTechMedia

At the very least, utilities will need plans that can get them most of the way there, while rushing ahead with next-generation technologies: long-duration energy storage, small modular nuclear reactors or green hydrogen and methane to fuel natural gas peaker plants. Here's a look at the five largest U.S. Dominion Energy.

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Three-Quarters of New US Generating Capacity in 2020 Will Be Renewable, EIA Says

GreenTechMedia

gigawatts of natural gas-fired plants to come online this year. gigawatts of wind power capacity to come online in 2020 surpasses 2012’s record of 13.2 Older natural gas-fired power plants in California will account for most of the 3.7 gigawatts, and pushes total U.S. gigawatts of capacity.

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Southern Company Commits to Net-Zero Carbon by 2050, but Seeks New Gas Plants for Now

GreenTechMedia

utilities in setting a net-zero carbon target for 2050, aiming to balance the emissions from its sizable fossil fuel-fired generation fleet and sprawling natural gas business with reductions to be gained by expanding its portfolio of renewable energy and energy efficiency. Southern Company has joined other major U.S.

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How $9 Billion From Taxpayers Fueled Plastics Production – and Illegal Pollution

DeSmogBlog

Through billions in tax breaks and subsidies, taxpayers in Louisiana, Texas, and other states have supported the construction or expansion of dozens of facilities manufacturing plastics in the United States since 2012. since 2012, including Indorama.

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