Business Green

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Fuel sources switching from coal to natural gas as well as rising nuclear power generation also played a key role in these economies, it said. The data lays bare the rapidly declining importance of coal power in advanced economies, where the use of the carbon-intensive fossil fuel fell almost 15 per cent last year.

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Business Green

AUGUST 14, 2020

The world's kilns, reactors, chillers, and furnaces are powered mostly by fossil fuels. High-temperature industrial heat, over 932 degrees F, poses a particular challenge because that's the point at which fuels beyond electricity become the mainstay. Making natural gas renewable. The urgency is growing.

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Aviation Carbon Natural gas Cooling 89

GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 25, 2020

“There is more to the story in terms of supporting energy decarbonization goals,” such as state-by-state policies that could drive the shift from fossil fuels to renewables. But there are some fairly obvious reasons why an integrated market would yield a more efficient system, he said.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 22, 2021

In 2000, he began using models to unlock renewable energy solutions. Jacobson’s Greenhouse-Gas-Free (GHGFREE) Teslas run on solar power, as does his home, built by BoneStructure. The fossil fuel divestment movement led by Bill McKibben’s 350.org trillion infrastructure bill is gaining support and popularity.

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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. That crisis forced utility Pacific Gas & Electric into bankruptcy and led to then-Gov.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 23, 2020

Fossil-fueled combined-heat-and-power systems will continue to take a back seat to distributed solar and energy storage for behind-the-meter generation — although resilience against wildfires, hurricanes and other extreme weather events will drive adoption of both. market by 2025, according to Maze-Rothstein.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 20, 2023

However, the states have very little leverage in decisions made by FERC, which regulates interstate gas pipelines and has been an unflinching ally of the oil and gas industry for many years. Out of 425 gas project proposals FERC considered between 2000 and 2021, the agency has rejected only two.

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Meanwhile, Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly was in South Korea and Japan discussing how Canadian LNG could wean Asian nations off their dependence on Russian natural gas. most western states have climate plans requiring massive amounts of clean electricity to power EVs and heat pumps and to switch industry off of fossil fuels.

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Fossil fuels Natural gas Electricity Government 52

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. The site has so far been known particularly to produce hydrogen-capable gas turbines. The new production line occupies some 2000 m2.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

A few exceptions do remain, though — holdouts that have not promised to eliminate their greenhouse gas emissions. Some have promised to lower emissions intensity, which allows them to keep burning fossil fuels as long as they also build zero-emission plants. Others haven’t even promised that. NextEra Energy.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 28, 2021

For nearly four years, Piedmont Natural Gas — one of Duke’s wholly owned subsidiaries — and the state’s other major gas distribution company have stymied incentives for new high-efficiency homes, claiming with scant evidence that the rebate scheme will lose them customers. Musser questioned.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

An unprecedented revolution in the global energy system was forecast today by one of the world's largest fossil fuel giants, with BP predicting the irreversible decline of oil and the rapid diversification of the world's power sources over the next 30 years. A role for natural gas remains.

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Fossil fuels Energy Energy Demand 63

Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 23, 2021

The IPCC report on climate change has been called a “code red” for humanity, with its finding that temperatures rose more in the past 50 years than any time over the past 2000 years, and is continuing to rise more rapidly than expected. Replace oil and gas burning furnaces with heat pump technology, either air-source or geothermal.

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Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 106

DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The IPCC’s Sixth Assessment, released in August, emphasizes that limiting climate change requires capping total carbon dioxide emissions, “reaching at least net zero CO2 emissions,” and making major cuts in methane and other greenhouse gas emissions. If emissions had peaked back in 2000 we would be skiing down a bunny slope toward 1.5C.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) was high on the agenda at New York Climate Week last week, where critics of the technology raised concerns it would be used to extend the life of the fossil fuel industry. Terrell Natural Gas Processing Plant (“Val Verde”) Operator: Occidental Petroleum, 1972-present Location: Southeast of Ft.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 18, 2022

Coal, natural gas and oil together account for about 70% of Africa’s total electricity generation, and conventional power attracts far more funding than renewables, owing to an established process that favors less capital-intensive thermal generation, the report notes.

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Hydropower Africa Energy Energy 105

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 22, 2021

“The oil and gas industry has been really good at painting the picture that they are not a radioactive industry,” said Melissa Troutman, an Earthworks analyst and author of a 2019 report on oil and gas waste, “when in reality it produces a massive amount of radioactive material.”.

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Waste Waste Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 98

DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 1, 2023

Close inspection of the historic arguments used by the fossil fuel industry and its partners to justify their ongoing pollution of the earth’s atmosphere — whether it be by sulfur oxides, CO2, or methane — reveals the same delay-based messaging each time they have faced the prospect of regulation. Edmund Muskie (D-ME).

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Pollution Fossil fuels Energy Energy 98

DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

And as a trove of industry documents reveals, Exxon is far from the only fossil fuel company selling carbon capture as its golden ticket to continue pumping its products, despite internal concerns about the technology’s feasibility. A natural gas demonstration plant in Texas tests carbon capture technology.

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Carbon Fossil fuels Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 98

DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

‘Twisted Symbiotic Relationship’ One example of Peterson’s amplifying effect is his interview with Judith Curry, a former Georgia Institute of Technology climatologist who now does consulting work for clients including petroleum companies and natural gas traders. She didn’t respond to questions from DeSmog. It’s out!” million times.

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Climate change Global warming Fossil fuels Politics 114

Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

I believe in all energy sources, we can use wind and solar, but we need to preserve our clean natural gas and we can, in fact, have a reliable energy grid.”. But we can’t dismantle our reliable, clean, inexpensive natural gas.”. It puts our entire energy grid at risk. All in play for some political purpose.

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Law Energy Energy Politics 83

Grist

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

The report by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation concluded, among other things, that power companies and natural gas producers hadn’t properly readied their facilities for cold weather, including failing to install extra insulation, wind breaks and heaters.

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Power grid Natural gas Electricity Fossil fuels 95

Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 22, 2023

If Biden gets elected, over 2000 by year end. It's a predatory delay strategy and a fossil fueled meme, not a decarbonization strategy.  Shanu : A recent Bloomberg survey suggested 57% of investors think the selloff continues into next year. Andrew : Yes. Trump: below 1000 Joshua : Yes.   Keeton : Yes.

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Business Green

AUGUST 14, 2020

Deutsche Bank strengthens fossil fuel lending policies. German banking giant Deutsche Bank has become the latest financial powerhouse to tighten its lending criteria for fossil fuel projects, announcing an accelerated timeline to drastically reduce its exposure to coal mining businesses.

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CleanTechnica

MARCH 1, 2024

continued] The post USA & China Electricity Generation TWh & CO2e Trajectories Since 2000 Are Startling appeared first on CleanTechnica. For a decade I’ve been tracking the exponential expansion of wind, solar, and to a lesser extent hydro electricity generation.

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CleanTechnica

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

In 2000, Bush won the electoral college (well, maybe*) despite the fact that Gore got more than half a million more votes. That's more than 30 years (or 7 elections) with just one popular vote win, which went to George W. Bush, possibly due to an Osama bin Laden video tape that came out 4 days before the election.

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