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How The U.S. Became The World’s Top LNG Exporter

R-Squared Energy

would enter a long-term natural gas crisis for which the only solution was “to pray.” ConocoPhillips and ExxonMobil made large acquisitions of natural gas companies, betting on a future with much higher natural gas prices. natural gas production had begun to decline. By 2005, U.S.

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Extreme Weather Keeps Maxing Out the Grid

GreenTechMedia

Since 2000, outages across the U.S. We’ll finish with a look at a new report from Columbia University: can we use natural gas pipelines to accelerate the low-carbon transition? have increased by 67%. Is the power system ready for tomorrow’s extreme weather -- today? The Energy Gang is brought to you by Sungrow.

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This carbon challenge is bigger than cars, aviation and shipping combined

GreenBiz

The options include biodiesel, renewable electricity, renewable natural gas, solar thermal, geothermal, thermal storage and hydrogen. Making natural gas renewable . But for now, renewable natural gas (RNG) may offer a fix soonest. But for now, renewable natural gas (RNG) may offer a fix soonest.

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Szeged, Hungary increases geothermal district heating capacity

ThinkGeoEnergy

million cubic meters of natural gas, reducing the greenhouse gas load of Szeged by 4,482 tons of CO2 annually. The geothermal system entailed the drilling of 2000-meter production well and two slightly shallower injection wells. The project displaces more than 2.2 EUR 6 million).

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Global Power Sector Embracing Renewables but Ditching Fossil Fuels Too Slowly

GreenTechMedia

Much of the new renewable capacity being built around the world is being offset by new coal and gas capacity, leaving the global generation mix more or less how it was in 2000. Even those utilities and independent power producers (IPPs) prioritizing renewables are adding further natural gas and coal capacity, in most cases.

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The Fracking Industry's Methane Problem Is a Climate Problem

DeSmogBlog

Atmospheric levels of methane stopped increasing around the year 2000 and at the time were expected to decrease in the future. However, they began increasing again in the last 10 years, spurring researchers to explore why.

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U.S. Coal Consumption Falls To 60-Year Low

R-Squared Energy

Previous articles provided an overview of this year’s Review, an examination of the data on carbon emissions, a look at oil supply and demand trends, and an examination of natural gas trends. Coal contains a higher percentage of carbon than does oil or natural gas. Comparing Coal’s Emissions. What is meant by that?