Grist

JANUARY 10, 2022

Faced with falling natural gas prices and the growth in wind and solar energy, coal plants from Illinois to New Mexico closed their doors. In 2005, coal plants generated 2 trillion kilowatt-hours of American power; by 2020, that number had been cut by more than half. greenhouse gas emissions edged down.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Duke Energy said it plans to double its renewable energy capacity by the end of the decade, and stop generating electricity from coal by 2035. Duke Energy's Edwardsport IGCC (integrated gasification combined-cycle) coal-fired generation plant. Follow @EngelsAngle. Courtesy: Duke). "As GW of capacity since 2010, Good said.

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R-Squared Energy

MAY 7, 2023

A friend informed me that my previous article on energy independence was mentioned in a TikTok video. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) has tracked energy statistics for decades. energy production and demand numbers here in the Primary Energy Overview table. Relative to 2005, the U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

On Friday, the 1-million-customer utility, formed last year by the merger of Westar Energy and Kansas City Power & Light parent company Great Plains Energy, announced plans to cut carbon emission by 80 percent from 2005 levels by 2050. Since 2005, Evergy has reduced the share of coal-fired power in its 6.2-gigawatt

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2023

The inflation reduction act clean energy transition: Supporting businesses navigate rising fossil fuel energy costs The inflation reduction act clean energy transition comes at a time where rising fossil fuel energy costs are hitting businesses hard. on clean energy. on clean energy. meet net-zero goals.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 23, 2020

Wisconsin-based utility Alliant Energy has joined the ranks of U.S. Coal made up 31 percent of its capacity as of 2018, while natural gas accounted for about 42 percent. Alliant has retired about 1,000 megawatts of coal-fired power since 2005. utilities pledging to zero out their net carbon emissions by mid-century.

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R-Squared Energy

MARCH 15, 2024

set a new annual oil production record on December 15, based on data from the Energy Information Administration. Notably, recent increases in total crude oil and natural gas production in the United States have been primarily driven by the growth of production in the Permian Basin, located in western Texas and eastern New Mexico.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Duke Energy is the latest major utility to commit to a carbon-free future, with a plan to cut its emissions in half by 2030 and eliminate them completely by midcentury. The gas question. This reliance on natural gas aligns Duke with most U.S. utility, due to the company’s size.

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R-Squared Energy

MARCH 4, 2022

But, in the real world so can American energy. That brings me to Russia’s natural gas. Schlesinger Chair in Energy and Geopolitics with the Energy Security and Climate Change Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Let’s consider the natural gas industry in the U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Duke Energy has detailed the various paths its utilities in the Carolinas could take over the next 15 years, a choice that will determine how quickly Duke cuts its carbon footprint and how much it will cost. All of the scenarios go well beyond Duke’s previous IRPs in leaning more heavily on solar, onshore wind and energy storage.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Ameren’s “ Smart Energy Plan ,” filed Wednesday with the Missouri Public Service Commission, will direct most of its spending — $5.3 The utility expects to install 120,000 smart meters this year and more than 800,000 by 2023, along with web portals to give customers access to the energy data they collect.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

If Duke Energy avoids natural gas capacity additions and adds renewable energy and energy storage under a proposed North Carolina law, the utility could reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 74% over the next decade, according to a study. MMT in 2030, a 74% reduction from 2005 levels.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Our customers can be proud their products are made in facilities that use 100% renewable energy. 2) Direct Renewable Energy Projects : As a result, 70% of the company’s facilities have on-site clean energy projects. L’Oréal uses onsite gas for space and water heating.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 20, 2021

We analyzed the “business as usual” projection in the 2005 Annual Energy Outlook published by the Energy Information Administration , the U.S. It projected that annual carbon dioxide emissions from the electric power sector would rise from 2,400 million to 3,000 million metric tons from 2005 to 2020. The other 50%.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Amid a historic economic contraction, renewable resources grew to account for a fifth of electricity produced in 2020, according to newly released data from Bloomberg New Energy Finance and the Business Council for Sustainable Energy, a coalition of clean energy, utility and natural gas companies.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

clean energy sectors showed strong resilience in 2020, continuing a decade-long growth trend, BloombergNEF (BNEF) and the Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE) find in their annual joint report. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Source: BloombergNEF estimate. Energy demand for electricity and transportation fell by 3.8%

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

In order to manufacture products, companies in the industry sector must burn fuel, typically natural gas, to create heat. Technologies such as geothermal, biomass and solar, which Skyven initially focused on, can provide an alternative to natural gas to generate heat for industrial processes.

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R-Squared Energy

MARCH 14, 2022

energy independence. A common belief that I encounter is that President Trump made us energy independent, but we lost that energy independence under President Biden. That’s not strictly true, but it requires a bit of understanding about what energy independence actually is. Energy Independent? That year, U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

A new report warns that oil and gas production in the United States is expected to rise under Biden’s signature climate law, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), even as the legislation helps to moderately lower fossil fuel demand through billions of dollars in clean energy investments. The report, “ Biden’s Fossil Fuel Fail : How U.S.

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R-Squared Energy

JULY 27, 2022

Earlier this month BP released its Statistical Review of World Energy 2022. The Review provides a comprehensive picture of supply and demand for major energy sources on a country-level basis. oil consumption level of 2005 (20.5 Each year, I do a series of articles covering the Review’s findings. million BPD). million BPD.

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R-Squared Energy

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

natural gas production primarily comes from two places. One is from wells that are drilled specifically to produce natural gas. natural gas production. But most of the rest comes from natural gas produced from oil wells. of natural gas production in the regions. phenomenon.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 6, 2020

But at the same time, it shows the limit of coal-led reductions in power, and of the power sector overall, in bringing down economy-wide emissions,” said Hannah Pitt, a senior research analyst with Rhodium's climate and energy group. pledged to reduce emissions 26 to 28 percent below 2005 levels by 2025. from the agreement.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 26, 2021

New research asserts most have undermined those goals by keeping coal plants running and building new natural gas plants meant to operate for decades to come. utilities are on track to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 80 percent by 2030 compared to a 2005 baseline, the target needed to prevent global warming beyond 1.5

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

For the second year in a row, Xcel Energy has hit a significant milestone in its quest to deliver 100% carbon-free electricity to customers by 2050. In 2019, Xcel Energy achieved a 10% reduction over the previous year. Xcel Energy’s 2020 carbon reductions outpaced the industry, which is ahead of any other part of the economy.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

AUGUST 23, 2023

An excellent piece written by Aidan Mackenzie, Infrastructure Fellow at Institute for Progress, looks at the disparity of permitting requirements between geothermal and oil and gas in the context of the U.S., These CEs have been perpetuated as part of Section 390 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Instead, the analysis note stated only that “Conventional production refers to all oil and natural gas production outside of Canada’s oil sands.” The oil sands are the biggest driver of new production and emissions growth, with emissions rising 137% since 2005.” Questions sent to Pathways Alliance were not returned.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

A group of natural gas companies and utilities in Colorado formed a front group to oppose the state’s push towards electrifying homes and businesses, spreading misinformation about the cost of electric heating while also promoting false solutions to lock in the ongoing use of natural gas.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

But the trend took off when Xcel Energy figured out it could retire coal plants, build clean power plants, and make more profits while keeping electricity costs down. A few exceptions do remain, though — holdouts that have not promised to eliminate their greenhouse gas emissions. NextEra Energy. Berkshire Hathaway Energy.

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R-Squared Energy

JANUARY 26, 2021

In the process, it upended two of my energy sector predictions, but three others ended up being correct. The Covid-19 pandemic last year was a black swan event that caused unprecedented fallout across the energy sector. The evolution of the pandemic this year will be the largest variable impacting the energy sector.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

At the same time, it's already adopting renewable natural gas to power its natural gas trucks in its short-haul fleet. . It's got close to 300 alternative-fueled vehicles, including electric, hybrid and natural gas buses, sweepers and light-duty vehicles. Just a short five years away.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 4, 2022

Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, 2021 was a record-breaking year for investment in the energy transition and the deployment of renewable power, battery storage, and sustainable transportation, according to the 2022 Sustainable Energy in America Factbook published by BloombergNEF (BNEF) and the Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE).

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R-Squared Energy

JUNE 7, 2020

NATURAL GAS DRIVES CARBON EMISSIONS LOWER. The shale gas boom in the U.S. natural gas production between 2005 and 2020. natural gas prices, and helped drive coal-fired power plants to switch to natural gas to generate firm power. caused nearly a 90% increase in U.S.

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R-Squared Energy

DECEMBER 6, 2019

The Kyoto Protocol went into effect in 2005. According to the 2019 BP Statistical Review of World Energy, global annual carbon dioxide emissions have increased by 20%. The Asia Pacific region saw carbon dioxide emissions increase by 50% since 2005, while emissions in the U.S. and EU declined. A key driver in the U.S.

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R-Squared Energy

JULY 27, 2020

This article is the fourth in a series on the BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2020. The Review provides a comprehensive picture of supply and demand for major energy sources on a country-level basis. Previous articles covered overall energy consumption , petroleum supply and demand, and natural gas.

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The Verge: Energy

APRIL 25, 2024

But it still doesn’t crack down on the nation’s fleet of gas-fired power plants. That’s a big omission considering the US gets 43 percent of its electricity from gas, more than from any other source of energy. What we’re doing with the status of existing natural gas plants is directly in response to.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Midwestern utility Evergy pushed back Tuesday against a report from Reuters that it rebuffed a $15 billion acquisition bid from NextEra Energy, the U.S. renewable energy leader that's been seeking to take advantage of its high stock price to expand its roster of regulated utilities in recent years. Evergy, which serves 1.6

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R-Squared Energy

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

This is especially true when it comes to punishing the oil and gas industry that supplies most of the country’s energy. That marriage of technologies ushered in the fracking boom and resulted in a renaissance of oil and gas production. But as production rose, natural gas prices collapsed.

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