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.” By contrast, oil sands production accounted for 85 Mt of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2021, an increase from 56 Mt in 2011, and the highest level of emissions yet recorded.

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R-Squared Energy

JULY 26, 2021

Small declines were also reported in coal, natural gas, and nuclear consumption, while renewables and hydropower recorded gains. The remainder of global energy consumption came from coal (27.2%), natural gas (24.7%), hydropower (6.9%), renewables (5.7%), and nuclear power (4.3%). Natural Gas. ” Oil.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 21, 2020

Qatar, whose natural-gas exports trail only those of Russia, will host the FIFA World Cup in 2022 and has pledged to make the event carbon-neutral. Although one of the world's largest oil and gas companies, Total has long been active in renewables, especially solar power. Lowest-ever solar PPA price. Kahramaa President H.E.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Energy Information Administration’s data shows that the overnight capital cost required to build new onshore wind and conventional natural gas combined-cycle power plants in the U.S. Solar module power output by technology, 2011-2020E. decreased by 38 percent and 2 percent, respectively, between 2010 and 2018.

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R-Squared Energy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Previous articles discussed the trends in global carbon dioxide emissions , the overall highlights of the Review, the production and consumption of petroleum, natural gas production and consumption, and coal production and consumption. Today we will cover nuclear power. Nuclear power is unique among energy sources.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The fracked natural gas industry has never been the most responsible or efficient consumer of resources. Drillers are using ever-increasing amounts of water and sand in order to produce the same volume of gas, with a corresponding rise in the levels of solid and liquid waste created. But what does RSG really mean? What Is RSG?

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Greentown Labs

JANUARY 23, 2024

and Houston, Texas, Greentown is home to more than 200 startups and has supported more than 500 since the incubator’s founding in 2011. About TotalEnergies TotalEnergies is a global multi-energy company that produces and markets energies: oil and biofuels, natural gas and green gases, renewables, and electricity.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 28, 2023

The lonely well pad houses four natural gas wells that records show were initially drilled in 2011 but sat inactive for years after that. The Internal Revenue Service defines a marginal, or low-producing, natural gas well to be one that generates less than 90,000 cubic feet per day.

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R-Squared Energy

JULY 15, 2019

Previous articles in this series covered carbon dioxide emissions, petroleum supply and demand, the production and consumption of coal, global natural gas trends, and the continued explosion in the growth of renewable energy: BP Warns Of An Unsustainable Path. Increases Its Dominance In Natural Gas Production.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Blackmon hosts a podcast called “The Energy Question”, which is sponsored by the US Oil and Gas Association (USOGA), a lobby group that describes its mission as promoting “national public policy that supports exploration and production for the domestic oil and natural gas industry”.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 4, 2022

Natural gas capacity grew by 3,549 MW and new oil and coal capacity increased by 19 MW and 11 MW respectively. Wind is now more than 10.54% of the nation’s generating capacity, up from 3.80% in October 2011. By comparison, net growth for natural gas will be around 14,327 MW. .

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 4, 2019

But these tools proved unexpectedly useful when the Aliso Canyon natural-gas leak jeopardized fuel supplies for Southern California power plants. Finn-Foley displayed the Energy Information Administration's projections for national solar deployment from 2011, 2012 and 2013.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Early data from the 16 markets surveyed revealed the heat pumps sold in 2022 could replace roughly four billion cubic metres of natural gas and avoid around eight million tonnes of CO2 emissions. By comparison Germany, France, and Belgium have installed 5.75, 14.9 heat pumps per thousand homes respectively.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

playing Sherlock Holmes in the 2011 movie "Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows," is asked what he sees. The trucks need energy, whether diesel, gasoline, natural gas, electricity, hydrogen, propane, etc. Commercial trucking's future is in the details. Rick Mihelic. Tue, 09/08/2020 - 01:45. Robert Downey Jr., That is my curse."

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Clean Energy Canada

AUGUST 23, 2019

Since 2008, the carbon price has substantially reduced the consumption and demand for fossil fuels including: Reducing demand for gasoline by between7% and 17% by 2011. Decreasing residential natural gas consumption between 6.9% Cutting diesel consumption by 3.3% The carbon price incentivized B.C.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Unsurprisingly, perhaps, Looney is a big believer in the future role of natural gas. One obvious way to deliver more energy with less carbon, Looney said, is "more renewables and gas, pushing coal out of power.". Back in 2011, BP closed its solar manufacturing business, known as BP Solar, when it couldn't make a profit.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

JANUARY 11, 2019

Gas-insulated switchgear owners face easy-to-miss, CARB-enforced emissions requirements. Since 2011, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) has regulated sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) emissions from gas-insulated switchgears (GIS). The SF6 Regulation contains a number of requirements, which have applied since January 1, 2011.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

JANUARY 11, 2019

Gas-insulated switchgear owners face easy-to-miss, CARB-enforced emissions requirements. Since 2011, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) has regulated sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) emissions from gas-insulated switchgears (GIS). The SF6 Regulation contains a number of requirements, which have applied since January 1, 2011.

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Greentown Labs

MAY 24, 2022

and an incubator in Houston, TX, Greentown Labs is home to 200 startups and has supported more than 450 startups since the incubator’s founding in 2011. With its headquarters in Somerville, Mass. These startups have collectively created more than 8,400 jobs and have raised more than $2.2 billion in funding.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

In 2011, the United States generated less than 2 million megawatt-hours of electricity from solar power. Competition also affects how much any power plant runs, and natural gas has been edging out coal on price. The fast growth of solar capacity also fits with the national trend. million short tons last year.

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Greentown Labs

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Today, Greentown Houston is fortunate to welcome three new Founding Partners to its ecosystem: As the only investor-owned electric and gas utility based in Texas, CenterPoint Energy, Inc. Williams manages 30 percent of the nation’s natural gas used for clean-power generation, heating, and industrial use. As of Sept. As of Sept.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

” Europe, which has an economy saddled with high energy prices and is heavily dependent on Russian natural gas, is embracing green hydrogen by providing funding for construction of electrolysis plants and other hydrogen infrastructure. hydrogen is a lot more expensive than other fuels such as natural gas.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 1, 2020

The oil giant's early forays into solar manufacturing weren't well aligned with its core business, and ended in 2011. Lightsource's search coincided with BP's hunt for a solar developer to partner with. But BP’s Sanyal told GTM it never lost its interest in solar.

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Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2021

French global energy giant Total recently announced it had delivered its first shipment of ' carbon neutral liquid natural gas '. Natural gas is, of course, a fossil fuel and so can't itself be carbon neutral. Instead, emissions from transporting the cargo were partly "offset" by investing in a wind farm in China.

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Energy and Cleantech Council

APRIL 2, 2019

She appeared twice before as a commissioner, in 2014 and 2011, and once in 2007 while serving as National Grid’s acting CEO. Infrastructure challenges : Simply put, it’s hard to build the kind of infrastructure needed to support the changing energy market, particularly in New England.

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Greentown Labs

OCTOBER 20, 2022

and Houston, TX, Greentown Labs is home to 200 startups and has supported more than 450 startups since the incubator’s founding in 2011. With incubators in Somerville, Mass. These startups have collectively created more than 8,400 jobs and have raised more than $2.2 billion in funding.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 22, 2021

This is where Jacobson’s story takes on a cinematic glow, which I wrote about for HuffPost in 2011. On the evening of July 10, 2011, Jacobson attended a swanky event in San Francisco. It would be the first clean energy roadmap that Jacobson would draft, and he did it on the evening of September 13, 2011. The Solutions Project.

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Business Green

JULY 15, 2021

The Whitetail facility is expected to harness the Allam-Fetvedt Cycle (AFC), pioneered by NET Power and 8 Rivers Capital, which combusts natural gas with oxygen, rather than air, and uses supercritical carbon dioxide as a working fluid to drive a turbine instead of steam. Paul's Cathedral.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

And while the state’s 22-gigawatt wind power fleet has faced problems stemming from icing of wind turbine blades and relatively low wind conditions that have reduced its ability to contribute to the grid, the primary failure is from the state’s natural-gas, coal and nuclear generator fleet, according to ERCOT data.

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Green Market Oracle

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

In 1992 carbon emission hit a 20-year low due to three factors: A mild winter, reduced demand for gasoline and, most significantly, a drop in coal-fired electricity generation because of historically low natural gas prices. The negative values in 1996 are due to a slowing economy associated with the Asian financial crisis.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 22, 2021

The early days of the fracking boom saw some tremendous success stories with flipping fracking assets with one of the biggest being the sale of XTO’s natural gas assets to Exxon in 2009 for $41 billion. That’s far less than what Equinor paid when it first entered the Bakken in 2011 with an investment of $3.8

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

What would happen if you converted all the single-family homes in Texas from natural gas to electric heating? 14 HSPF mini-split heat pump) heat pump models against two weather data sets — a typical meteorological year, and 2011, which had extreme weather in winter and summer. cents per therm for natural gas.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 3, 2024

No Appetite for Change New York-based IPG followed closely behind Omnicom in DeSmog’s analysis, with six of its 10 board members having experience in polluting industries such as natural gas, shipping, and plastics. At Paris-based Havas, three out of nine board members have ties to polluting industries.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

One other item on Truss’s itinerary was a trip to a multi-million pound research institute jointly-funded by Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell that promotes natural gas and biofuels as sustainable, followed by a visit to an oil rig “simulator” run by Petrobras.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 26, 2022

As the New York Times reported in 2020, FTI helped set up regional astroturf websites for its oil industry clients, such as Texans for Natural Gas, New Mexicans for Economic Prosperity, Citizens to Protect PA Jobs, Western Wire, and the Arctic Energy Center.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 25, 2022

On December 18, 2020, the day when the public consultation came to a close, “the gas bloc” — Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Greece, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia — submitted an unofficial document expressing their concerns to the European Commission. Like Greece, Italy has a huge stake in gas.

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TIME Ecocentric

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

If there was one thing that seemed certain in the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi meltdown in 2011—the worst atomic accident since Chernobyl—it was that nuclear power in Japan and the rest of the world was in major trouble.

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