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Fossil Fuel Firms Flock to Conservative Party Conference

DeSmogBlog

They include the Spectator magazine and groups based in and around Westminster’s Tufton Street , home to a network of opaquely funded, free market think tanks with a history of criticising climate action and pushing for more fossil fuel exploration. French gas giant EDF and German-owned energy firm E.ON

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Looming Grid Shortfall Prompts 2.5GW California Procurement Proposal

GreenTechMedia

State regulators have proposed a major set of responses to what could be a looming grid reliability shortfall in Sothern California, including a 2.5-gigawatt The proposal follows a string of unusual orders from the state's regulator to deal with the ongoing reliability crises for Southern California’s power grid.

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Interview – Harnessing the potential of geothermal to scale up by 2030

ThinkGeoEnergy

As a society, we routinely burn fossil fuels at about 1000°C to heat our homes at about 22°C. There are some very interesting schemes around using CO 2 as a working fluid for power generation. In part, incentives are needed because the impacts of fossil fuels are often not accounted for when considering the power price.

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MIT Study: Transmission Is Key to a Low-Cost, Decarbonized US Grid

GreenTechMedia

These results come from a linear optimization model that uses hourly weather data from 2007 to 2013, encompassing heat waves, winter storms and other weather events that can disrupt renewable power supply, Brown noted. transmission grid. Another study led by Princeton University released last month, which charts a $2.5

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DOE Quietly Backs Plan for Carbon Capture Network Larger Than Entire Oil Pipeline System

DeSmogBlog

In March, over 300 climate and environmental justice advocacy groups sent a letter to Congress, arguing that subsidizing carbon capture “could entrench the fossil economy for decades to come.”. Instead, the proposed CO2 pipeline network would be used to offer a lifeline to existing fossil fuel power plants.

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Online Event - VERGE Energy Conference

Green Market Oracle

cities are drafting plans and testing out developing zero emission zones in downtown areas, banning fossil-fuel-burning vehicles and developing progressive pricing signals. The State of Vehicle-Grid Integration (Panel Discussion): The vehicle-to-grid market is finally about to kick off in earnest.

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Texas repeatedly failed to protect its power grid against extreme weather

Grist

As millions of Texans endured days without power and water, experts and news organizations pointed to unheeded warnings in a federal report that examined the 2011 winter storm and offered recommendations for preventing future problems. Natural gas producers and pipeline companies in Texas are regulated by the Railroad Commission.