DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

As of 2016, the use of mineral fertilizers, which includes nitrogen-based fertilizers produced from natural gas, accounted for 39 percent of the agriculture sector’s emissions in Europe. The main ingredient in fertilizers is ammonia, which is produced from natural gas. Credit: greensefa.

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Greentown Labs

APRIL 22, 2021

Shell , a Greentown Labs partner since 2013, is an active participant and thought leader in the energy transition and has announced its intentions to become a net-zero emissions energy company by 2050. “At bp is thrilled to partner with Greentown Labs,” said Al Vickers, CEO of bp Wind Energy.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

DECEMBER 18, 2023

In 2013, Professor Dr. Martin Saar at ETH Zurich came up with this idea: CO 2 is stored at depth and heated by the geothermal gradient, then produced and used for power generation at the surface. We have new technologies coming along, many of which were started by oil and gas companies.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The California Public Utilities Commission is in the midst of rewriting the rule s for how utilities, CCAs and other load-serving entities meet their Resource Adequacy requirements, which is mostly provided by natural-gas-fired peaker plants today. What kind of data can you share with vendors?

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

A role for natural gas remains. Just as the oil industry looks set for a long contraction, coal is also expected to decline rapidly: having peaked in 2013, both the rapid and net zero scenarios involve a decline in demand for coal of 85 to 90 per cent by 2050. Through the last century, first coal, and then oil played this role.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

The case did not directly rule on whether the project, which first secured environmental approval in 2013, should be approved. Canada published its first ever national climate adaptation strategy this week, unveiling plans to invest up to C$1.6bn ($1.2bn) in new climate resilience projects.

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Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 30, 2020

Momentum is building as businesses and governments transform their organizations to be more efficient and resilient. Introducing the Food Microgrid: A Decentralized and Resilient New Food System (Panel Discussion): The coronavirus pandemic disrupted food supplies and reminded us again that our food systems are ever more centralized.

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Energy and Cleantech Council

AUGUST 9, 2022

Notably, the proposal includes mandates that will facilitate the completion of the Mountain Valley Pipeline – a major natural gas pipeline in Manchin’s own West Virginia that has been tied up in court battles for years. Since it was established in 2013, New York’s Green Bank has mobilized $4.5 billion in capital. What’s next?

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 1, 2021

In June, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) narrowly approved the construction of a new 42” diameter gas pipeline that will connect shale wells in Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Ohio to a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal on the Gulf Coast, carrying over a billion cubic feet of fracked gas to be transported overseas every day.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 22, 2020

environmental organization, the Natural Resources Defense Council. . Cureton’s work touches California’s disadvantaged communities through initiatives such as those providing energy retrofits at multi-family buildings and funding for resiliency plans during wildfire season for those who live in utility power shutoff zones.

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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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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

The debate over grid resilience vs. fuel security. But in the same vote, FERC created a new order for the country’s grid operators to examine the resilience of their systems against mega-storms, cyberattacks and other threats.

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