R-Squared Energy

AUGUST 10, 2023

While renewable power expanded at record rates, fossil fuels maintained an 82% share of total primary energy consumption. Natural gas and coal demand stayed nearly flat with oil rebounding close to pre-pandemic levels. Renewable power (excluding hydro) grew 14% in 2022, slightly below the previous year’s growth rate of 16%.

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R-Squared Energy

JUNE 16, 2020

The primary culprits behind coal’s decline are competition from cheap natural gas brought on by the shale gas boom in the U.S., But the natural gas and subsequent oil boom were victims of their own success. Global oil demand fell by as much as 30 million BPD, followed by gas and coal demand.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Last month the CPUC launched a proceeding considering emergency steps to relieve the possibility of another grid emergency next summer, with options, ranging from bolstering supply-side resources like natural gas-fired power plants or utility-scale batteries to increasing demand-side resources like behind-the-meter batteries and demand response.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

And the Demand Response Auction Mechanism pilot project has allowed multiple vendors to aggregate batteries, plug-in electric vehicles , and smart-thermostat-enabled homes and businesses in fulfillment of Resource Adequacy requirements. EBCE has done some advance work to prepare for integrating DERs at grid scale, Ross said.

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R-Squared Energy

DECEMBER 28, 2021

That’s a recipe for higher oil prices, and subsequently higher gasoline and natural gas prices. Consumers saw that, as gasoline prices rose to their highest levels since 2014. Europe’s natural gas crisis. Europe suffered from a natural gas shortage this year. batteries, solar panels, wind turbines).

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Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 22, 2020

The fact that almost all oil is consumed by cars, combined with the extremely disruptive transition towards electric vehicles, is one of the main reasons why I personally believe oil demand has peaked and will start to decline rapidly. This became increasingly clear after the steep oil price decline in 2014. It is the opposite.

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