DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

climate talks in Egypt demanded European governments halt a “dash” for the continent’s natural gas. At least nine gas deals have been struck so far on the sidelines of the negotiations – known as COP27 – five involving Africa. percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. We cannot be Europe’s gas station.

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GreenBiz

JULY 15, 2020

It is energy-efficient, abundant and an environmentally friendly alternative to natural gas. Clean hydrogen could cut greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel by up to 34 percent, reported Bloomberg New Energy Finance. . And it could be cheaper than producing hydrogen from natural gas.

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GreenBiz

MAY 11, 2021

Net zero can be achieved, first and foremost, by cutting or eliminating greenhouse gas emissions and, secondarily, by offsetting any remaining emissions through such actions as planting trees, investing in renewable energy projects that replace fossil-fuel energy, or investing in novel carbon-removal technologies such as direct air capture.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2019

NextEra continues to invest in natural gas — on Monday the company announced the signing of an agreement for the 50-mile Lowman pipeline in Alabama and discussed plans to acquire the Meade Pipeline Company. ” Natural gas challenges, solar growth, Hurricane Dorian recovery costs. gigawatts in 2018.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 24, 2024

In 2023 the share of electricity in final energy consumption is estimated to have reached 20%, up from 18% in 2015. Global CO2 emissions also are expected to decline, averaging 4% between 2023 and 2026, which is more than double the 2% in the period from 2015 to 2019. annually through 2026.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 27, 2024

Taxpayer handouts to Canada’s wealthiest companies means that less money is available for the types of investments that could actually help people across the country who are deciding between food and energy bills,” she said. It is 10 times what the government has invested in climate change adaptation since 2015.

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Clean Energy Canada

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Alberta, the solar capital of Canada, slapped a moratorium on new renewable development, putting at risk both jobs and investment. The move away from fossil fuel generation, meanwhile, has been slow, with its share falling only 3% between 2015 and 2021. Only recently have we seen Nova Scotia, Quebec, B.C.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 19, 2024

With this comes the risk that grid investments may be insufficient to deliver on the 2030 energy security and climate targets and need to be urgently addressed given the longer timescales of grid developments compared with clean technologies. Placing clean power at the core of grid planning also would enable anticipatory investments.

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EDF + Business

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

The first time I saw a natural gas flare in the oilfield was in 2015. A company representative explained that natural gas, or methane, was being burned on the spot rather than sent on for productive use in the economy. Outside the van windows, flares dotted the landscape. Leading investors speak up.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Flaring and venting of gas in the North Sea released nearly 20 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent between 2015 and 2019, data obtained by Greenpeace shows. We are also working to ensure the extraction of oil and gas from the North Sea has a net zero contribution to emissions by 2050.".

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 13, 2020

yieldco stock prices in February 2020 were the highest seen since the market's heyday in the summer of 2015. Unlike many oil and gas stocks, however, yieldcos have recovered quickly. Compared to some other energy investments, yieldcos today "are considered a safe haven," said Pietro Radoia, senior analyst at Bloomberg NEF.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

I live in SRP (Salt River Project) territory — a utility known as being one of the first to put residential solar customers on a separate rate plan with demand charges in 2015. But for the last several years, the original 2015 rate structure has been the status quo for new solar customers in SRP. cents to 6.2

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 17, 2021

Countries like Germany, Japan, the UK, China, Australia, and others have already made plans targeting Hydrogen production and prices with a series of investments and potential policies being considered. Between 2015-2019, the Australian government committed over $146 million to hydrogen projects along the supply chain.

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 10, 2021

billion annual investment. That spend would be around 20% lower than what was invested across all of the country’s generation resources between 2015 and 2019. . The renewable capacity deployment was forecast to use about 1.25% of land that is labeled as barren or waste.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

A major natural gas pipeline in Pennsylvania was canceled this week in the face of a thicket of legal obstacles and intense local opposition. Durham PA, 2015. Typically, if a project shows that there is a commercial need for the gas, FERC simply approves the certificate. Doesn’t matter how much gas is used.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 6, 2022

billion into fossil fuel projects around the world since the Paris Climate Agreement was signed in 2015, undercutting global efforts to combat the worsening climate crisis. The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), a member of the World Bank Group, gave the project $1.1 The World Bank Group has funneled $14.8

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 26, 2021

million MCF of natural gas in 2020. nmpol #nmleg — New Mexico Oil & Gas (@NMOilAndGas) May 12, 2021. Oil and natural gas production provide more than one-third of education funding in New Mexico. New Mexico produced 366 million barrels of oil and 1.94 billion in state revenues.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

OCTOBER 3, 2019

LCPI Webinar Series: Cap & Invest in Washington State. Webinar Q&A: Introduction to Cap & Invest in Washington State. One separate, peer-reviewed study published in 2015 in the journal Energy Economics , concluded that projected power sector emissions would be 24% higher without RGGI. [2]. Shorter answer. 1] Brian C.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

The solar industry met in Salt Lake City with a more sweeping and disciplined message than in some years past : Rally to extend the federal investment tax credit and buckle up for a decade of massive industry growth. The organization said the mobilization would double the solar workforce and spur private investment of $345 billion.

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Business Green

MAY 3, 2022

Seven years after the landmark 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, a large majority of country signatories and hundreds of companies have committed to achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. gigatons in 2015, further jeopardising the 1.5C gigatons in 2021 from 35.5 Paris target.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 12, 2020

where the company plans to ramp up its investments into grid-scale batteries, hybrid renewables projects and offshore wind, says North America chief Gwenaelle Avice-Huet. In 2015 the company changed its name from GDF Suez to Engie to reflect its new clean-energy focus. My journey in the U.S.

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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

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

He expects blue hydrogen made from natural gas via steam reforming to meet around 80 percent of the 5 GW target, with HyNet alone planning for 3.5 The private investment will come if the revenue mechanism is right. billion) of investment, previously announced. GW of blue hydrogen capacity by 2030.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Now, the city is at the forefront of the country’s dash to break its dependence on Russian gas. On Saturday, a newly built jetty is due to welcome the Norwegian-flagged Höegh Esperanza, a 280-metre vessel capable of offloading cargoes of natural gas supercooled into liquid form, then shipped across the ocean in specialised tankers.

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Clean Energy Canada

APRIL 23, 2020

The clean-energy-related programs, which made up roughly one eighth of total spending, supported 900,000 job-years from 2009 to 2015. Investment in and viability of key clean technologies. including California and Texas, solar and wind power is cheaper than natural gas and coal. As of 2019, there were 3.4 Since 2008, U.S.

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R-Squared Energy

JANUARY 12, 2021

Globally, the International Energy Agency has estimated that total capital investment in energy infrastructure over the past four years ranged from $1.5 Likewise, the global transition to renewable energy has required – and will continue to require – large capital investments. trillion each year. Green Bonds 101.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The fuel comes in a variety of “colours”, depending on how it is produced, with almost all hydrogen currently created using fossil gas and termed “grey”. When taking into account methane its climate footprint is “more than 20 percent greater than burning natural gas or coal for heat”, they found.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 10, 2019

The American Wind Energy Association, the industry’s main trade group, wants to see onshore wind projects be made eligible for the Investment Tax Credit (ITC) currently available to solar plants, said AWEA chief executive Tom Kiernan, speaking Thursday in New York. wind industry has begun a push in Washington, D.C.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 3, 2024

Both are fund managers that invest heavily in fossil fuel infrastructure, such as pipeline and refinery projects. 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.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Basaldú is fighting plans by Houston-based oil and gas company NextDecade to build a $10 billion facility on the South Texas coast near his hometown of Brownsville. The scheme would supercool fracked gas from the Permian Basin for export as liquefied natural gas (LNG). and Canadian emissions.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 2, 2021

The next wave appears to be the phasing out as many natural gas-fired facilities as is feasible as more wind and solar resources are deployed. Additionally, GE has delivered two 160 MVAr synchronous condensers for Favara and Partinico Terna Substations in Sicily that have been running since the end of 2015.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Globally, the United States and Canada invest the most public money into the controversial technology, with the United States contributing $8 billion, the report states. This comes as no surprise to experts who have scrutinized carbon capture technology.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 26, 2022

Citigroup’s role in the Amazon partly reflects its legacy as the world’s second largest fossil-fuel funding bank overall, having channeled more than $250 billion into fossil fuel projects worldwide since the Paris Agreement on climate change was signed at the end of 2015, according to environmental non-profit Bank Track.

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Business Green

JULY 17, 2020

It is energy-efficient, abundant and an environmentally friendly alternative to natural gas. Clean hydrogen could cut greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel by up to 34 per cent, reported Bloomberg New Energy Finance. The annual demand could reach 19,120,458,891 tons by then, representing a tenfold increase from 2015 to 2050.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 12, 2021

That made sense when the primary new resource being added to the grid were large-scale natural gas generators that could pick and choose advantageous interconnection locations. But regionally planned transmission investment has dropped in half since 2010, as these efforts concluded and none were started to take their place.

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Business Green

AUGUST 16, 2022

Most decarbonisation pathways claiming to be compatible with the climate agreement show a strong continuing reliance on natural gas and coal, explain academics Robert Brecha and Gaurav Ganti. They are used by companies making investment decisions and, importantly, by policymakers as a basis for their decisions. °C (2.7

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Business Green

OCTOBER 9, 2020

One of the hottest 2020 trends in raising capital is infiltrating climate-tech investing. Crane was instrumental in leading NRG into renewables and other clean energy sectors and was ousted in late 2015 after its stock tanked. The former CEO at US giant NRG Energy has raised $230m and is the market for a climate tech pioneer.

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