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How to Decarbonize Natural Gas

GreenTechMedia

It’s too early for a postmortem on what happened, but we know that the cold affected all fuel sources, and most of all, natural gas. Wellheads and gas lines froze. Gas supplies were diverted to residential heating rather than power. This slice of the problem underscores how deeply we still rely on natural gas.

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Investigation into Texas freeze highlights natural gas failures, frequency of cold weather events

Renewable Energy World

Preliminary findings of a joint investigation into the freeze that left millions in Texas without power for days last February highlighted an increasing frequency of extreme cold weather events, as well as the devastation caused by the failure of natural gas-fired plants. — Jeff Dennis (@EnergyLawJeff) September 23, 2021.

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ExxonMobil Urges EU to Remove ‘Policy Hurdles’ Slowing Oil Industry’s Hydrogen Plans

DeSmogBlog

and other fossil fuel companies are urging the European Union to relax targets to boost climate-friendly “green” hydrogen, hoping to win greater support for projects to manufacture the fuel using natural gas. But the oil and gas industry is pushing hard for increased use of “blue” hydrogen. ExxonMobil Corp.

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IEA: Stronger policies urgently needed to curb demand for natural gas

Business Green

Growing demand for natural gas will start to be curbed in the coming years, but more needs to be done to meet net zero goals, IEA report warns. Natural gas demand is expected to rise by 3.6 The annual increase in global demand for natural gas is teh expected to hit an average of 1.7

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What the natural gas industry is missing about the energy transition 

EDF + Business

The annual conference, hosted by Energy Dialogues, brings together natural gas interests to discuss where the industry is headed, with perspectives from policymakers and civil society. Speakers talked about natural gas as the solution to a trinity of critical energy challenges: emissions mitigation, energy poverty, and energy security.

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California’s Big 2021 Grid Reliability Decision: Expand Supply or Manage Demand?

GreenTechMedia

Last week, the CPUC issued a ruling asking the state’s three big investor-owned utilities to seek out ways to expand supply-side capacity before August 2021, the next step in an effort launched in November to prepare for the possibility of another regionwide heatwave pushing the state’s grid past its limits. Utilities agree.

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Renewables made up 92% of new generating capacity in the U.S. in the first half of 2021

Renewable Energy World

electrical generating capacity additions and increased their contribution to the nation’s electrical production in the first half of 2021. Further, wind and solar were the only sources of new capacity additions in June 2021. . By comparison, net growth for natural gas will be only 13,241 MW. rooftop) solar.