Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 19, 2024

But the independent public spending watchdog says the government’s assumptions about levels of consumer demand and manufacturer supply 5 are optimistic. Applications to the scheme in January 2024 increased by nearly 40% compared with January 2023, though more data is required to determine whether the change is sustained.

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R-Squared Energy

MARCH 15, 2024

On March 11, 2024, the EIA made it official: United States produces more crude oil than any country, ever. The only interruption to this growth occurred in 2020 and 2021, when demand and prices plummeted due to the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The EIA analysis notes that not only did the U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 30, 2020

Arizona Public Service released its plan for reaching zero-carbon by 2050 , with multiple options to balance the costs and carbon benefits of switching from coal and natural gas to renewables, batteries, distributed energy resources and as-yet-untested technologies. ” Short-term goals: Lots of new renewables, no new natural gas.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 3, 2024

At first, the longer-term plan should focus on the electricity transmission network – onshore, offshore and interconnectors – as well as developments in natural gas transmission and hydrogen. Subsequently, it should evolve and expand across the whole energy system.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 9, 2020

The European Union this week set ambitious 2024 and 2030 targets for green hydrogen, a big step for the emerging sector. However, the biggest challenge for CCS-backed blue hydrogen could be keeping pace with the cost reductions green hydrogen makes en route to the 2024 and 2030 targets. Many details are left to fight over.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

That means that these two battery plants offered a compelling enough price to edge out some fossil fuel plants for delivering power on demand. The seven-year capacity contracts start in June 2024. But owner Exelon plans to shut down several generating units there between now and 2024.

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Clean Energy Canada

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The idea of having an energy strategy—presented as a plan to connect the dots between economic opportunity, our efforts to combat climate change, Indigenous reconciliation, and meeting future electricity demand—sees extremely strong support at 83%, with nearly half of all respondents (47%) saying such a strategy is “very important.”

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 3, 2020

Though coal is steadily losing its crown, new natural gas combined cycle plants will remain more economic than building large-scale solar projects in some parts of Kentucky for the next couple years. Rising corporate demand in PJM. Developers working in Kentucky say corporate demand is the main driver of the current market.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Slated for March 20, 2024, this virtual, half-day summit is more than just a conference; it’s a confluence of visionaries, innovators, and leaders in the hydrogen industry. Energy Storage : As a storage medium, hydrogen can help balance the grid, storing excess renewable energy and releasing it when demand is high.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The International Energy Agency (IEA) says global natural gas consumption rebounded by 4.6% in 2021, more than double the decline seen in the gas market in 2020. The strong growth in demand in 2021 was driven by the economic recovery that followed 2020’s lockdowns and a succession of extreme weather events. Have you read?

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ThinkGeoEnergy

MARCH 25, 2024

The aim is to cover the urban demand for district heating in a CO2- neutral manner by 2040 at the latest, primarily based on deep geothermal energy,” says Dr. Karin Thelen, SWM Managing Director for Regional Energy Transition. Drilling is expected to begin in early 2025.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 26, 2024

NGP’s investments in Q1 2024 saw $17 million in investments spread across three accounts. Copper Labs , which has developed wireless energy management solution, helping utilities take control of energy demand by engaging consumers with real-time meter data. So, where is NGP putting its money and how has their portfolio developed?

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R-Squared Energy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Previous articles discussed the trends in global carbon dioxide emissions , the overall highlights of the Review, the production and consumption of petroleum, natural gas production and consumption, and coal production and consumption. Today we will cover nuclear power. Nuclear power is unique among energy sources.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The Hydrogen Map divides clean hydrogen production projects into two categories on the basis of production method: blue denoting steam reforming of natural gas with carbon capture; and green denoting hydrogen produced via electrolysis of zero-carbon energy sources, such as renewables and nuclear. billion in 192 startups.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

MISO’s primary reasoning for the long lead time is staging several enabling market systems, including automating the current Demand Response Tool. Consumers will benefit if FERC guides MISO and other ISOs within its jurisdiction to implement Order 2222 in the 2024–2026 time frame. Is MCR MISO’s MOPR?

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Clean Energy Canada

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

And Budget 2024 provides substance for that direction. But Budget 2024 is a continuation of efforts rather than a first step. s economy, create a clean energy and major projects office to fast-track projects and require that new LNG facilities be net zero by 2030 while putting in place an emissions cap for the oil and gas sector.

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Renewable Energy World

MAY 13, 2021

But last year, Holsum Dairies changed course, upgraded the two digesters and began producing renewable natural gas for California’s burgeoning renewable fuels market. Renewable natural gas from landfills, wastewater sludge and food and green waste all have a lower carbon intensity than any form of fossil fuel gas.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Each of the projects is designed to drive market-enabling development of workforce, supply chain and consumer demand in the drive to net zero. These subsequent reviews will begin following NYSERDA filings, due no later than July 1, 2024, that provide performance summaries and specific requests for Commission consideration.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The funding news came after an extreme winter storm blacked out the Texas grid for days on end, highlighting the value of power sources that can ride through multiday shortages of natural gas or renewable generation. Decarbonization of industry will drive numerous uses for carbon-free, 100-degree-Celsius heat on demand.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 16, 2024

A major cold snap led to record electricity usage in the Canadian province of Alberta over the weekend, culminating in demands from provincial utilities to limit consumption. That power will be coming from natural gas and coal-fired plants, the ones the Trudeau government is telling us to shut down (which we won’t).

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Government and grid operators in the Netherlands are taking new, urgent measures to ensure sufficient space on the Dutch power grid as demand continues to surge in the compact country. However, the expansion of the electricity grid has not been able to keep up with the rapidly increasing demand for space on the grid.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Together the three utilities are proposing to demonstrate hydrogen blending in three different situations, to improve understanding of the use of hydrogen in California’s existing natural gas infrastructure and how it may be delivered at scale across the state. With approval, they should be under way by 2024.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Nimbus: Italgas’ new hydrogen-ready smart meter Italgas has unveiled its new hydrogen-ready smart gas meter under the name ‘Nimbus’, with the first 20,000 units going into the field by around year-end for testing during 2024 and wide-scale rollout across Italy to start in 2025.

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Grist

MARCH 21, 2024

Residential energy use accounts for roughly one-sixth of total greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. Our homes remain heavily reliant on fossil fuels, and natural gas in particular. — Claire Elise Thompson Our first foray into discarding gas was installing a heat pump water heater.

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AutoGrid

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Extreme Heat, Peak Load and Demand Response: Record Summer 2018 Challenges Grid Operators Nationwide. On July 24 and 25, as temperatures soared, wildfires burned, and hydropower and gas supplies tightened, the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) issued calls to consumers statewide to voluntarily ratchet down electricity use.

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Also, in April, EPRI announced its resource adequacy initiative to help ensure the ongoing ability to meet electricity demand by better anticipating and assessing risks to power supply resources due to extreme weather and other hazards. Industrial clusters are geographic regions comprised of co-located energy supply and demand companies.

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Mr. Sustainability

JANUARY 16, 2021

hydrogen per hour - almost 9,000 tonnes a year - starting in 2024. produced by reforming natural gas, which does result in CO2 emissions. The project is in its early stages and initially aims to build a 50 megawatt [MW] electrolyser to replace 20% of natural gas-based hydrogen at the plant, BP said in a statement.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 27, 2024

In addition to the added climate risk of a new pipeline exporting Canadian oil, with an anticipated drop in the global demand for oil, the project remains a substantial financial risk —one of the reasons Kinder Morgan abandoned it in the first place. Initially estimated to cost $5.4 The pipeline has been called a ‘global warming machine.’

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 8, 2021

It got to the point where we just didn’t have any more room in our daytime demand to take more solar," Rockwell told Greentech Media on Thursday. That pushes potential completion out to at least 2024, depending on how things go. But it was tapping out of the conventional options for additional clean energy. "It

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 19, 2024

Mobile Fuel Stations: Innovative Solutions Bridging Infrastructure Gaps ANGI has conducted an analysis indicating that a minimum of 1,000 hydrogen refueling stations is necessary across the United States and Europe to effectively meet the growing demand for hydrogen fuel. Despite these educated assumptions, uncertainties persist.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 14, 2020

Analysts believe Mexico will miss its target of 35 percent clean energy by 2024. “The lack of clarity over the role private investment will have in the electricity sector also poses risk to investment in renewable projects and natural gas pipelines, since the government has yet to define an agenda,” said the agency.

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Clean Energy Canada

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The number of households applying to the grant—which offers up to $5,000 off the upfront cost of various energy upgrades—increased by 55 per cent between November 2023 and January 2024. billion by maximizing energy efficiency instead of relying more heavily on natural gas power plants.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Fuel sources switching from coal to natural gas as well as rising nuclear power generation also played a key role in these economies, it said. Other factors helping to stem emissions growth last year included milder weather in several countries, as well as sluggish economic growth in some emerging markets, according to the IEA.

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Business Green

JUNE 21, 2021

The hydrogen automotive market received a blow late last week, after Honda announced it is to discontinue its flagship fuel cell model following disappointing demand. Japanese car maker confirms it is to discontinue its pioneering fuel cell model, but insists hydrogen models are still part of its future plans.

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Business Green

MAY 17, 2022

Joint venture Circular Fuels aiming to have 'world-first' renewable LPG production plant operating in Teesside by 2024 capable of turning waste into 'net zero' fuel. The use of non-recyclable waste will reduce the UK's reliance on imported fossil fuels and enable off-grid heating customers to lower their greenhouse gas emissions.".

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 4, 2021

And the demand and interest in this technology is only growing stronger. That's one reason a group of fleet leaders who spoke at the GreenBiz VERGE 20 conference late last year said they’re integrating renewable natural gas and other efficiency improvements alongside a long-term push to electrify.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 13, 2024

CES 2024 took place in Las Vegas, Nevada, and with it came a slew of new product announcements and unveilings from the tech world. Bosch says it sees hydrogen as a key to meeting global energy demand in a resource-efficient way. Hydrogen investments. Bosch is investing in technologies along the hydrogen value chain.

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