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Why Flexible Gas Generation Must Be Part of Deep Decarbonization

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Power-to-gas involves using excess renewable power to manufacture carbon-neutral synthetic methane. That methane can then be liquidized, transported using existing LNG carries, and fed into the existing natural-gas networks. This fuel is carbon-neutral and can be used in flexible gas generation in place of natural gas.

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Xcel Targets $1.4B in Wind and Solar Investments, Outlines Broader Carbon-Reduction Goals

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Xcel expects regulators to approve this plan, which also includes coal-closure commitments and extending its nuclear power plant operations through at least 2040, by the end of this year. million electric and 2 million natural gas customers spread across eight states, are moving toward their own clean-energy and zero-carbon mandates.

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Making the Case for an Integrated Energy Market in the Southeastern US

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The analysis models out to 2040 the costs and economic and carbon impacts of creating an interstate grid operator for the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. Gauging the political realities.

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Arizona Outlines Possible Path to 100 Percent Clean Power by 2050

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The newly approved changes will boost those targets dramatically for investor-owned utilities Arizona Public Service and Tucson Electric Power, mandating a 50 percent cut in carbon emissions from 2016 to 2018 average levels by 2032 and a 75 percent cut by 2040. are facing bigger and more devastating wildfires.

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For a livable future, 60% of oil and gas must stay in the ground

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They found that in order to have a 50 percent chance of achieving this target, 58 percent of known oil reserves, 59 percent of natural gas reserves, and 89 percent of coal reserves cannot be extracted. This means that global oil and gas production must decline 3 percent on average every year until 2050. “I Nature (2021).

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UK Boosts Hydrogen, EVs and Carbon Capture With New Net-Zero Plan

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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 new plan sets an earlier 2030 target for the phase-out of sales of new internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles, up from a previous target of 2040. A £1.3

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Global Briefing: Top European truckmakers vow to phase out internal combustion engines

Business Green

Alliance of leading truckmakers pledge to switch to zero emission models by 2040. A group of Europe's largest truckmakers have this week pledged to stop selling vehicles that produce emissions by 2040, a decade earlier than originally planned. All the green business news from around the world this week.