Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

This annual licensing round will only take place if a couple of key tests are met, namely: (1) that the UK is projected to import more oil and gas from other countries than it produces at home, and (2) that the carbon emissions arising from the production of UK gas are lower than the equivalent emissions from imported liquified natural gas (LNG).

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Municipality of Amsterdam and Eneco have signed an agreement for the construction of a sustainable heating and cooling project for new homes in the Netherlands. Touted by Eneco as one of the largest projects of its kind, the system will heat and cool 8,000 houses in the Netherlands. Courtesy Eneco.

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Canary Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The liquefied natural gas, or LNG, industry has exploded across the U.S. Gulf Coast over the past decade, burying once-remote shorelines under hundreds of acres of concrete and steel where the fossil fuel is cooled so it can be shipped across the globe. This story was first published by Grist. The war in Ukraine…

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Clean Energy Canada

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The first household heats their home and water with natural gas, cools it with a central air conditioning system, and cooks on a gas stove. In their driveway is a Ford F-150 truck and a gas-powered Hyundai Kona. This family decides to keep a natural gas furnace as a back-up for the coldest days.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 26, 2020

Thursday’s letter from PG&E vice president Robert Kenney to the California Energy Commission is a notable concession by the state’s largest utility to the constraints its natural gas operations will face under California’s push to attain zero-carbon emissions by 2045. Southern California Gas Co.,

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 13, 2020

To transform basic inputs into stuff we need, manufacturers constantly heat (and cool) minerals, ores and other raw materials to extreme temperatures. The options include biodiesel, renewable electricity, renewable natural gas, solar thermal, geothermal, thermal storage and hydrogen. Making natural gas renewable .

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JANUARY 11, 2024

Decarbonizing the snowmelt system The snowmelt system is currently running using natural gas boilers. This has made the snowmelt system the largest producer of greenhouse gas emission in Vail’s operations, annual emitting between 5,500 to 6,500 metric tons of carbon dioxide.

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Energy Transition

JUNE 22, 2023

For Germany this has meant not only finding new sources of liquified natural gas (LNG), but also spurred the government to establish several new LNG terminals. However, LNG, which is mainly cooled and compressed methane.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The geothermal heating and cooling system has been designed to entirely replace the use of natural gas by Schneider Electric Bulgaria in their smart factory. Schneider Electric Bulgaria , a subsidiary of the French energy management and automation company Schneider Electric, has invested EUR 1.8

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GreenBiz

APRIL 20, 2021

Buildings are similarly opening their doors to being powered entirely by electricity, supplanting natural gas and other fuels for heating and cooling. Local jurisdictions are banning the use of natural gas in newly constructed (and, in some places, renovated) homes and commercial buildings.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 18, 2024

The energy conservation measures include the installation of LED lighting, boiler plant and heating system upgrades, converting fuel sources from natural gas to electric heat pump systems, upgrading electrical distribution systems and installing a geothermal ground source heat pump system.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

The GF77 from FLIR Systems is said to be an affordable, handheld methane detection camera allowing inspection professionals to actually see invisible methane leaks and other industrial gases at natural gas power plants, renewable energy production facilities, and other locations.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Department of Energy study indicates that geothermal heat pumps, which capture the steady temperatures of underground air to heat homes in winter and cool them in summer, could cost-effectively replace fossil-fuel- and electric-powered heating and air conditioning in up to 28 million homes. About three-quarters of U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

But in the Midwest, with the harshest winters in the lower 48, it has been cheaper to stick with natural gas as a heating source. The 33,000-square-foot building now sports solar panels that drive mechanical heat pumps, which work in tandem with a closed-loop ground heat exchange system to provide all-electric heating and cooling.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

MARCH 26, 2024

Drying of agricultural products, heating and cooling of households, cold storage, and tourism are among the applications being considered under the study. The goal of the field exploration and subsequent analyses is to demonstrate the feasibility of the utilization of geothermal energy across a spectrum of applications.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JANUARY 25, 2024

Editor’s note: The Southampton District Energy Scheme , which pre-dates the United Downs project by several decades, taps into a geothermal aquifer to provide heating, cooling, and power to Southampton City. However, the energy scheme is a combination of geothermal, natural gas, and fuel oil.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

AUGUST 16, 2023

The first-of-its-kind network geothermal system in the City of Framingham will run through two full heating and cooling seasons and will help Eversource evaluate the viability of the technology as a means for clean energy transition in Massachusetts. We had first reported on the proposed Framingham geothermal heating project back in 2022.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The latest company to investigate its use is Uniper, which is partnering with Terra Quantum to explore a range of real world use cases including liquefied natural gas (LNG) scheduling and forecasting and the optimisation of biomass plant processes through improved CO2 emission predictions. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 1, 2020

WoodMac’s case study highlights heat pumps as a key technology for SMUD’s and other utilities’ decarbonization efforts, since home heating is a major source of emissions from natural gas. Heat pumps also bring the added benefit of increasing the efficiency of cooling, in addition to decarbonizing heating.

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The Environmental Blog

JUNE 3, 2021

You should also look at improving your insulation, this will reduce the amount of energy you need to use to heat or cool your home. Another 16% is created using natural gas. In addition, you should consider what electricity you use regularly and how it can be reduced, such as turning your heating down a degree or cooling up.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The community currently uses natural gas for heating and to produce electricity in its Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant. Penn South first engaged Egg Geo to explore strategies for building decarbonization in an urban environment that would reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help achieve compliance with Local Law 97.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 12, 2021

Then someone chimed in, “Demand response, EVs, flow batteries — those are cool subjects. By 2029, utility solar will see more annual capacity additions than onshore wind, offshore wind, natural gas, battery storage, and all other capacity generation sources combined. We are big, but boring.”

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

At the same time, it's already adopting renewable natural gas to power its natural gas trucks in its short-haul fleet. . It's got close to 300 alternative-fueled vehicles, including electric, hybrid and natural gas buses, sweepers and light-duty vehicles. Just a short five years away. Media Source.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

For one, it uses mechanical water-cooling systems that don’t require additional water, pumps and valves or backup generators or batteries to run those systems in event of emergency. NuScale’s design doesn’t require some of the key safety features for large-scale reactors.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

gigawatt "all-source" procurement that will pit new renewables, energy storage, demand response and other clean resources against natural gas-fired power plants in a race to meet what could be a major shortfall in grid capacity in the next four years. The all-source procurement is technically open to existing natural gas plants.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Wood Mackenzie research director Nicholas Browne said natural gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) could be set for further scrutiny in the wake of the EIB’s decision. The EIB's new financing criteria will make lending to gas projects very difficult. This is now a time for action and delivery.".

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

Climate activists say the state’s progress on reducing building emissions has been far too slow given the pace of the climate crisis, and that it needs to end incentives for energy-efficient natural gas heating. rise in emissions from natural gas. for natural gas and 6.6% for fuel oil. It’s complicated’.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 2, 2024

Challenges in hydrogen storage Indeed, H2 or Hydrogen is a gaseous substance, necessitating larger storage areas compared to natural gas. Liquefied H2 – In this method, H2 is cooled to at least -253ºC and contained in insulated tanks to reduce the risk of evaporation and keep the temperature low.

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The Verge: Energy

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Cleaning up pollution from homes, buildings, and transportation will require electrifying everything from cars to heating and cooling systems. And the report points to a potential glut in fossil gas supplies even though that runs counter to global climate goals. For now, the world is still on track to reach roughly 2.4

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Clean Energy Canada

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

In addition, a majority of British Columbians (63%) think that new build homes should come with a heat pump wherever it makes sense, while just 21% think that those homes should be allowed to connect to natural gas heating. QUOTES “British Columbians are on board with heat pumps, but more must be done to communicate their benefits.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 25, 2020

Global revenue for home electric heating, cooling, and cooking equipment could increase more than five times by the end of the decade. The surge in spending on all-electric homes is expected even though many consumers are unfamiliar with the natural gas-displacing electric appliances on the market today.

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Future Biogas will build a renewable energy plant that will enable AstraZeneca to replace natural gas with biomethane, for heating and cooling at its sites. British-Swedish pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca is partnering with Future Biogas to power its UK sites with low-carbon energy as part of company decarbonization efforts.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 24, 2023

Now, Ivor van Heerden , the former deputy director of Louisiana State University’s Hurricane Center, is concerned about the disastrous and potentially lethal consequences of a hurricane hitting a liquified natural gas (LNG) export terminal under construction south of New Orleans. Joe Natural Gas Company.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Using Miatech’s ethylene removal system – ethylene is the natural gas released by ripening fruits and vegetables – and temperature-specific isolated storage zones help extend shelf life and avoid costly and wasteful spoilage. Not to mention the precision of temperature control allows for greater energy efficiency.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 16, 2024

In November, he instructed his province’s public utilities, SaskPower and SaskEnergy, to stop collecting carbon taxes on natural gas as of January 1, 2024, if the federal government didn’t extend the same carbon price carve out to his province. The most extreme reaction was from Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Renewable Energy World contributor is being awarded a Constellation Prize for Policy Impact in response to a new heating/cooling solution he proposed for a 100-year-old building in Albany, NY. The article ultimately led to the cancelation of the gas-fired CHP microgrid; a victory for renewable energy advocates.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

And those that need electricity for heating, cooling, and to keep food fresh." . Even rooftop solar, installed on homes or commercial buildings, is close to par with power from conventional sources such as natural gas peaker plants, coal and nuclear. . Meanwhile, battery costs have followed a similar downward path.

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