DeSmogBlog

MARCH 11, 2024

The contributions from CNRL haven’t been made public by the Indian Resource Council, which says it is comprised “of First Nations across Canada that have oil and gas production on their land including those that have the potential for production.” The IRC received $250,000 from CNRL in 2022 alone. But he’s just one perspective.”

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R-Squared Energy

AUGUST 2, 2021

also leads all countries in the production of natural gas liquids (NGLs), which partially end up in the oil products supply chain. BP’s definition of oil consumption excludes biofuels while derivatives of coal and natural gas are included. Note that these production numbers are for crude oil and lease condensate.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The definition of fleet is evolving. 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.

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R-Squared Energy

MAY 29, 2023

On May 22, 2023, Chevron announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement with PDC Energy, Inc. PDC Energy is an independent oil and natural gas company with operations in the Rocky Mountains and Permian Basin. Chevron will acquire all of the outstanding shares of PDC in an all-stock transaction valued at $6.3

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Hydrogen Fuel News

OCTOBER 28, 2023

Most H2 is produced using fossil fuels like natural gas, but can the right methods make that green? The term “clean hydrogen” doesn’t have a specific official definition, but on the whole, it tends to refer to H2 that is produced in a way that doesn’t generate carbon emissions.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

But just to refresh your memory, I’ll use the European Space Agency’s (ESA) recent definition: “When they photosynthesise, plants use sunlight to break apart water into hydrogen and oxygen, and then combine the resulting hydrogen with carbon dioxide from the air to create carbohydrates”. Have you heard about hydrogen from photosynthesis?

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The fracked natural gas industry has never been the most responsible or efficient consumer of resources. Drillers are using ever-increasing amounts of water and sand in order to produce the same volume of gas, with a corresponding rise in the levels of solid and liquid waste created. But what does RSG really mean? What Is RSG?

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 9, 2019

However, these varying definitions impact everything from the costs of making the transition to the future reliability of the power system as a whole. Power-to-gas involves using excess renewable power to manufacture carbon-neutral synthetic methane. and even more so for the myriad targets that have been adopted globally.

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Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2022

"The fundamental purpose of the taxonomy is to enable capital to be channelled towards economic activities that are fully compatible with the EU's commitment to climate neutrality by 2050 and reducing emissions by 55 per cent by 2030… Put simply, there is no remaining carbon budget for new investments in natural gas.".

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Sunrun

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

According to the World Economic Forum (WEF), installing new solar panels is cheaper than a comparable investment in coal, natural gas or other fossil fuel options.1 It takes a lot of work to produce electricity, but when you set up your very own private power plant on the roof of your house, that is the definition of efficiency.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The EU developed a strict definition of what it considers to be “sustainable.” ” Natural gas didn’t make the cut. Depending on how strictly that taxonomy is applied to the recovery funds, natural gas infrastructure could be excluded from the €672.5 billion of support.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 30, 2020

million electric and 2 million natural gas customers spread across eight states, are moving toward their own clean-energy and zero-carbon mandates. Existing battery technologies are “definitely part of these peaking resources,” he said. Both Minnesota and Colorado, which contain the majority of Xcel’s 3.6

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

In 2018, renewables accounted for 20 percent of Alliant’s portfolio while coal made up 31 percent and natural gas accounted for 42 percent. “If not this year to capture the 30 percent [ITC], definitely in 2020 and 2021.” In addition to big buildouts of renewables, Alliant plans to spend $1.8

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 25, 2023

The preliminary route shown follows an existing natural gas pipeline owned by the Navajo Nation, running from near Shiprock, New Mexico, to a spot north of Flagstaff, Arizona. The federal government will fund up to 10 such projects , at least one of which will make hydrogen from fossil fuels, like natural gas.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 6, 2019

So, by definition, there is a role for us to play.” After efficiency comes decarbonization of the power sector, which in practice means phasing out its support for gas-fired generation. “There is a global market failure in internalizing the costs of climate change. The markets are not responding at the pace needed.

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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. We now need to work hard to make sure that 2019 is remembered as a definitive peak in global emissions, not just another pause in growth," said Birol.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

OCTOBER 9, 2023

It will enable the European Commission to collect valuable information on embedded emissions to refine the methodology for the definitive period, set to commence in 2026. It’s produced from various domestic resources such as natural gas, nuclear power, biomass, and renewable power like solar and wind.

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Energy and Cleantech Council

JANUARY 11, 2023

One of the major changes in the proposed rule is its treatment of biogas and renewable natural gas (“RNG”): the rule would open up new potential RIN generation from biogas through changes to the eRIN program and the establishment of RNG as a biointermediate. Here, we dig into these proposed changes. eRIN Changes. Additional Points.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 20, 2023

This means not just upgrading the existing infrastructure but building a whole new network with renewables at the center instead of natural gas and coal. Now it is definitely possible to utilize many of these locations for dual purposes so as not to re-invent the wheel.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 22, 2021

In a statement to DeSmog, Francesco Tanzi, a spokesperson for ECSA, said the group disagrees with the “hurried definition of our lobbying strategy” by InfluenceMap. The report found that gas lobbyists held 323 meetings with EU officials between January 2020 and May 2021.

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The Environmental Blog

MARCH 4, 2020

Most electricity in the US is still produced by burning natural gas or coal, both of which are huge contributors to carbon dioxide emissions. If choosing between a traditional car and an electric one, the latter is definitely going to be the better option. Nonetheless, this doesn’t mean that we should skip EVs altogether.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Companies need shared definitions if they understand what greenwashing actually is and how it can be tackled. Now more definitions of greenwashing are cropping up, in Europe in particular. These definitions, coupled with new anti-greenwashing laws , are meant to help suss out bad actors.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

The IEA's preliminary estimates for 2022 showed that oil subsidies increased around 85 per cent over the year, while support for natural gas and electricity consumption more than doubled. Meanwhile, many European economies moved to cap energy prices to limit consumer exposure to the full impact of spiralling natural gas prices.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 8, 2021

And the costs of shipping fossil fuels via tanker are far greater for Hawaii than the costs of tapping the abundant natural gas on the mainland. By definition, you’ll just see it in those places where you happen to have the resources coincide physically and you have the market need," Rubin said.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 21, 2021

An alternative for state and federal energy policymakers is to insist that utilities bring distributed solar and storage under the energy efficiency definition. Additionally, utility customers are aware of the potential for aggregated solar to play a role in the energy market via new rules and regulations such as the FERC Order 2222.

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Business Green

MARCH 3, 2023

Second, RMI has the best definition of clean hydrogen (in my opinion): "Hydrogen is 'clean' only if carbon emissions from its production, storage, distribution and use are low or zero." The most emissions-heavy derivative today is grey hydrogen, which is produced using natural gas or coal via an energy-intensive process.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 6, 2022

That money has helped build gas pipelines, refineries, liquefied natural gas import terminals and gas-fired power plants, according to a new report from the Big Shift Global, a coalition of NGOs from both the Global North and Global South. . The World Bank Group has funneled $14.8

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 17, 2020

Many more long-term challenges await PG&E, such as adapting to large portions of its customer base being served by community choice aggregators (CCAs), or its natural gas network being rendered obsolete by the state’s zero carbon by 2045 mandate. Last month it announced contracts for 423 megawatts, or nearly 1.7

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 27, 2021

The debate began with an audience poll that posed a controversial position: Hydrogen produced from natural gas should NOT be part of APAC’s energy mix as it distracts from a renewable hydrogen economy – Do you agree or disagree? 58% of the audience agreed, edging out the 42% that disagreed. China’s entry into Blue H2.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 2, 2020

The definition of resiliency changed with the oil embargo of the 1970s , when oil supplies were limited and prices spiked, causing the realization within the industry that our electricity supply was dependent on fuel sources and costs we couldn’t control.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 18, 2019

That definition excludes the typical home solar and battery configuration, which deals with smaller loads. Fossil fueled technologies, namely diesel and natural gas (including fuel cells), accounted for 88 percent of microgrid capacity installed in 2019, Maze-Rothstein calculated.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

From Senegal to Mozambique, German and French investment in liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects or infrastructure will definitely end any possibility for Africa to build a fossil fuel–free future.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 27, 2021

The world has already found some innovative ways to sustainably produce energy without the reliance on coal, oil, and natural gas. There is no possible way to give a definitive answer about what the future holds for energy sources for UK businesses. However, there is still more to be done.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 14, 2020

California grapples with this heat wave in the midst of a historic shift from a grid that depends on natural gas for capacity to a system that eliminates carbon emissions by 2045. This is definitely exposing the rough edges of our grid right now.". Capacity crunch.

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The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2020

This should come as no surprise given that the increased use of solar reduces the demand for traditional energy sources such as coal, fossil fuels, and natural gas. That’s the simple yet definitive fact of the matter. At the end of the day, the leaders in Washington, D.C. Solar is the Future.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Onshore wind, solar and natural-gas-fired plants now account for virtually all new generation capacity built in the country. “It would definitely be a problem [for wind],” said Mark Goodwin, CEO of developer Apex Clean Energy, which builds both wind and solar projects.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 31, 2020

Some of the choices include coal and natural gas, but those resources emit carbon. The same policies that have helped to spur the development of new renewables are failing to recognize the needs of generation resources that partner well with wind and solar. California is in a similar position.

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