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Renewables Set to Overtake Natural Gas in US Power Mix, the EIA Says (Finally)

GreenTechMedia

Energy Information Administration (EIA) has finally come around to the view that renewables will overtake natural gas in the country’s electricity mix. As recently as last year, the EIA forecast that natural gas would remain the country’s top source of electricity out to 2050. Solar the big winner over time.

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Electrification gets down to the wire

GreenBiz

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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Why Oil Demand Won’t Follow Coal’s Death Spiral

R-Squared Energy

The first was that the shale gas boom in the U.S. unleashed massive new supplies of cheap natural gas. This made it economical for power plants to switch from coal to natural gas. Power produced from natural gas has lower associated carbon dioxide emissions. Meanwhile, China’s oil demand grew 5.3%

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‘Shame On You’: Indigenous Campaigners Demand JPMorgan End Fossil Fuel Finance

DeSmogBlog

Delee Nikal, a representative of the Wet’suwet’en people, addressed the crowd about the Coastal Gaslink liquified natural gas pipeline, a controversial project by TC Energy part-financed by JPMorgan which would run through their lands. “We We are fighting against the pipelines, against the capitalist institutions,” said Nikal.

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Can Gas-Fired Power Plants Coexist with a Net-Zero Target? Yes, Southern Company Insists

GreenTechMedia

utility can reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 while still keeping natural gas as a central part of its business, both to generate electricity and to sell to its customers. utility has yet fully fleshed out how it intends to eliminate natural gas power plants from its generation portfolio. The natural gas conundrum.

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Global Energy Trends From The 2023 Statistical Review Of World Energy

R-Squared Energy

Natural gas and coal demand stayed nearly flat with oil rebounding close to pre-pandemic levels. For reference, this is down from an 87% share in 2010. Primary Global Energy Consumption 2022 ROBERT RAPIER Global energy demand grew by 1.1% Global coal demand grew by 0.6% Oil demand grew by 3.1%

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‘Hydrogen Highway’ Network of Refueling Stations to Span Alberta Cities

DeSmogBlog

Air Products claims the Edmonton facility will capture over 90 percent of carbon dioxide emissions because, unlike other facilities that produce hydrogen from natural gas, the Edmonton facility will use auto-thermal reforming (ATR) technology instead of steam methane reforming (SMR). CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)