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R-Squared Energy
AUGUST 10, 2023
While renewable power expanded at record rates, fossil fuels maintained an 82% share of total primary energy consumption. Natural gas and coal demand stayed nearly flat with oil rebounding close to pre-pandemic levels. Natural gas-fired power generation remained stable in 2022 with a share of around 23%.
GreenTechMedia
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
In the first half of 2019, the company generated half as much power from its coal fleet as it did in the same period last year, without closing any capacity. In November last year, Spain’s government said its last coal and nuclear power plants would be closed by 2030. Europe's coal phase out.
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R-Squared Energy
JUNE 16, 2020
The primary culprits behind coal’s decline are competition from cheap natural gas brought on by the shale gas boom in the U.S., But the natural gas and subsequent oil boom were victims of their own success. Global oil demand fell by as much as 30 million BPD, followed by gas and coal demand.
GreenTechMedia
OCTOBER 5, 2020
Hydrogen Economy” report forecasts that hydrogen from low-carbon sources could supply roughly 14 percent of the country’s energy needs by 2050, including hard-to-electrify sectors now dependent on natural gas such as high-heat industrial processes or manufacturing fertilizer.
Business Green
DECEMBER 24, 2021
This needs to happen fast, with coal phased out no later than 2030 and gas not far behind. Once this largest source of carbon emissions is greened up, the second-largest, transportation, can tap renewable energy via electric vehicles. A core reason for this trend is that electric utilities aren't mandating the switch over.
Hydrogen Fuel News
AUGUST 31, 2023
This step is viewed by many as a considerably cleaner option than the current conventional methods of H2 production in the United States, which use natural gas reforming in large central plants without any carbon emission mitigation. Why use nuclear energy to produce hydrogen? How is pink hydrogen made?
Business Green
MARCH 2, 2023
per cent thanks to a wave of gas-to-coal switching in Asia, and to a lesser extent Europe. per cent decline in emissions from natural gas. Carbon emissions from coal grew by 1.6 According to the IEA, the emissions increase from coal far exceeded the last decade's average growth rate and more than offset the 1.6
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