WoodMac Analysis Says Trump Energy Agenda Will Face Roadblocks

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 00:13:30 +0000

An analysis from global data and analytics group Wood Mackenzie says Republican control of the White House and Congress means U.S. energy policy will move away from net-zero emissions targets, […]

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Entergy Louisiana Eyes 2.2 GW of New Gas-Fired Generation to Support Data Center Demand

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2024 22:39:57 +0000

A filing with the Louisiana Public Service Commission shows that Entergy plans to build more than 2 GW of natural gas-fired power generation in the state, including a 1,500-MW facility […]

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Advancing Carbon Capture: Supreme Court Ruling and Innovative Solutions for Reducing Emissions

Credit to Author: Samir Adams| Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 12:50:10 +0000

As global efforts intensify to mitigate climate change, carbon capture has emerged as a vital technology to curb greenhouse gas emissions. Power generation, a major source of global carbon dioxide […]

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Billions in Federal Funding Earmarked for Power Plant CCS Projects: Here’s a Snapshot

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2024 14:13:00 +0000

The Department of Energy (DOE) unveiled plans on Sept. 27 to inject $1.3 billion into its portfolio of federally funded carbon capture demonstration and large-scale pilot programs by the end […]

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Lignite Coal Power CCS Project in North Dakota Gets First Tranche of $350M Federal Funding

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2024 12:09:54 +0000

Project Tundra, a demonstration project that seeks to capture an average of 4 million tons of carbon dioxide from flue gas from two lignite-fired units at the 705-MW Milton R. […]

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The Milton R. Young Station, a two-unit lignite coal power plant near Center, N.D., is a critical energy source for Minnkota Power Cooperative, equipped with advanced emission controls and soon to be enhanced by Project Tundra's CO₂ capture and storage initiative. Courtesy: Minnkota Power Cooperative

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Equinor Ends Plan to Export Hydrogen to Germany

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2024 16:10:51 +0000

Energy giant Equinor said it will not export blue hydrogen from Norway to Germany due to economics and a lack of demand. Equinor on September 20 said it would discontinue […]

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Carbon Capture Is Mostly An Oil & Gas Industry Shell Game — Masala Flavored

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2024 21:45:36 +0000

The latest installment of the ongoing seminar series on global decarbonization that I’m leading for India’s utility professionals under the auspices of the India Smart Grid Forum was on carbon capture and sequestration (CCS). It’s an overly hyped, overly hoped for solution that isn’t and won’t scale remotely economically. When … [continued]

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Fuel Cells: What They Are, How They Work, and Why They’re Important

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2024 01:47:25 +0000

Fuel cells are not some novel new technology. In fact, most history books credit the invention of the fuel cell to Welsh chemist and physicist William Grove, who, in the […]

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Publishing On Cement Decarbonization Brings Challenges, Corrections, & More Approaches

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2024 16:15:59 +0000

A few days ago I went deep on cement again, using an assessment of the processes of American clean cement startups to define the scope and magnitude of the problem, the chemistry and energy requirements of cement, why fixing it is critically important, and incidentally evaluate a couple of companies’ … [continued]

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Michigan Coal Plant Eyes BECCS Retrofit: Could Become First U.S. Facility with ‘Carbon-Negative’ Power

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2024 16:07:25 +0000

CMS Energy’s subsidiary NorthStar Clean Energy has given Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) the green light to start initial work on converting a 73-MW coal-fired power plant in Michigan into a […]

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NorthStar Clean Energy and Tondu Corp. are exploring converting the 73-MW TES Filer City Station, a coal and waste wood plant in Filer City, Michigan, to bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS). Courtesy: Tondu Corp

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