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How Is The Landscape Of Power Generation Moving Toward Decarbonization?

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Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 20:09:34 +0000

A November 2024 article called “The Changing Landscape of Power Generation & Decarbonization Pathways“ offers several insights into ways that the grid is quickly evolving due to the increased adoption of renewable and other energy sources. Here’s a synthesis of the findings from authors René Leven, Aravind Rajagopal, and John … [continued]

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COP29: “Fighting Climate Change” is Euphemism for Ending Fossil Fuels

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Credit to Author: Maarten Vinkhuyzen| Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2024 04:16:48 +0000

After the only win from last year’s COP28 was saying out loud “End Fossil Fuels,” the Drill-Baby-Drill crowd under the leadership of Saudi Arabia is doing everything in their power to make it just a line in an “All of the Above” policy agenda. At every international forum — from … [continued]

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Trump’s Focus on Energy Will Have Variety of Impacts

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Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 21:29:01 +0000

President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team has made the U.S. energy industry a focus of its plans for his first days in office, with analysts and energy experts expecting a rollback […]

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Leading U.S. Coal Producer Developing Solar, Energy Storage at Former Mines

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Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2024 14:38:47 +0000

A leading U.S. coal producer is partnering with a major developer of renewable energy projects to put solar energy and battery storage installations on reclaimed mine lands in Illinois and […]

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WoodMac Analysis Says Trump Energy Agenda Will Face Roadblocks

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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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Vietnam Will Keep Coal-Fired Power Plants Running at High Levels Next Year

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Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2024 22:38:44 +0000

Vietnamese government officials said the country expects its coal-fired power plants will operate at significant levels in 2025 to support increased demand for electricity across the country. The government on […]

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Trump Picks Oil and Gas Executive as New Energy Secretary

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Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2024 22:36:28 +0000

President-elect Donald Trump announced that Chris Wright, the CEO and founder of Denver, Colorado-based Liberty Energy, will lead the Department of Energy (DOE) in the new administration. “I am thrilled […]

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Is This The Year Of Peak Energy Emissions?

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Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2024 17:05:30 +0000

On one hand, 2024 is likely to be the year of global peak energy emissions. “It is a historic moment,” cheers the World Economic Forum (WEF) in this year’s edition of DNV’s Energy Transition Outlook. On the other hand, we have so much more work to do before we can … [continued]

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Southern CEO: Data Center Demand, Regulatory Changes Could Keep Coal-Fired Units Online

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Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 17:21:20 +0000

Utilities recognizing the need to produce more electricity, in part to satisfy demand from data centers, may keep coal-fired units in operation longer than anticipated. A lessening of environmental regulations […]

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World Moving On Without USA As It Declines

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Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2024 19:26:38 +0000

For the past eight years, the United States has been missing in action in climate leadership globally. Biden’s climate policy experiments, aimed as much at attempting to deal with the root causes of working class and middle class grievance as at useful emissions reductions, will persist in some diminished form. … [continued]

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