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My Response To A Libertarian Podcast On Trump’s Likely Energy Policy

December 12, 2024 admin clean power, energy policy, Fossil Fuels, libertarians, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, Trump

Credit to Author: Paul Fosse| Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2024 23:36:22 +0000

In this article, I comment on the recent podcast/video, “What Should Trump Do About Energy Policy?” below. I found it interesting to listen to, but I did have some issues with a few things, and maybe we can discuss them and both come away better informed. Energy Policy Discussion In … [continued]

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ExxonMobil Planning Large Gas-Fired Plant to Serve Data Centers

December 11, 2024 admin Business, data centers, exxon, exxonmobil, Gas, natural gas, news, power, power plant, texas

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2024 15:20:12 +0000

ExxonMobil is preparing to join the power generation business, seeing an opportunity to support the electricity supply for energy-intensive data centers. The company on Dec. 11 said it is designing […]

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Hundreds of New Gas-Fired Power Units Planned as U.S. Gas Output Soars

December 10, 2024 admin Appalachia, California, EIA, haynesville, natural gas, natural gas production, NEW MEXICO, Pennsylvania, permian, power, texas, West Virginia, yes energy

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 18:26:17 +0000

The latest data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) published Dec. 10 shows five states accounted for more than 70% of record U.S. natural gas production this year and […]

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Duke Energy Will Replace A Coal Generating Station With Battery Storage

December 7, 2024 admin batteries, clean power, Coal, duke energy, Energy Storage, Fossil Fuels, lithium-ion batteries, natural gas, utilities

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2024 04:53:12 +0000

Duke Energy is beginning to embrace grid scale battery storage after dancing around the idea for many years.

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Ads & Website Claim That Enron Is Back

December 7, 2024 admin enron, Fossil Fuels, humor, natural gas, Oil

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2024 12:32:42 +0000

Drivers and newspaper readers in Houston recently got a bit of a surprise: advertisements announcing the return of Enron. Before I explore what’s really happening here, let’s start by exploring why the ads shocked people. I’ll pass. pic.twitter.com/OyjfgWSVfs — Chris Hollins (@CGHollins) December 2, 2024 The Rise & Fall Of … [continued]

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Largest Pennsylvania Coal-Fired Plant Will Convert to Natural Gas

December 6, 2024 admin Business, clean air act, Coal, edison international, emissions, EPA, Gas, General Electric, homer city, natural gas, news, NRG, pollution, power, smokestacks

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2024 19:37:25 +0000

A major Pennsylvania coal-fired power plant, the largest coal-burning facility in the state before it was closed in 2023, may be converted to a natural gas-fired station. Officials in Homer […]

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Finnish GTK Risks Credibility By Publishing Bad Minerals Study In Peer-Reviewed House Journal

December 6, 2024 admin batteries, battery minerals, carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Coal, Electric vehicles, Energy, Energy Storage, Fossil Fuels, grid, hydroelectric, lithium-ion batteries, natural gas, Oil, policy research, pumped hydro storage, renewable energy, research, SCIENCE, Shipping, Solar energy, trains / rail, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2024 03:02:17 +0000

A year ago I published an assessment of a quite remarkably bad, non-peer-reviewed paper by one of the Geological Survey of Finland’s (GTK) associate professors, Simon Michaux. The paper’s quite risible conclusions were that there wasn’t nearly enough metal in the ground to be able to electrify everything with renewables. … [continued]

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Tech Giant Meta Seeking Nuclear Power to Support Data Centers

December 4, 2024 admin Amazon, data centers, google, meta, microsoft, natural gas, news, Nuclear, power, Power Demand, rfp, Technology

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2024 21:42:45 +0000

Facebook parent Meta wants to find developers that can provide nuclear reactors to support electricity demand from the tech company’s data centers and artificial intelligence (AI) efforts. The group said […]

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POWER Digest (December 2024)

December 2, 2024 admin Egypt, energy security, engie, engineering, Gas, greengo, iea, Ireland, Italy, masdar, natural gas, net-zero, news, power, renewable lubricants, Renewables, Research and Development, siemens gamesa, Solar, taipower, Taiwan, uk, Wind

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2024 11:02:19 +0000

Egypt Reducing Renewable Energy Target. Karim Badawi, petroleum minister for Egypt, said the country has cut the amount of renewable energy it will likely have online by 2040. Badawi on Oct. 20, speaking at

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11 Republican States Sue Financial Giants Over Coal Investments And ESG

December 1, 2024 admin blackrock, esg, Fossil Fuels, ken paxton, natural gas, policy & politics, state street, subsidies, vanguard

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2024 04:55:46 +0000

The attorneys general of eleven Republican States, led by Ken Paxton of Texas, have filed suit in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, alleging that some of the largest money managers in the world have conspired among themselves to stick a knife in the back of … [continued]

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