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GE H-Class Turbine Will Power New Louisiana Gas-Fired Plant

September 2, 2022 admin 7ha.03, Gas, ge, Louisiana, magnolia, natural gas, news, turbine

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2022 15:35:54 +0000

General Electric’s (GE’s) H-Class power generation equipment technology will be used at a new natural gas-fired power plant in Louisiana. GE on Sept. 1 said it received an order from Kindle Energy for a 7HA.03 gas turbine to serve the 725-MW Magnolia Power Project that will be built in Plaquemine. The new facility is expected […]

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DOE Backs Carbon Capture Development at Two Major Gas-Fired Power Plants

September 1, 2022 admin Business, calpine, cane run 7, Carbon Capture, CCS, deer park, DOE, engineering, full coverage, Gas, ge gas power, lg&e, natural gas, news, ngcc, plant barry, polk, Research and Development, Technology, teco

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2022 13:37:15 +0000

Two major U.S. gas power plants will be part of the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) efforts to develop carbon capture technologies capable of capturing at least 95% of carbon dioxide. The agency’s Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) on Aug. 26 announced $31 million in funding for 10 projects. While many of the […]

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How One Fossil Fuel Is Poised for Growth as the World Transitions to Net Zero

September 1, 2022 admin Business, Fuel, full coverage, Gas, gas engines, International, natural gas, net-zero, news, power

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2022 04:14:00 +0000

Most power companies have carbon reduction goals. Often, reaching those goals involves transitioning from coal-fired generation to renewable energy such as solar and wind. However, it’s not always practical

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Cognitive Dissonance for Environmental & Earth Scientists

August 26, 2022 admin climate change, Coal, cognitive dissonance, Fossil Fuels, natural gas, research, SCIENCE

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2022 15:32:34 +0000

I was talking recently to a scientist working at a preeminent research facility. He has a master’s in environmental science, but the only job he could get was analyzing coal samples. A little bit of cognitive dissonance going on here. It made me wonder how many people in industries allied to the fossil fuel industries […]

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U.S.’s Natural Gas-Fired Power Plants Set Daily Production Records in July Despite High Fuel Prices

August 25, 2022 admin full coverage, Gas, Markets, natural gas, news, Power Demand, power generation

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2022 14:26:11 +0000

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported that electricity generated by natural gas–fired power plants in the lower 48 states reached 6.37 TWh on July 21, setting a new record high for a day. In fact, the previous high, set on July 27, 2020, was broken three times during that week in July, first on […]

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Australia Gas Subsidized By Government Is Being Exported

August 23, 2022 admin Australia, australia natural gas, Fossil Fuels, natural gas, policy & politics

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2022 13:47:00 +0000

A new Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis report suggests that Australia’s gas industry majors are acting like a cartel. Subsidized gas is being exported. Despite giving assurances that gas supply to the domestic market would be guaranteed, these companies have been exporting more and more gas in the wake of Russia’s war on […]

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Proximity To Fracking Sites Associated With Risk Of Childhood Cancer

August 18, 2022 admin Cancer, Fossil Fuels, HEALTH, natural gas, natural gas costs, Pennsylvania, research, SCIENCE, yale, yale university

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2022 20:16:45 +0000

Pennsylvania children living near unconventional oil and gas (UOG) developments at birth were two to three times more likely to be diagnosed with leukemia between the ages of 2 and 7 than those who did not live near this oil and gas activity, after accounting for other factors that could influence cancer risk, a novel […]

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Biden Signs Bill to Transform U.S. Energy, Combat Climate Change

August 16, 2022 admin biden, biomass, climate change, Coal, distributed energy, Distributed Generation, Energy Storage, Environmental, Gas, geothermal, Hydro, inflation reduction act, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, natural gas, Nuclear, offshore wind, renewable energy, Solar, waste to energy, Wind

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2022 20:08:48 +0000

President Biden’s signing of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) should provide further impetus for growth of U.S. renewable energy, coming on the heels of a report from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) that installations of solar and wind power accounted for more than two-thirds of new domestic utility-scale generation in the first six months […]

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Renewable Energy, Electrification Big Winners in Inflation Reduction Act

August 12, 2022 admin biden, Carbon Capture, climate change, Coal, cooperatives, Democrats, Electric vehicles, electrification, evs, House, inflation reduction act, Legislative, natural gas, news, Nuclear, Renewables, Republicans, Senate

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2022 22:28:12 +0000

The U.S. House on Aug. 12 passed a bill with major implications for the power generation industry, joining the U.S. Senate in supporting the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The bill, which now heads to President Joe Biden for his signature, includes major provisions to combat climate change, including support for a variety of clean energy […]

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Russia’s Natural Gas Pipeline Exports To Europe Down To Almost 40-Year Lows

August 9, 2022 admin Belarus, eu natural gas, Europe, europe natural gas, Fossil Fuels, gazprom, GERMANY, market research, natural gas, Poland, policy & politics, research, Russia, russia natural gas, slovakia, uk, uk natural gas, Ukraine

Credit to Author: U.S. Energy Information Administration| Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2022 02:16:57 +0000

Russia’s natural gas exports by pipeline to the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom (UK) declined by almost 40% during the first seven months of 2022 compared with the same period in 2021 and by almost 50% compared with the previous five-year (2017–21) average, according to data from Refinitiv Eikon. In mid-July 2022, exports […]