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Power Industry Disrupters: Gas, Renewables, and Storage

January 2, 2020 admin battery storage, Business, disrupter, distributed energy, distributed power, Energy Storage, Gas, International, natural gas, news, O&M, Plant Design, power industry, Renewables, Research and Development, Smart Grid, Solar, Technology, Wind

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2020 05:00:00 +0000

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The power industry is experiencing significant changes. Natural gas, wind, solar, and battery storage seem to be the wave of the future. What’s compelling the transformation? Some people point to

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Investing In Fossil Fuels = Burying Your Money — 20th Century Fuel Is Staying In The Ground

December 31, 2019 admin clean power, clean transport, climate change, co2 emissions, Coal, divestment, Electric vehicles, Fossil Fuels, green economy, investment, market research, natural gas, Oil, oil industry, policy & politics, research, United States, US

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2019 07:33:59 +0000

Given the accelerating effects of climate breakdown — established by scientific consensus and visible with our own eyes — it is rational for investors to expect much tighter carbon regulation in the near future

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FERC Sides With Fossil Fuels In Forcing Renewables To Match Prices

December 28, 2019 admin clean power, Coal, federal energy regulatory commission, ferc, Fossil Fuels, green economy, natural gas, pjm, pjm interconnection, policy & politics, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Joshua S Hill| Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2019 16:55:55 +0000

The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) announced a directive just a few days before Christmas which will require PJM Interconnection to raise prices of wind and solar power to be in line with the cost of fossil fuels

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Minnesota Court Blocks Construction of Gas-Fired Plant

December 24, 2019 admin Business, Coal, Court of Appeals, dairyland power cooperative, Gas, lake superior, Legal & Regulatory, minnesota power, natural gas, nemadji trail energy center, news, Nuclear, Renewables

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2019 20:31:45 +0000

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A Minnesota court on Dec. 23 said a proposed natural gas-fired power plant in neighboring Wisconsin needs more environmental review before construction can proceed, reversing an earlier decision by the state’s Public Utilities Commission (PUC) that approved the facility. The state Court of Appeals on Monday said state regulators must look at whether the Nemadji […]

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Court Hands Natural Gas Power Plant Lump Of Coal For Xmas

December 24, 2019 admin dairyland power cooperative, Electricity, Fossil Fuels, Minnesota, minnesota power, natural gas, policy & politics, United States, US, wisconsin

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2019 16:45:41 +0000

Ratepayers in Wisconsin are breathing a sigh of relief after a Minnesota court sends a proposed new natural gas power plant back for review — wait, what

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Ørsted Divests “Loss-Making” LNG Business

December 23, 2019 admin clean power, Fossil Fuels, glencore, liquefied natural gas, natural gas, offshore wind energy, Ørsted, wind energy

Credit to Author: Joshua S Hill| Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2019 17:35:10 +0000

Danish renewable energy giant Ørsted announced last week that it has signed an agreement with leading global natural resources company Glencore to divest itself of its liquefied natural gas (LNG) business

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Is Goldman Sachs’ Recent Environmental Push Enough?

December 21, 2019 admin bankof america, citi, climate finance, Coal, european investment bank, fossil bank no thanks, fossil financing, Fossil Fuels, goldman sachs, green economy, jpmorgan chase, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, royal bank of canada, Wells Fargo

Credit to Author: Anand Upadhyay| Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2019 04:57:00 +0000

Goldman Sachs has been garnering quite a lot of Twitter praises after the bank updated its “Environmental Policy Framework.” As per the changes, the firm has now pledged

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Taxpayers Give $400 Billion To Oil Companies Each Year, Enough For 91 Tesla Gigafactories

December 20, 2019 admin Coal, fossil fuel subsidies, Fossil Fuels, natural gas, Oil, oil subsidies, policy & politics, policy research, research, SCIENCE, subsidies

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2019 01:15:53 +0000

The article, noting that we spend $400 billion on oil subsidies globally, indicates that taxpayers want their governments to stop subsidizing this rich, over-mature industry, yet politicians keep the money funneling toward them

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100% WWS Part 3: Jacobson’s New Study Leans Into The Green New Deal

December 20, 2019 admin batteries, China, clean power, climate change, Coal, concentrating solar power, demand response, Energy Storage, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, green new deal, grid, grid storage, HEALTH, hvdc, hydroelectric, investment, Japan, lithium-ion batteries, mark z. jacobson, natural gas, nuclear energy, offshore wind energy, Oil, onshore wind farms, policy & politics, pumped hydro storage, research, rooftop solar, SCIENCE, Solar energy, solar power plants, South korea, Stanford, United States, vehicle to grid, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2019 16:07:15 +0000

While Jacobson’s latest Stanford study on 100% renewables by 2050 will draw fire for leaning into the Green New Deal, it strongly supports that policy

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100% WWS Part 2: Jacobson’s Latest Study Covers Storage, Transmission, & More

December 20, 2019 admin air quality, batteries, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Coal, concentrating solar power, demand response, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, grid, grid storage, HEALTH, heat pumps, hvdc, hydroelectric, investment, lithium-ion batteries, Manufacturing, mark z. jacobson, natural gas, nuclear energy, offshore wind energy, Oil, onshore wind farms, policy & politics, pumped hydro storage, pumped-storage hydro, research, rooftop solar, SCIENCE, Solar energy, solar power plants, Stanford, vehicle to grid, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2019 16:06:12 +0000

Jacobson’s latest study carefully uses with current technologies and currently available resources for storage and transmission. The latest evidence is that there are much cheaper alternatives than his team models, underselling the potential