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Report Says Global CO2 Emissions From Coal Down This Year

December 4, 2019 admin climate change, Coal, Gas, global carbon project, International, Japan, natural gas, news, Nuclear, Renewables

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2019 21:09:43 +0000

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Global emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) from coal-fired power plants and industrial facilities fell in 2019, according to research published Dec. 3, though overall emissions of CO2 rose due to the increased use of natural gas and oil for power generation and other industrial processes. The new emissions figures were reported by the Global Carbon Project […]

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Brouillette Takes Over as Energy Secretary

December 3, 2019 admin Coal, crude oil, dan brouillette, DOE, Gas, Legislative, lng, natural gas, news, Nuclear, Renewables, rick perry, secretary of energy, Trump

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2019 17:27:56 +0000

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The U.S. Senate on Dec. 2 confirmed Dan Brouillette as the new Secretary of Energy, tapping the former lobbyist for Ford Motor Company to replace Rick Perry, the former Texas governor who stepped down as Department of Energy (DOE) chief after becoming part of the impeachment inquiry into President Trump. Perry’s tenure was marked by […]

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Navajo Coal Plant Powers Down

November 27, 2019 admin Arizona, batteries, bureau of reclamation, clean power, Coal, Energy Storage, EPA, Fossil Fuels, hopi nation, kayenta mine, natural gas, Navajo Generating Station, navajo nation, Salt River Project, Solar energy, us bureau of reclamation, us environmental protection agency, us environmental protection agency (epa)

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 16:29:59 +0000

The Navajo Generating Station, a coal-burning power plant, has closed it’s doors for good. It was run for 45 years in Arizona and was the largest coal plant in the West. Its closure will most likely affect the entire region. USA Today reports that the mine that supplied the plant with coal has also closed — it closed back in August

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Cement’s CO2 Emissions Are Solved Technically, But Not Economically

November 26, 2019 admin buildings, carbon pricing, cement, clean power, climate change, concrete, Fossil Fuels, green economy, Infrastructure, limestone, Manufacturing, natural gas, policy & politics, portland cement

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 20:45:56 +0000

Cement is the gray glue that binds our cities and industries together. It makes tall buildings possible and foundations strong. It helps us bridge rivers and valleys and keeps wind turbines upright. We don’t have a replacement for it. It’s not going anywhere

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Batteries Are Breaking Through

November 25, 2019 admin alternative battery technologies, batteries, battery cost, battery performance, China, clean electrification, clean power, clean transport, co2 emissions, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Electricity, Energy, Energy Storage, ev charging, Fossil Fuels, grid, grid storage, India, investment, lithium-ion batteries, Manufacturing, market research, natural gas, policy & politics, policy research, press releases, renewable energy standards, research, rmi, SCIENCE, the european union, United States, US

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 12:00:05 +0000

A new Rocky Mountain Institute report released the end of October, Breakthrough Batteries Powering the Era of Clean Electrification, continues to confirm that clean electrification of transport technology is advancing at an impressive rate

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Heliogen Is Bill Gates’ Latest Venture That Is Only Good For Oil & Gas – Part 2

November 23, 2019 admin Bill Gates, carbon engineering, clean power, climate change, concentrating solar power, Fossil Fuels, green economy, grid, heliogen, investment, machine learning, Manufacturing, natural gas, Oil, research, Solar energy, terrapower

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2019 15:05:38 +0000

The first article covered the first two points, showing that tying this to, for example, a single reasonably sized cement plant would require roughly 4,000 times the space, and that decoupling energy creation from demand would provide substantially more flexibility and higher value. Now we’ll step through the remaining three problems

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Solar Costs & Wind Costs So Low They’re Cheaper Than Existing Coal & Nuclear — Lazard LCOE Report

November 22, 2019 admin batteries, clean power, Coal, commercial solar costs, commercial solar prices, consumer technology, energy efficiency, Energy Storage, Fossil Fuels, green economy, grid, grid storage, investment, lazard, lazard lcoe, lazard levelized cost of electricity, lazard levelized cost of energy, lazard report, lcoe, levelized costs of energy (lcoe, lithium-ion batteries, market research, natural gas, nuclear energy, offshore wind energy, onshore wind farms, research, rooftop solar, rooftop solar costs, rooftop solar prices, Solar energy, solar power plants, solar prices, thin film solar, utility-scale solar costs, utility-scale solar prices, wind energy, wind power costs, wind power prices

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2019 03:00:32 +0000

A brief decade held considerable cost-efficiency gains in wind and solar. These sustainable technologies are now more cost-effective than any other power generation technologies in general, according to Lazard. Solar and wind technologies simply make more sense

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Heliogen Is Bill Gates’ Latest Venture That Is Only Good For Oil & Gas – Part 1

November 22, 2019 admin Bill Gates, carbon engineering, clean power, climate change, concentrating solar power, Fossil Fuels, green economy, grid, heliogen, machine learning, Manufacturing, natural gas, Oil, research, Solar energy, terrapower

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2019 20:45:58 +0000

Bill Gates seems to love to invest in things that aren’t going to make much of a difference to climate change but that are good for the fossil fuel industry. The latest is Heliogen, a company which uses machine learning to make solar ovens hotter and more reliable

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Meeting Europe’s 2030 Energy Climate Goals: Renewables To Command 53% Of Electricity In 2030

November 18, 2019 admin clean power, Coal, EU, Europe, europe renewable energy, europe solar energy, europe wind energy, Fossil Fuels, market research, natural gas, nuclear energy, policy & politics, policy research, renewable energy standards, Solar energy, wind energy, wood mackenzie

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 20:55:33 +0000

Wood Mackenzie projects that renewable energy will meet 53% of Europe’s power supply in 2030. If Europeans deliver their individual National Energy and Climate Plans, sustainable energy will command the electricity market

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Plan to Build New 1-GW Plant in Rhode Island Officially Dead

November 17, 2019 admin burrillville, Business, clear river energy center, diesel oil, efsb, ferc, Gas, invenergy, iso-ne, Legal & Regulatory, natural gas, news, Rhode Island

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2019 18:28:24 +0000

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A project to build a 1-GW gas-fired power plant in Rhode Island has officially ended, after developer Invenergy took no action to appeal the project’s rejection by state regulators, who earlier this year voted unanimously against the plant’s construction. Invenergy had until Nov. 15 to challenge the formal denial of a construction license for the […]

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