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U.S. EPA, DOE Announce $850 Million to Reduce Methane Pollution from the Oil & Gas Sector

June 26, 2024 admin environmental protection agency (epa), Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, investing in america, investment, jennifer granholm, Joe Biden, justice40 initiative, Manufacturing, michael regan, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, us department of energy (doe), us environmental protection agency (epa)

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2024 18:49:31 +0000

Funding from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda builds on nearly 100 cross-government actions that are sharply reducing methane pollution in support of clean air, good jobs and climate action WASHINGTON — [On Friday], June 21, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy announced that applications … [continued]

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Fixing Industrial Process Emissions — India Utility Seminar Transcript & Slides

June 25, 2024 admin Agriculture, aluminum, buildings, carbon emissions, carbon pricing, cement, chemicals, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Coal, concrete, Fossil Fuels, glass, green economy, green jobs, heat pumps, India, INDUSTRY, investment, Manufacturing, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, steel, waste reduction, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2024 19:44:09 +0000

Under the auspices of the India Smart Grid Forum, the think tank founded as an umbrella organization over India’s 28 state utilities to provide thought leadership, share leading practices, and bring international insights to India, I’m delivering bi-weekly webinars framed by the Short List of Climate Actions That Will Work. With the … [continued]

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Canada Follows Europe, China, & USA With Anti-Greenwashing Provisions, Oil & Gas Industry Freaks Out

June 25, 2024 admin air quality, Canada, carbon emissions, China, clean power, climate change, Coal, Europe, Fossil Fuels, greenwashing, HEALTH, Media, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2024 21:39:34 +0000

You might be surprised to know that the oil, gas, and coal industries make claims that aren’t completely aligned with reality, and indeed often make claims that have no discernible relationship to it. I know, I know, it’s a shocking revelation. That’s why Canadian firms in the sector are leading … [continued]

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Siemens Energy, GE Vernova Each Will Build Two, 2-GW Gas-Fired Power Stations in Saudi Arabia

June 24, 2024 admin 7ha.03, Gas, ge vernova, hl-class gas turbine, International, natural gas, news, qassim 1, qassim 2, Saudi Arabia, siemens, siemens energy, tabia 1, taiba 2

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2024 14:51:03 +0000

Siemens Energy and GE Vernova each announced the companies would support construction of large combined-cycle power plants in Saudi Arabia as part of that country’s plan to increase its supply […]

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Publishing On Cement Decarbonization Brings Challenges, Corrections, & More Approaches

June 10, 2024 admin buildings, Carbon Capture, carbon emissions, cement, cement emissions, climate change, co2 emissions, Coal, concrete, decarbonization, Europe, Fossil Fuels, green economy, investment, Manufacturing, natural gas, Oil, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2024 16:15:59 +0000

A few days ago I went deep on cement again, using an assessment of the processes of American clean cement startups to define the scope and magnitude of the problem, the chemistry and energy requirements of cement, why fixing it is critically important, and incidentally evaluate a couple of companies’ … [continued]

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Fly Ash, Silica Fume, & Natural Pozzolans Are Terms To Know When Talking Green Cement

June 6, 2024 admin buildings, carbon emissions, cement, cement emissions, China, climate change, Coal, concrete, Energy, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, investment, Manufacturing, natural gas, usa, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2024 17:35:48 +0000

Every domain brings with it a wealth of new language. Being the domain junky that I am, my head is creaking at the seams with jargon and technical terms from a multitude of places. Cement and concrete are no different. Today’s exploration is of the interesting world of supplementary cementitious … [continued]

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US Industrial Natural Gas Consumers Could See 56% Higher Bills With Methane Leak Price

June 6, 2024 admin air quality, carbon emissions, carbon pricing, clean power, climate change, Energy, Fossil Fuels, green economy, investment, methane, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, us carbon pricing, usa, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2024 16:35:14 +0000

Remarkably, in 2022 the USA managed to get a greenhouse gas price through Congress. It wasn’t on carbon dioxide, the biggest problem, but it was on methane, the second biggest greenhouse gas problem we humans create. Perhaps more remarkably, it was explicitly on the oil and gas industry and excluded … [continued]

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Quidnet’s Solution Is Probably More Short-Lived Sand Mining Than Energy Storage

June 5, 2024 admin clean power, climate change, Energy Storage, Fossil Fuels, FRACKING, green economy, grid, grid storage, investment, natural gas, Oil, pumped hydro storage, quidnet

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2024 15:35:06 +0000

It’s not often that a novel energy storage solution crosses my screen. It’s vastly rarer that it doesn’t immediately fail a few basic sniff tests. A solution that pumps water under high pressure a few hundred to a thousand meters underground doesn’t immediately fall apart in technical terms or claims. … [continued]

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Filings Support 41 GW of New Gas-Fired Generation Across Texas

June 3, 2024 admin cpv, Dan Patrick, eagle pines, engie, ercot, fge power, Gas, ge vernova, natural gas, news, power, texas, texas energy fund, vistra

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2024 17:48:27 +0000

Texas’ plan to add more natural gas-fired power generation capacity, supported by money from a newly created energy fund, received a boost when several companies announced their intention to file […]

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Many Green Cement Roads Lead Through Electric Arc Steel Furnaces

June 3, 2024 admin arcelormittal, basf, buildings, carbon emissions, cement, cement emissions, climate change, decarbonization, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, investment, Manufacturing, natural gas, steel, University of Cambridge, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 30 May 2024 18:50:23 +0000

An electric arc furnace is like a giant, high-tech kitchen appliance for melting metal. Imagine a huge, robust pot where you throw in scrap metal, like old cars or broken appliances. Instead of using gas or coal to heat things up, this “pot” uses powerful electric arcs — think of … [continued]

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