Pleasants County, WV Omnis Energy is transforming an old, coal-fired power plant in Pleasants County, WV, into the world’s first commercial coal-to-hydrogen net-zero power plant with high-value graphite co-products. In mid-August 2024, Omnis Energy demonstrated the operation of its patented Quantum technology at the Pleasants site, featuring ultra-high-temperature pyrolysis at 3,600 degrees Celsius. The technology…
Read More...The European Union’s idiotic methane regulations will soon come into full force, prompting oil, gas, and coal companies to monitor, measure and report their emissions. The same restrictions will also apply to energy imports coming from other countries, including the U.S. (see Europeans Presume to Impose Their Regulations on American Gas). The arrogant Europeans presume…
Read More...About 16% of crude production in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico on Sept. 24 were shut-in in response to Tropical Storm Helene. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
Read More...Macquarie Asset Management is acquiring a minority stake in D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments in an equity investment of up to $1.73 billion. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
Read More...CS Energy and Luminace closed a landfill in New Jersey that remained uncapped since the 1980s and built two 5-megawatt solar projects on top of it. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
Read More...The latest era of midstream consolidation has shrunk the pool of independents, but the number is still historically high. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
Read More...Richard Holtum will assume the CEO position on Jan. 1, 2025, and current CEO Jeremy Weir will assume his new position as chairman of the board. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
Read More...In January, MDN told you about a long-closed landfill that seeks to reopen in Liberty and Pine Townships in Mercer County, PA (see Group Claims Drill Cuttings for Grove City Landfill “Radioactive”). In 2020, Tri-County Landfill Inc. submitted a permit application for the construction and operation of a municipal waste landfill site that had operated…
Read More...We don’t think it’s overly melodramatic to say that Pennsylvania is standing on the edge of a cliff with the upcoming election in November. Yes, there’s the issue of which presidential candidate, Trump or The Cackler, will win PA and likely win the election. That is of critical importance. But so, too, is another race…
Read More...A little over a month ago, MDN told you about a new opportunity major midstream (pipeline) companies discussed in their latest quarterly updates: building natgas pipelines directly to data centers. Why? Because increasingly, those data centers are considering making their own power (see Big Midstream Companies Eye Data Center/AI Market for New Pipes). One of…
Read More...Feedgas flows from the Marcellus/Utica to the Cove Point LNG export facility located on the shore of Maryland fell to zero last Friday, Sept. 20. It was the start of the facility’s annual maintenance outage. The question is, how long will Cove Point be out of commission for liquefying and exporting LNG? According to Reuters,…
Read More...Last Thursday, Sept. 19, Pennsylvania State Rep. James Struzzi (R-Indiana) introduced House Bill (HB) 2573, which creates an Independent Energy Office headed by a new Energy Advocate with the authority to veto any regulation, policy or action of any state agency that “may harm energy reliability and affordability.” This bill appears to be completely different…
Read More...One year after California Governor Gavin Newsom announced the state’s climate lawsuit at New York Climate Week, on Monday the state’s Attorney General Rob Bonta announced another lawsuit at this year’s activist confab, this time targeting plastics recycling. With two public nuisance lawsuits against energy providers over the last two years, it’s clear Bonta is fully committed
Read More...The start-up of LNG Canada in mid-2025 will give its five joint venture partners access to liquefaction and international trade, which wasn’t a possibility from Canada before, an LNG Canada vice president told Hart Energy. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
Read More...TotalEnergies has entered into an agreement to supply airline Air France-KLM Group with up to 1.5 million tons of more sustainable aviation fuel over a 10-year period. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
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