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Golar LNG’s Hygo Energy Transition seeks $485M IPO

Hygo Energy Transition, a joint venture between Golar LNG and Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners, is seeking an initial public offering (IPO) of $485 million, Kallnish Energy reports. According to a regulatory filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday, the company plans to offer 23.1 million common shares valued at $18-21 apiece. The higher

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Nordex tapped for 312MW US wind farm

German wind turbine manufacturer Nordex has secured a contract to supply turbines to a wind farm located in Texas, U.S., Kallanish Energy reports. Under the terms of the agreement, announced on Friday, will see Nordex deliver and install 65 N149/4.0-4.5 wind turbines in the 4.8 megawatt (MW) operating mode, for a total capacity of 312

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Gasum secures new LNG supply, terminal development contract

Finnish state-owned gas company Gasum has secured a new deal for liquefied natural gas (LNG) delivery and a terminal in Norway, Kallanish Energy reports. The contract, with Norwegian steel manufacturer Celsa Armeringsstål AS, was announced on Friday and includes the supply of LNG and the construction of a customer terminal in the Mo Industrial Park, located

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DOE awards $24M to battery, methane detection projects

The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded $24 million to two projects to commercialize sodium-ion battery development and methane detection technologies, Kallanish Energy reports. A $19 million grant went to California-based Natron Energy and a $5 million grant was awarded to Montana-based Bridger Photonics. The grants were awarded as part of DOE’s Advanced Research Projects

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CLCPA Climate Legislation Pushed by Cuomo Will Have Big Ramifications

Roger CaiazzaIndependent Researcher and Publisher,Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York … [Editor Comment: The CLCPA climate legislation is a reprehensible piece of politically correct legislation of no practicality with big impacts on NYers.] On July 18, 2019, Governor Cuomo signed into law the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA).  It is among the most ambitious climate laws

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Natural Gas Now Best Picks of the Week – September 19, 2020

Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Readers pass along a lot of stuff every week about natural gas, fractivist antics, emissions, renewables, and other news relating to energy. As usual, emphasis is added. Germany Just Can’t seem to Get It Right It seems Vladimir Putin keeps poisoning people but, as Dan Markind points out

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Biden Just Can’t Get His Story Straight on Fracking

Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. …. ….  An incoherent Joe Biden tried hard to have it both ways on fracking at a Pennsylvania town hall. And, that wasn’t even the worst of it. Joe Biden was against fracking. Then, he was for it. Now, he says he’s for and against it. That much became obvious

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Step2 Georgia acquisition needed for 'exceptional' demand

Streetsboro, Ohio-based Step2 Co. LLC has acquired manufacturing, distribution and shipping assets in Decatur, Ga., where it will employ 150-175 people at a new plant there. The site previously housed CI Rotomolding USA Inc., which had announced in October 2019 that it was looking for a joint venture partner or to be acquired. Step2 didn’t

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EQT submits bid for Chevron’s Appalachian assets

EQT Corp. submitted a $750 million bid for Chevron’s natural gas assets in the Appalachian Basin and a stake in a natural gas pipeline, according to Reuters. At this time, there is no guarantee the offer will lead a sale to EQT or another company. Both companies declined to comment on EQT’s offer. Chevron has

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Myers Industries' CFO resigns

Myers Industries Inc. has appointed an interim chief financial officer after separating from its most recent CFO. The Akron, Ohio-based polymer products company announced Sept. 18, it has appointed Dan Hoehn as its interim CFO, effective immediately. The company said the move comes “following the mutual agreement of the company and Kevin Brackman, former executive

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NJ legislators consider recycled content law

New Jersey lawmakers are taking a serious look at mandating that plastic containers and other packaging sold in the state be made with recycled content, seeing it as a strategy to shore up weak markets. While the provisions are still being negotiated, state legislators are looking at a wide-ranging bill that could require 35 percent

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Power outages limit return of resin production in Louisiana area

Resin and feedstock production at plants in Lake Charles, La., are not expected to restart until late September at best after being impacted by Hurricane Laura. Most of the Lake Charles area has been without power since the storm made landfall on Aug. 26. Although resin plants avoided major damage, electrical lines in the region

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FERC Approves MVP Southgate 2nd Time – Rejects Rehearing

MVP Southgate map (click for larger version) In June the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued final approval for Equitrans Midstream’s 75-mile expansion of the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) from southern Virginia into North Carolina, a project called MVP Southgate (see FERC Approves Mountain Valley Pipeline Southgate Extension to NC). Well-funded Big Green groups immediately

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OH Approves Gas-Fired Power Plant for OSU – Antis Pledge to Fight

Yesterday the Ohio Power Siting Board approved the construction, operation, and maintenance of a Utica-fired combined heat and power (CHP) plant on the main campus of Ohio State University in Columbus. Wonders never cease! Of course, irrational fossil fuel haters are not giving up the fight to try and block it.This post appeared first on

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