For 17 consecutive years, natural gas has been the driving force in reducing U.S. power sector carbon dioxide emissions, new Energy Information Administration data show, making almost double the impact when compared to renewable power generation. This data is especially relevant as COP28 kicks off this week with activist attempts to dismiss the role of
Read More...Natural gas-fired power plants are not only more energy efficient than traditional sources, but have significantly reduced water consumption in electricity generation over the last decade, according to a recent analysis from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Water plays a key role in power generation as it is used for cooling steam from the thermoelectric
Read More...California is once again struggling with an energy supply crisis, causing the state to look to natural gas power generation facilities to try to prevent blackouts and brownouts. As Politico recently reported, ”California scorns fossil fuel but can’t keep the lights on without it.” Officials have warned that up to 3.75 million homes – about
Read More...Methane emissions in the United States have continued their downward trend from 2005 levels according to the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2021 Greenhouse Gas Inventory (GHGI). In fact, total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions continue to decline despite increased production and consumption of oil and natural gas. As the EPA explains: “This decrease was driven largely by
Read More...David Wojick, PhDIndependent Analyst … … … [Editor’s Note: Solar and wind get a lot of attention but its gas fired generation that is producing more and more of our electricity in this country.] The subsidies that never die — for wind and solar power — are back. With Christmas coming on the Lame Duck
Read More...A “left-of-center” policy group has released a memo advocating that the incoming Biden Administration embrace the use of natural gas to help meet its climate goals and to compliment the increasing deployment of renewable energy sources. The Progressive Policy Institute published the memo to urge “President-elect Biden to strike a new bargain between the federal
Read More...Germany announced it will invest €9 billion ($10.2 billion) to boost its hydrogen strategy, aimed at becoming a global supplier of “state-of-the-art” hydrogen technology, Kallanish Energy reports. The coalition government agreed late on Wednesday a €130 billion ($147.3 billion) coronavirus recovery stimulus package. The program is geared to climate change mitigation and promoting the technologies
Read More...The share of U.S. total utility-scale power generation from natural gas-fired power plants will rise from 34% in 2018, to 37% in 2019 and 2020, the Energy Information Administration forecasts in its October Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO). EIA/STEO forecasts the share of U.S. electric generation from coal will average 25% in 2019, and 22% in 2020, down from
Read More...Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. Natural gas consumption was up big-time in the U.S. in 2018, signaling not only an economic boom in this country but also the start of a golden age of gas. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) is out with another of its wonderful reports offering “just the facts” and the facts
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