Australia’s rapidly growing fleet of rooftop solar installations is starting to exert its influence over grid operations again. The longer days, sunny skies and mild temperatures are helping rooftop solar gain an […]
Difference in natural gas prices between Texas and Henry Hub narrowed in first half 2023
In the first half of 2023 (1H23), natural gas spot prices at Texas hubs traded closer to the U.S. benchmark Henry Hub than in the second half of 2022 (2H22). The price […]
Ammonia as an Essential Energy Carrier for the Energy Transition
Ammonia as an Essential Energy Carrier for the Energy Transition Today, most of the 200 million tons of ammonia consumed each year is produced using natural gas. In a typical ammonia plant, […]
Nearly All U.S. Renewable Diesel Is Consumed In California … But Isn’t Made There
California accounts for nearly all renewable diesel consumption in the United States, but most of it isn’t made in the state. California’s consumption of renewable diesel was more than eight times the amount produced there […]
Carbon Engineering Was Always A Figleaf For Fossil Fuel Industry, Now It’s Owned Outright By Them
How many ways are there to say that mechanical direct air capture (DAC) of carbon dioxide is a deeply stupid idea? Whatever the number is, I’ve probably used the majority of turns […]
World’s biggest micro-grid needs gigawatts of new battery capacity – and very soon
AEMO’s WA head Kate Ryan said the rapid energy transition is now fuelling very strong forecast growth in electricity demand, just as the state is transitioning to new, lower-emissions sources of supply […]
The Growing Importance of Carbon Capture
Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies have long been seen as a tool to tackle climate chaos, but the potential was largely theoretical. Two projects at Sleipner and Snohvit off the […] The […]
Cost-Effective Catalyst To Supercharge Green Hydrogen Production
An Argonne National Laboratory team has developed a new catalyst composed of elements abundant in the Earth. It could make possible the low-cost and energy-efficient production of hydrogen for use in transportation […]
Heat pumps can decarbonize food and beverage processing, but report warns of bottlenecks
Heat pumps and other emissions-free technologies could almost entirely decarbonize food and beverage processing in the United States by 2035, according to a report commissioned by the World Wildlife Fund and the […]
Mayor Michelle Wu issues order to ban fossil fuels in Boston buildings
Dive Brief: Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has signed an executive order eliminating fossil fuel use in new building constructions and renovations across the city. The order bans new municipal buildings from using […]
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