- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 21, 2021
Tax Credits for Losers Just Continue Forever and Ever
Robert Bradley, Jr.Founder and CEO of the Institute for Energy ResearchPrincipal, MasterResource: A Free-Market Energy Blog.. .… … [Editor’s Note: Robert Bradley succinctly calls out the foolishness of government tax credits for uneconomical wind energy projects and the like.]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 16, 2021
Natural Gas Now Best Picks of the Week – January 16, 2021
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.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 13, 2021
Green New Deal Ideologies, Fantasies and Realities
Paul DriessenCommittee For A Constructive Tomorrow …. …. The incoming Biden Administration is going whole hog with the Green New Deal and it promises to be an unmitigated disaster awaiting.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 2, 2021
Natural Gas Now Best Picks of the Week – January 2, 2021
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.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 30, 2020
Gas Fired Generation Is Building Its Lead Over Solar and Wind
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.]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 26, 2020
Natural Gas Now Best Picks of the Week – December 26, 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.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 19, 2020
Natural Gas Now Best Picks of the Week – December 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.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 15, 2020
Lake Apopka Natural Gas District Promotes Gas As the Best Gift Out There
Connie MellinNatural Gas NOW“PAShaleAdvocate” Lake Apopka Natural Gas District says switching to natural gas can save you as much money in a year as most spend on Christmas.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 14, 2020
La La Land Is California Today and New York Tomorrow
Jerry RussellBinghamton Area Landowner [Editor’s Note: Jerry Russell talks about his recent trip to La La Land, otherwise known as California and, sadly, soon to include New York State.]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 12, 2020
Natural Gas Now Best Picks of the Week – December 12, 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.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 24, 2020
Yergin and ‘The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations’
Robert Bradley, Jr.Founder and CEO of the Institute for Energy ResearchPrincipal, MasterResource: A Free-Market Energy Blog.. .… … [Editor’s Note: Daniel Yergin has written another energy tome and Bob Bradley reviews it with a critical eye, finding it quite good as a whole.]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 30, 2020
Biden/Harris Energy/Climate Plan Is Disaster in Progress
Sterling BurnettSenior Fellow, Energy and Environment, The Heartland Institute … … [Editor’s Note: The real Biden/Harris Energy/Climate Plan is far more dangerous than their equivocating political statements this October.]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 29, 2020
California and New Jersey Buy EV Poison Pills from Biden
... … … Editor’s Note: EVs are PC in places such as California and New Jersey where Democrat governors are eager to buy into Joe Biden’s electric vehicle scheme.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 29, 2020
Vietnam green lights AES-PetroVietnam LNG-to-power project
PetroVietnam Gas is set to sign a $2.8 billion deal with U.S.-based energy company AES, the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 29, 2020
XOM, Jera ink MoU on Vietnam LNG-to-power project
ExxonMobil and Jera signed on Wednesday a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work together on the potential construction of an LNG-to-power project in Hai Phong, Vietnam.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 28, 2020
Electricity transformation requires greater efforts, flexibility: IEA
As the world undergoes the “most dramatic” transformation in the electricity sector, industry and governments should pay close attention to evolving challenges, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Tuesday.Joe Biden, If Elected, Would Ruin America’s Energy System
... … … Editor’s Note: It’s unclear if Joe Biden has a clear idea about anything, but he certainly doesn’t understand energy or anything about how it’s produced.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 27, 2020
New York City tidal project begins service
Verdant Power has simultaneously installed three pilot tidal power turbines at its Roosevelt Island Tidal Energy Project site on the East River in New York City, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 26, 2020
New York to transition seven peaker gas-fired power plants
The New York Power Authority is looking at renewables with battery storage and low-to-zero carbon emission technologies to meet the peak energy demands of New York City and Long Island, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 26, 2020
Addition to Calif. solar, battery storage project
Canadian Solar Inc. has announced a supply contract and long-term service agreement to deliver and integrate a 75 megawatt/300 megawatt hour lithium-ion battery storage project in California, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 26, 2020
Oil future at center of Trump-Biden debate
The future of the oil and gas industry and climate change emerged key topics in the final presidential debate between President Donald Trump and former vice president Joe Biden.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 22, 2020
NIPSCO plans 900MW solar, battery storage in Indiana
Northern Indiana Public Service Co. LLC (NIPSCO) announced on Wednesday that it intends to develop an additional 900 megawatts of solar power and battery storage in Indiana, as part of its long-term generation strategy, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 22, 2020
Texas wind project begins commercial operations
Partners Tri Global Energy and Denmark-based Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners have started commercial operations at a 162-megawatt wind project in West Texas, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 20, 2020
Carbon Free Energy Doesn’t Exist, Joe. Come on Man!
... … … Editor’s Note: There is no such thing as carbon free energy but politicians such as Joe Biden can’t grasp it and “green energy” advocates won’t even try.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 20, 2020
Wind, solar costs to further pressure coal/gas powergen in 2025: BNEF
Wind and solar energies are already the cheapest source of power generation in most places, and by 2025 it will be cheaper to build a new wind/solar farm than run an existing coal/gas-fired power plant.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 19, 2020
FERC proposal would back state, ISO carbon pricing
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has proposed a new rule giving it the authority over wholesale electric markets rules and encouraging state and regional power grid operators to set carbon prices as a way to accelerate the growth of clean power, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 16, 2020
Combined-Cycle Natural Gas Generators Are the Electric Work Horses
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. The EIA details just how important electricity generation from combined-cycle natural gas plants really is to our economy and future.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 16, 2020
Canadian company buys Spanish solar assets
Q-Energy has announced the sale of 73 solar assets in Spain to Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec (CDPQ), a global institutional investor, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 16, 2020
Two solar farms serving Chickasee, Choctaw nations
OG&E has completed construction on two small solar farms in southeastern Oklahoma, Kallanish Energy reports. The two 5-megawatt facilities are in Davis and Durant.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 15, 2020
Benton PUD (Public Utility District) Blows the Whistle on Wind Energy
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. A public utility district established in the 1934 in rural Washington, the Benton PUD, blows the whistle on exactly what is wrong with wind.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 15, 2020
Virginia wind project passes reliability testing
Dominion Energy announced on Wednesday that its $300 million Virginia offshore wind project has successfully completed its reliability testing and is getting closer to beginning commercial operations, Kallanish Energy reports.NoBurnBroome Illustrates Basic Energy Truth: There’s No Free Ride
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. NoBurnBroome opposes a Lithium-Ion battery recycling-incineration facility in Broome County and it’s proving something important.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 12, 2020
Congestion on the Grid Forcing Cancellation of Solar and Wind Projects
... … … Editor’s Note: Congestion isn’t just about traffic routes; it also affects the electrical grid and solar and wind projects are creating it and dying by it.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 12, 2020
bp awarded UK’s largest EV charging network contract
bp’s electric vehicle business has been awarded a £21 million ($27.2 million) contract to develop the electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure for the Scottish Police, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 10, 2020
Natural Gas Now Best Picks of the Week – October 10, 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.Banning Fracking Such A Bad Idea Biden/Harris Now Denying They Said It
... … … Editor’s Note: Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are both on video saying they were for banning fracking but now they’re denying what we all saw with our own eyes and claiming they were never in favor of banning fracking!- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 9, 2020
Construction begins on two Louisiana solar projects
D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments and Entergy New Orleans have announced groundbreaking on two solar projects in Louisiana, Kallanish Energy reports. The projects in Washington and St.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 9, 2020
Georgia Power closing 29 coal ash ponds
Georgia Power is excavating 19 coal ash ponds as it closes 29 ponds at 11 active and retired coal-fired power plants across Georgia, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 9, 2020
Grant to fund training for offshore wind workers
The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center has awarded $124,670 to VINCI VR, in partnership with Siemens Gamesa Energy, to develop virtual reality training for U.S.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 9, 2020
O&G are vital to U.S. way of life: DOE report
A new report by the U.S. Department of Energy cites the need for energy innovation while recognizing the benefits of oil and natural gas in the daily lives of Americans, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 8, 2020
California Green Slime: Biden’s Big Plan to Spread It Around!
... … … Editor’s Note: California green slime energy politics have put the Golden state on a slippery slope Joe Biden wants to steepen as he spreads the stuff!- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 6, 2020
Vietnam clears ExxonMobil’s $5B LNG-to-power project
Vietnam has given ExxonMobil the green lights to proceed with the massive LNG-to-power project, estimated to cost $5.09 billion, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 2, 2020
BLM approves Mesa Wind Repower Project
The Bureau of Land Management has approved the Mesa Wind Repower Project in Southern California, Kallanish Energy reports. Brookfield Renewables plans to repower the 30-megawatt wind project that was built in the 1980s.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 2, 2020
Potential £6B savings from UK integrated offshore grid: National Grid ESO
A new report from UK grid operator National Grid ESO has found that an integrated approach offshore could save consumers approximately £6 billion ($7.7 billion) by 2050, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 2, 2020
GFG Alliance, Ignis to build 1.2GW of green energy in Spain
Global conglomerate GFC Alliance and Spain’s renewables developer, Ignis, announced Thursday a deal to build 1.2 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity in Spain.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 2, 2020
Army’s Fort Bragg to get floating solar project
The U.S. Army’s Fort Bragg will soon become home to the largest floating solar plant in the southeastern United States, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 2, 2020
Ohio sets Dec. 3 hearing on Madison Fields solar project
The Ohio Power Siting Board has scheduled a Dec. 3 virtual public meeting on a proposed solar project in Madison County, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 1, 2020
China plans major heating switch from coal ahead of winter
China’s winter anti-pollution campaign is targeting to switch heating away from coal in over 7 million households in the north of the country, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 29, 2020
Vattenfall connects its first floating solar plant
Swedish green utility company, Vattenfall, announced Monday it has opened its first floating solar farm in Gendringen, the Netherlands. The 1.2-megawatt (MW) solar farm was built on the site of sand and gravel extraction company Netterden.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 29, 2020
Karpowership launches first LNG-to-power floating plant in Indonesia
Turkey’s Karpowership has launched the first floating power plant in Amurang, Indonesia, converting liquefied natural gas (LNG) to power onboard a vessel, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 25, 2020
Solar dominates Maine’s renewables procurement
Solar projects dominated Maine’s largest renewables procurement, Kallanish Energy reports. Solar will provide about 482 megawatts of the 546 megawatts of projects approved for long-term energy projects earlier this week by the Maine Public Utilities Commission.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 25, 2020
Palladium, Inverdale form new solar JV
Palladium Energy LLC and Inverdale Energy Partners have formed a joint venture to develop 500 megawatts of utility-scale solar and solar storage across the United States, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 25, 2020
Entergy sets net-zero carbon goal by 2050
Entergy Corp. has announced that is accelerating its climate action goals with a plan to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 25, 2020
Ohio AG files suit to block nuclear bailout payments
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is seeking to keep the owner of two nuclear power plants in Ohio from getting $1.3 billion in bailout money in what has become the largest bribery scandal in state history, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 23, 2020
UK set to accelerate ban on fossil-fuel vehicles to 2030
UK’s government is expected to bring forward its ban on new fossil-fuel vehicles to 2030, in a move to reduce emissions in Britain’s highest polluting sector.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 22, 2020
Alberta solar project sold to BluEarth Renewables
Ontario-based Canadian Solar Inc. has sold of its Suffield Solar Project in Alberta to BluEarth Renewables, Kallanish Energy reports. The sales price was not disclosed.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 21, 2020
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.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 18, 2020
Ohio board rescinds night ban on Lake Erie wind project
An Ohio regulatory agency has dropped a requirement that would have banned a 20.7-megawatt offshore wind farm in Lake Erie from operating at night, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 17, 2020