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- January 25, 2020
Natural Gas Now Best Picks of the Week – January 25, 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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- January 24, 2020
NextEra Energy Partners to focus on growth, not acquisitions
Florida-based NextEra Energy Partners said on Friday it expects to achieve long-term growth without committing to further acquisitions at least until 2021, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 24, 2020
Governor Corruptocrat Sells Out Southern Tier Again with Still More Deceit
Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. . … Governor Corruptocrat, a/k/a Andrew Cuomo, is passing out other people’s money in the form of grants for pet projects while proposing to ban fracking.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 22, 2020
CO2 Emissions Expected to Decline Yet Again. Thank Natural Gas.
Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. . … CO2 emissions are expected by the Energy Information Administration to decline again for the next two years as a result of shifts to natural gas use. Here’s the short but beautiful story from EIA: In its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), released on January 14, the U.S.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 21, 2020
Climate Serfdom Is No Future, It’s the Road to Destruction
Robert Bradley, Jr. Founder and CEO of the Institute for Energy ResearchPrincipal, MasterResource: A Free-Market Energy Blog.. .… … Climate serfdom is what is being proposed by those who would make us solely dependent on renewables for our energy, but that’s what some want politically.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 21, 2020
Wind energy giant Vestas planning ‘zero-waste’ turbines
Danish firm Vestas said Monday it’s working to produce “zero-waste” wind turbines by the year 2040, Kallanish Energy reports. The wind turbine manufacturer said its goal would mean operating a value chain that produced no waste materials. This,- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 17, 2020
Citi believes there’s an ‘ultimate cap’ on oil prices
The cost of producing electricity from solar energy in the last two years has been lower than that of fossil fuels — and that “permanent change” will limit how high oil prices can climb, according to Citibank, Kallanish Energy understands.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 9, 2020
Bright Canyon Energy buys ownership in 2 wind farms
Independent energy project developer Tenaska and electric infrastructure company Bright Canyon Energy said Wednesday Bright Canyon has acquired ownership interests in two Tenaska-developed wind farms, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 8, 2020
Mark Mathis Is 100% Correct: Too Much of Climate Science Isn’t
Robert Bradley, Jr. Founder and CEO of the Institute for Energy ResearchPrincipal, MasterResource: A Free-Market Energy Blog.. .… … Mark Mathis of the Clear Energy Alliance has exposed the lack of science in far too much climate science, as Robert Bradley nicely explains below.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 8, 2020
New York Energy Bill from Cuomo to Consumers Could Top $47 Billion!
Roger Caiazza Independent Researcher and Publisher,Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York … New York energy policy under Andrew Cuomo is based on intermittent solar and wind and it’s going to create a bill to consumers that could top $47 billion! On December 9, 2019 the Citizens Budget Commission (CBC) released a report entitled Getting Greener: Cost-Effective Options for Achieving New York’s Greenhouse Gas Goals that addresses the impacts of the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA).- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 7, 2020
We Are the Renewable Energy Resources We Seek
Robert Bradley, Jr. Founder and CEO of the Institute for Energy ResearchPrincipal, MasterResource: A Free-Market Energy Blog.. .… … The fallacy behind the theory peak oil and supposed shortages of other supposedly finite energy sources is that the resources are the minerals and not us.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 7, 2020
Trump administration set to OK largest US solar farm
The Trump administration is expected to soon approve siting for the largest solar farm in the U.S., a $1 billion, 690-megawatt facility that will also include 380 MW of four-hour battery storage, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 4, 2020
Natural Gas Now Best Picks of the Week – January 4, 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 31, 2019
Energy Stats Prove the U.S. Is the Star Performer: Thank Natural Gas!
Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Professor David Ruzic from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign presents energy stats showing just how much the U.S.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 31, 2019
Wind Turbine Collapse in the Bronx; Will Any Lessons Be Learned?
Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. … … A wind turbine collapse in the Bronx of all places just destroyed a car and endangered many.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 30, 2019
The Fossil Fuel Divestment Shell Game and How It’s Played
Robert Bradley, Jr. Founder and CEO of the Institute for Energy ResearchPrincipal, MasterResource: A Free-Market Energy Blog.. .… … Fossil fuel divestment is a cruel joke, perpetrated by the self-righteous Rockfeller lackey and phony, Bill McKibben, who has done the family’s dirty work.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 28, 2019
Natural Gas Now Best Picks of the Week – December 29, 2019
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 26, 2019
NYISO Misleads on Wind Energy When It Could Have Done Much Better
Roger Caiazza Independent Researcher and Publisher,Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York … NYISO is doing political correctness when it ought to be doing education; the utility companies it represents know they can pass the costs onto consumers. The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) issued a press release on December 17, 2019 announcing a new wind generation record for the state.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 24, 2019
Hard Facts 2019: The Institute of Energy Research Annual Datafest
... … … Hard Facts 2019 is the latest compendium of energy facts and statistics put out by the Institute of Energy Research and it is packed full of data you need.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 20, 2019
Renewables’ share of powergen surpasses gas in UK
The UK saw electricity generation from renewables reach 28.8 terawatt-hours (TWh) in 2019’s third quarter, just passing natural gas-generated power, according to figures released Thursday.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 19, 2019
Why Wind Power Is Non-Competitive. It’s the Subsidies, Stupid!
Robert Bradley, Jr. Founder and CEO of the Institute for Energy ResearchPrincipal, MasterResource: A Free-Market Energy Blog.. . .. Wind power Is simply non-competitive, incapable of surviving without taxpayer funded Production Tax Credits, despite the claims of green eggs and scam folks.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 13, 2019
The Wind Turbines Whisper: The Answer Is Not Blowin’ in the Wind
Duggan FlanakinDirector of Policy Research, Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow … … Wind turbines are whispering to us, if only we turn our ear to listen carefully to hear.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 12, 2019
New Jersey Doubles Down on Stupidity with Offshore Wind
... … … New Jersey is rushing to turn the Garden State into a gargantuan monument to political stupidity with offshore wind projects that are totally uneconomic.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 12, 2019
Citizens Budget Commission Bashes Cuomo’s Energy Incompetence
Jim Willis Editor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) A fascinating new report by the Citizens Budget Commission exposes Andrew Cuomo’s energy incompetence and illuminates the green nature of natural gas.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 10, 2019
Entergy, NextEra begin building Arkansas solar project
A subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources and Entergy Arkansas last week announced the start of construction of Arkansas’ largest utility-scale solar energy project, the 100-megawatt Chicot Solar Energy Center, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 7, 2019
Natural Gas Now Best Picks of the Week – December 7, 2019
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 4, 2019
Bill desRosiers Talks Energy, Shale and Growing Up in the Mining Industry
Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Bill desRosiers is one of the most influential young leaders in the natural gas industry and the Institute of Energy Research recently interviewed him.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 4, 2019
Amazon announces new solar projects in US, Spain
Amazon Tuesday released details of a trio of renewable energy projects in the U.S. and Spain, as the retail giant works to reach net zero carbon across its organization by 2040, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 3, 2019
Renewables Investors and Rent Seekers Fund Pipeline Opposition
Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. Renewables investors are, too often, simply crony corporatists seeking subsidies for their green eggs and scam projects and they fund pipeline opposition.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 2, 2019
Renewable Mandates Have Forced California to Power Down
... … … California’s rolling power outages are not the result of resource deficiencies but, rather, ridiculous renewable mandates and mismanagement of forests.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 27, 2019
Thanksgiving: A Time to Praise Freedom and Thank God for Energy
... … … Thanksgiving is an all-American holiday and a time to praise the freedom that is our heritage along the blessings of our natural resources and energy.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 27, 2019
US energy-related CO2 emissions rose in 2018
Total U.S. energy-related carbon dioxide emissions in 2018 rose to 5.27 billion metric tons, 2.7% more than its 2017 level, the Energy Information Administration reports.Natural Gas Now Best Picks of the Week – November 23, 2019
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Readers pass along a lot of stuff every week about gas, fractivist antics, emissions, renewables, and other news relating to energy.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 22, 2019
Total’s Saft to build Nordic lithium-ion ESS
Saft, a wholly-owned Total subsidiary, has won an order for three Intensium Max 20 High Energy containers from Finnish wind developer-operator TuuliWatti, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 21, 2019
Wind Energy: Industrial Sized Environmental Problems and Lies
Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Wind energy promoters are facing huge problems. Among them are disposing of its fiberglass blades.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 21, 2019
US’s first floating wind farm could be off Maine
The University of Maine is moving forward with plans for the first full-scale offshore floating turbine in the U.S., Kallanish Energy understands.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 19, 2019
RGGI for Pennsylvania? Are You Kidding, Governor?
Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. … … RGGI for Pennsylvania? Well, that’s what Governor Tom Wolf wants, but it makes no sense at all when you look at the facts on and what we’ve done without it.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 19, 2019
Mexico’s latest gut punch to investors upends wind, solar aid
Mexico’s president is tearing down a system to encourage renewable-power development, dealing another gut punch to efforts to attract private investment to the nation’s energy sector, Kallanish Energy learns.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 18, 2019
Customers pay higher rates for PURPA pacts: study
Solar and wind contract rates signed under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA) are costing end-use customers between $2.7 billion and $3.9- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 11, 2019
Buffalo Billion Goes Bust; Now Worth 8¢ on the Dollar, Empirezuela Is Next
Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. Andrew Cuomo’s Buffalo Billion sinking of taxpayer monies into Elon Musk’s solar scam has been written down to 8 cents on the dollar; an $884 million loss.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 11, 2019
PJM projects sufficient power for winter needs
Power grid operator PJM Interconnection projects its members will be able to provide nearly 40% more electricity than the power grid operator expects to be needed this winter at peak demand, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 7, 2019
Middle East Turmoil Continues and We Barely Notice: Thank Fracking
Daniel B. Markind, Esq. Flaster Greenberg PC Middle East turmoil never seems to end, but one part of it has concluded thanks to fracking: the impacts on Americans who are now independent of it.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 7, 2019
Sound Bite Green Policies Don’t Reduce Emissions; Natural Gas Does
Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. Natural gas has reduced emissions in a big way, but sound bite energy policies focused solely on renewables haven’t says PA Democrat Senator John Yudichak.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 7, 2019
XOM, FuelCell expand carbonate fuel cell pact
ExxonMobil (XOM) and FuelCell Energy said Wednesday they’ve signed a new, two-year, expanded joint-development agreement to further enhance carbonate fuel cell technology, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 7, 2019
O&G majors may benefit from offshore wind synergies: Fitch
Oil and gas majors may benefit from investments in offshore wind energy, and the resulting synergies with their offshore hydrocarbon production, Fitch Ratings said.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 5, 2019
Wind Turbine Disposal Issue Shows There’s No Free Renewables Lunch
... … … Shocker! Getting rid of an old wind turbine is proving to be quite an issue and a high expense, showing renewables are neither free nor especially green.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 4, 2019
Offshore Wind, The Green Energy Scam for All Time
Paul Driessen Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow …. …. Offshore wind is a major scam. It makes no economic sense whatsoever, requires massive support infrastructure, disturbs oceans and accomplishes little.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 1, 2019
Ørsted, PSEG negotiating offshore wind farm investment
Danish wind farm developer Ørsted and energy company Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) announced they will enter into exclusive negotiations for PSEG to potentially become an equity investor in one of Ørsted’s offshore wind projects, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 30, 2019
Vermont Gas and NG Advantage Fight Global Warming with Natural Gas
Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. Vermont Gas and NG Advantage join hands to deliver CNG and renewable natural gas (RNG) to Vermonters who want to reduce emissions and fight global warming.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 29, 2019
Pennsylvanians Saying No to Wolf and Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
Jim Willis Editor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) Tom Wolf, a preening example of political correctness if there ever was one, wants to put Pennsylvania into the crazy Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 28, 2019
Rockefeller Family Invests in Upstate Green Coal Project
Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. The Rockefeller is making something old new again as it seeks to revive Upstate New York, especially the Catskills and Adirondacks, with green coal.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 28, 2019
Offshore wind set to be $1T business by 2040: IEA
Offshore wind should become a $1 trillion business by 2040, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Friday, with global capacity set for a 15-fold increase, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 26, 2019
Natural Gas Now Best Picks of the Week – October 26, 2019
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Readers pass along a lot of stuff every week about gas, fractivist antics, emissions, renewables, and other news relating to energy.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 25, 2019
Trump Speech Causes Pittsburgh Mayor to Sputter Nonsense
Alexander Stevens Policy AnalystInstitute for Energy Research …. … … The Trump speech in Pittsburgh at the Marcellus Shale Coalition conference led to Pittsburgh’s mayor sputtering out some green facts that just aren’t.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 25, 2019
U.S. Oil and Gas Production Up, Emissions Down; Catch Us If You Can!
Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. Our friend Mark Mathis at the Clear Energy Alliance has just produced one his most effective videos.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 25, 2019
US Grid secures backing from EnCap, Yorktown
US Grid Co. said this week it’s secured an undisclosed amount of investment funding from equity capital provider EnCap Investments and private equity firm Yorktown Partners, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 21, 2019
Trump nominates Brouillette to be Energy secretary
President Trump last Friday announced he has nominated deputy energy secretary Dan Brouillette to replace departing energy chief Rick Perry, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 18, 2019
PG&E California Blackouts – Do They Portend Our Energy Future?
Daniel B. Markind, Esq. Flaster Greenberg PC PG&E California blackouts, intentional, tell us so much about what is wrong with that state’s energy policies and those planned for us by anti-gas folks.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 18, 2019