Natural Gas Now Best Picks of the Week – September 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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- 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 25, 2020
Total to convert crude refinery to produce biofuels
French energy major Total announced on Thursday it will convert its Grandpuits crude oil refinery to produce renewable diesel and bioplastics, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 25, 2020
Iberdrola to create green hydrogen business unit
Spanish utilities Iberdrola will create a dedicated green hydrogen business unit, as it aims to become a global leader in the technology, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 25, 2020
German, Scottish wind associations ink cooperation deal
German wind power association WAB and Scottish wind consortium DeepWind have signed a three-year cooperation agreement to develop a market for green hydrogen from wind power.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 24, 2020
American Energy Innovation Act Is Dangerous Green Virtue Signaling
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. Congress is up to no good. The American Energy Innovation Act, paraded as bipartisan, is nothing but green virtue signaling and dangerous.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 24, 2020
Neste, Shell Aviation ink SAF supply agreement
Neste and Shell Aviation said Wednesday they have signed a supply agreement for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), anticipating increasing “desire” from airlines to reduce emissions.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 24, 2020
Europe may boost state aid to green projects
Europe will need a huge amount of sustainable investment to achieve its green goals, and state aid limits may need to be boosted, according to the European Commissioner for competition.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 24, 2020
Shell, Microsoft allied to tackle carbon emissions
Royal Dutch Shell and Microsoft have announced a new alliance targeting the energy transition and need to reduce CO2 emissions, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 24, 2020
Netherlands ‘well-prepared’ to curb emissions: IEA
The Netherlands is “well prepared” to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and deliver a rapid transition to a carbon-neutral economy, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Wednesday.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 23, 2020
Boilermakers, CNX Share Stage to Back Fracking, Pipelines and Trump
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. Nick DeIuliis, the straight-talk CEO of CNX Resources and Shawn Steffee of Boilermakers Local 154 provide some great insight on energy politics!- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 23, 2020
UK’s Dogger Bank places record-breaking turbine order
The world’s soon-to-be largest offshore wind farm has broken a new record on Tuesday, placing the biggest turbine order for GE’s 13-megawatt (MW) Haliade-X model, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 22, 2020
Solar Power Could Force New Yorkers Back to the Bad Big Apple?
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. Blimey! Australians who have already implemented Andrew Cuomo’s solar power plan for New York are being forced to work back in the city!- 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
Solar Panel Waste Is A Very Real Issue Few Are Willing to Address
Duggan FlanakinDirector of Policy Research, Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow … … Solar panel waste is a rapidly growing problem that is being ignored by supposedly “clean energy” advocates but some eyes are opening.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 21, 2020
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.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 19, 2020
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.]- 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 18, 2020
Europe set to have 10 large CCS in operation by 2030: Rystad
After 20 years of studies and testing, Europe could have around 10 large carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects operational by 2030, Rystad Energy said this week.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 18, 2020
China’s offshore wind boom to boost steel demand
The anticipated boom in the Chinese offshore wind market is set to boost steel demand, offering slate and pipe producers advantageous opportunities, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 17, 2020
130 to lose jobs at Iowa wind turbine plant
Wind turbine manufacturer Siemens Gamesa is laying off about 130 workers in Iowa, Kallanish Energy has learned. The workers at the Fort Madison, Iowa, blade factory will lose their jobs in the next 60 days, according to the Des Moines Register and other media.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 17, 2020
Net-zero target achievable at $1-2T annual investments
Reaching a global net-zero carbon economy by 2050 is possible, but will cost around $1-2 trillion of additional investments per year, a new study revealed on Wednesday.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 16, 2020
Howarth Methane Obsession Will Leave New Yorkers Freezing in the Dark
Roger CaiazzaIndependent Researcher and Publisher,Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York … [Editor Comment: Bob Howarth, who parades around as an academic, is really an activist with a methane obsession that is going to hurt New Yorkers badly.]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 16, 2020
bp, Microsoft join forces to accelerate net zero future
bp and Microsoft said on Tuesday they have joined their expertise to drive digital energy innovation and advance net zero goals, through a strategic partnership.Tom Wolf Plans to Impose New Taxes on Pennsylvanians
... … … [Editor Comment: Tom Wolf is trying to simply put Pennsylvania into RGGI over the bi-partisan objections of his legislature and it isn’t working.]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 15, 2020
New Normal Imposed by Wolf Declared Unconstitutional by Federal Court
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. The doctrinally inflexible Tom Wolf’s ‘new normal’ for COVID has been ripped to shreds by Federal District Judge William A.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 15, 2020
bp unveils transformation strategy, energy outlook
bp started on Monday the so-called bp Week, series of capital markets presentations over the next three days promoting its transformation from an international oil company (IOC) to an integrated energy company (IEC).- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 14, 2020
Intermittent Renewables Are Nothing to Throw Money At
Roger CaiazzaIndependent Researcher and Publisher,Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York … [Editor Comment: Andrew Cuomo promises New York State a “Green Energy Future” built on intermittent renewables folly that will yield only higher prices.]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 12, 2020
Natural Gas Now Best Picks of the Week – September 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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- September 11, 2020
New York State Practices to Deceive on Green Energy
... … … [Editor Comment: New York State has rendered local opinion irrelevant and dispensable when it comes to favored “green energy” schemes and scams.]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 11, 2020
Offshore Wind Is Really A Pirate Ship on the Sea of Subsidies
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. Offshore wind only survives due to subsidies created by government and wind developers are more like pirates than entrepreneurs.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 11, 2020
bp invests $1.1B in first offshore wind move
bp announced Thursday a $1.1 billion investment to enter the offshore wind sector, purchasing a 50% stake in two major developments in the U.S.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 10, 2020
State Senate Reminds Tom Wolf He’s No Tsar and RGGI Is No Good
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. Tom Wolf, a trust-funder personality, imagines he doesn’t need to collaborate, but the State Senate just told him he can’t do RGGI on his own.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 10, 2020
Equinor eyes Japanese offshore wind market
Equinor said Wednesday it has partnered up with utilities Jera and J-Power to jointly bid in Japan’s planned first offshore wind auction, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 10, 2020
Latam set for renewables capacity boom by 2025: Rystad
Renewable energy capacity in Latin America (Latam) is set to rise to 123 gigawatts (GW) over the next five years, according to new analysis from Rystad Energy.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 10, 2020
Maritime shipping to rely on fuel mix to reach carbon neutrality
Hard to decarbonize sectors such as maritime shipping will need to rely on a combination of tools to get to carbon neutrality by 2050, BW Group said Wednesday.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 9, 2020
Lithium May Well Be the Next Chinese Virus to Threaten the U.S.
... … … [Editor Comment: China is looking to dominate production of rare earth minerals such as Lithium and we are making ourselves vulnerable to this new virus.]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 9, 2020
Energy storage to grow to $546B by 2035: Lux Research
The global energy storage market is projected to grow to $546 billion by the year 2035, according to a new recent report by Florida-based Lux Research.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 8, 2020
Climate Action Council More About Political Optics Than Energy Expertise
Roger CaiazzaIndependent Researcher and Publisher,Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York … [Editor Comment: Andrew Cuomo’s Climate Action Council is yet another cruel joke on New York ratepayers; more about political optics than energy needs.]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 8, 2020
Pipeline Opponents Will Learn the Worm Always Turns
Craig RuckerExecutive Director, Co-Founder, CFACT … … [Editor’s Note: Pipeline opponents, funded by mega-rich special interests, have used lawsuits as weapons that can easily and will be used against them.]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 8, 2020
ACWA completes funding for 900MW UAE solar farm
Saudi utility company ACWA Power has finalized funding agreements for the development of a 900-megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic (PV) solar park in Dubai, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 8, 2020
Hundreds of “shovel-ready” clean energy projects identified in EU: EY
A new report has identified hundreds of renewables, battery and grid infrastructure projects as investment opportunities across the European Union (EU), Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 5, 2020
Green Jobs? What Green Jobs? Come on Man! Let’s Be Real!
David KreutzerSenior Economist at Institute for Energy Research … … [Editor’s Note: Green energy jobs are always on the horizon, according to true believers, but somehow never appear; they’re a mirage, a bad dream and, sadly, a scam.]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 5, 2020
Natural Gas Now Best Picks of the Week – September 5, 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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- September 4, 2020
Ocean City Left Blowin’ in the Wind, Just Like Fracking
... … … [Editor Comment: Ocean City, Maryland, and its economic interests have been ignored, just like fracking, in the mad pursuit of green government rent and virtue.]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 4, 2020
UK hydrogen campaign gains parliamentary support
A UK hydrogen campaign by a 50 cross-industry group has entered its second phase, with over 60 parliamentarians joining the call for the government to take action on a hydrogen strategy.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 3, 2020
RGGI Stands for A Regressive Tax on Poorest Pennsylvanians
Roger CaiazzaIndependent Researcher and Publisher,Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York … [Editor Comment: Joining RGGI would, says Roger, impose a regressive carbon tax on those Pennsylvanians least able to afford it and for no good reason at all.]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 3, 2020
Solar power generation leads the way in 2019: BNEF
Solar photovoltaic (PV) accounted for nearly half of all new power generation capacity installed during 2019, according to a new report by BloombergNEF (BNEF).- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 2, 2020
Chevron Speaks Truth to Greenout Power: Oil and Gas IS the Future
Robert Bradley, Jr.Founder and CEO of the Institute for Energy ResearchPrincipal, MasterResource: A Free-Market Energy Blog.. .… … [Editor’s Note: As Bob Bradley explains, Chevron is speaking truth to the politically correct powers who want to milk “green energy” for all it’s worth.]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 2, 2020
PetroChina becomes first NOC to announce carbon neutrality goal
PetroChina’s plans of a “near-zero” emissions ambition by 2050 shouldn’t be dismissed lightly, Wood Mackenzie’s principal analyst, Max Petrov said on Tuesday.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 2, 2020
Total, Macquarie to build 2.3 GW of floating offshore wind in Korea
Total and Macquarie’s Green Investment Group (GIG) announced Tuesday a 50-50 joint venture to develop over 2 gigawatts (GW) of floating offshore wind capacity in South Korea, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 1, 2020
UK renewable use soars during Q2: Drax
The use of renewables for electricity generation rose 32% year-on-year during second quarter according to a new report, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 1, 2020
PGNiG partners with Toyota on hydrogen initiative
Polish oil and gas company PGNiG has expanded its hydrogen development project through a new partnership with Toyota Motor Poland, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 1, 2020
Construction to start soon on Oklahoma wind project
Construction is expected to begin in late fall 2020 on a new wind farm in north-central Oklahoma, Kallanish Energy has learned.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 29, 2020