April 5, 2023
Via: Tech XploreAs fossil fuel emissions continue warming Earth’s atmosphere, the Biden administration is turning to hydrogen as an energy source for vehicles, manufacturing and generating electricity. It’s offering $8 billion to entice the nation’s industries, engineers and planners to figure out […]
March 28, 2023
Via: Tech XploreThe 27 EU member states gave final approval Tuesday to a ban on sales of new fossil fuel cars by 2035, after Germany dropped a last-minute blocking effort. The vote was a formality after ambassadors on Monday backed the milestone […]
January 10, 2023
Via: Renewable Energy WorldIn a recent webinar, speakers Sean O’Leary from the Ohio River Valley Institute, Erik Schlenker-Goodrich from the Western Environmental Law Center, and I discussed some of these concerns, including the pervasive greenwashing of hydrogen. The top five fossil fuel industry […]
December 19, 2022
Via: Power EngineeringCoal use across the world is set to reach a new record this year amid persistently high demand for the heavily polluting fossil fuel, the International Energy Agency said. The Paris-based agency said in a new report that while coal […]
October 27, 2022
Via: Power EngineeringFor the first time, global demand for each of the fossil fuels shows a peak across all World Energy Outlook scenarios, with Russian exports, in particular, falling significantly as the world energy order is reshaped. This is one of the […]
August 31, 2022
Via: Renewable Energy WorldFossil-fueled peaker power plants, once embraced by utilities for their rapid response capabilities, have entered a new moment in time. Peakers are the power plants that fire up during high peaks of electricity demand, and they are often the dirtiest […]
Commercialization, Conventional Fuels
April 9, 2021
Via: Renewable Energy NewsTo repower our society with 100 percent renewable energy, we need to electrify our buildings. With electricity, we can hook our buildings up to a green grid that will eventually get all of its energy from the sun, the wind […]
Commercialization, Conventional Fuels
September 9, 2020
Via: Energy CollectiveIf there is one report you have to read in the absolute disruption we are undergoing in the Energy Transition, it is one just released by Carbon Tracker entitled “Decline and Fall: The Size & Vulnerability of the Fossil Fuel […]
August 31, 2020
Via: Greentech MediaA new study of 3,000 power companies across the globe has found that only a handful have been cutting their fossil fuel capacity over the last two decades. Much of the new renewable capacity being built around the world is […]
June 5, 2020
Via: ForbesFossil fuel companies are set to face “terminal decline” because of falling demand and higher investment risks caused by competition from clean technologies and tougher government climate and energy security targets, according to climate finance analysts. The value of oil, […]
Mainstream technologies, Renewable Energy
April 9, 2020
Via: ForbesThe latest report on energy system developments shows that 176 GWs of new renewable energy capacity accounted for 72% of all new energy capacity additions in 2019. The data, released in the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)’s annual Renewable Capacity […]
December 24, 2019
Via: CNBC energyPresident Donald Trump has taken historically unprecedented action to roll back a slew of environmental regulations that protect air, water, land and public health from climate change and fossil fuel pollution. The administration has targeted about 85 environmental rules, according […]
Commercialization, Conventional Fuels, Energy Economics
November 15, 2019
Via: ForbesAfter months of contentious negotiations, the governing board of the European Investment Bank, the EU’s lending arm, voted yesterday to convert itself into a ‘climate bank’ – delivering a major policy promise of incoming EU Commission President Ursula Von Der […]
July 26, 2019
Via: CNBC energyGas has an important role to play in the global energy transition, according to the head of EMEA natural resources research at Goldman Sachs. Speaking to CNBC Friday, Michele Della Vigna said that, in his personal view, gas was “part […]
April 29, 2019
Via: ForbesOil companies face an existential threat unless they adopt business models that support the Agreement’s targets on climate change, according to investors with $10 trillion of assets under management. Yet many of those same investors are failing to practice what […]
Chemical, Conventional Fuels, Domestic, Energy Consumption
February 11, 2019
Via: CNBC energyEnergy industry leaders issued calls for a greater commitment to developing renewable energy sources during the 2019 World Government Summit in Dubai — and some honed in specifically on the U.S. coal industry as an obstacle to those goals. Siemens […]
December 21, 2018
Via: ForbesThe oil and gas sector is delicately poised, between a steady and profitable past and an increasingly uncertain future. The imperative to tackle climate change means that companies are coming under greater pressure than ever before to reduce their emissions […]
September 14, 2018
Via: ForbesIn the previous article, I discussed the natural gas projections from the recent report Rivalry: The IHS Markit View of the Energy Future (2018-50). IHS Markit is a provider of global market data for a number of sectors, including energy. […]
May 29, 2018
Via: Power EngineeringDriven by massive declines in coal, overall fossil fuel use in electric generation fell to the lowest level since 1994, the Energy Information Administration reported. Total petroleum, natural gas and coal use fell to 22.5 quadrillion BTUs last year. Coal […]
April 20, 2016
Via: Energy CollectiveIt seems clear that Exxon Mobil and other parts of the fossil fuel industry have tried to suppress the science of climate change. I am not surprised that these companies acted in their short-term self-interest, and I expect them to […]