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Chemical, Conventional Fuels

Oil and gas companies are seen as climate villains, but we may need their expertise to make green hydrogen a reality

March 2, 2023

Via: Tech Xplore

Think about oil and gas companies and climate change and chances are you’ll think dark thoughts. It’s true Exxon Mobil had remarkably detailed knowledge of global warming in the 1970s. Some seeded doubt by funding climate denier organizations and scientists […]


Chemical, Conventional Fuels, News and Policies, World

Dominican Republic Adds to Power Capacity With New Gas-Fired Plant

February 22, 2023

Via: Power Magazine

The first phase of a new natural gas-fired power plant has been brought online in the Dominican Republic (DR), a project designed to support demand for electricity across the island nation. The SIBA Energy plant, located in Boca Chica in […]


Chemical, Conventional Fuels

Blending hydrogen with natural gas could help fuel energy transition

February 8, 2023

Via: Tech Xplore

Burning a blend of hydrogen and natural gas to heat our homes could save as much as 5% on carbon emissions without changing existing infrastructure, says a University of Alberta expert in hydrogen energy. The blended fuel, called hythane, could […]


Chemical, Conventional Fuels

Coal and gas-fired power plants make up nearly all planned 2023 retirements

February 7, 2023

Via: Power Engineering

Operators plan to retire 15.6 GW of electric-generating capacity in the United States during 2023, mostly natural gas-fired (6.2 GW) and coal-fired (8.9 GW) power plants, according to the Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA). EIA said that substantial […]


Chemical, Conventional Fuels

EPA proposes denying coal ash disposal at six plants

January 27, 2023

Via: Power Engineering

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued proposed determinations to deny six coal plants’ requests to continue disposing coal ash into unlined surface impoundments. Specifically, EPA cited inadequate groundwater monitoring networks; failure to prove groundwater is monitored to detect and […]


Chemical, Conventional Fuels

EPA Moves to Deny Coal Ash Disposal at Six Massive Coal Power Plants 

January 26, 2023

Via: Power Magazine

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed barring six coal-fired power plants in various states—a combined 11 GW—from disposing coal ash into unlined surface impoundments. The agency, however, also proposed to provide disposal extensions if the coal plants are needed […]


Chemical, Conventional Fuels

5 fossil fuel industry myths about hydrogen

January 10, 2023

Via: Renewable Energy World

In 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 […]


Chemical, Conventional Fuels

Co-Firing With Ammonia Project Set for Chilean Coal Plant

December 7, 2022

Via: Power Magazine

Power generators are exploring how they can retrofit coal-fired power plants to enable co-firing with ammonia, part of their strategy to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2). The latest project to look at the concept is led by Mitsubishi Heavy […]


Chemical, Conventional Fuels

Pace of coal power plant closures likely to slow in ’23 and beyond, EIA says

November 10, 2022

Via: Power Engineering

Competition from natural gas and renewable resources will likely lead to the retirement of 23% of the 200,568 MW of coal-fired capacity currently operating in the United States by the end of 2029, according to the Energy Department’s Energy Information […]


Chemical, Conventional Fuels

U.S. Coal Plant Closures Continue, While China Rapidly Builds More

November 8, 2022

Via: Power Magazine

A wave of retirements for U.S. coal-fired power plants continues, with the Energy Information Administration (EIA) reporting almost a quarter of the nation’s remaining facilities could be shuttered by the end of 2029. The EIA in its preliminary monthly electric […]


Chemical, Conventional Fuels

IEA forecasts fossil fuel peak this decade

October 27, 2022

Via: Power Engineering

For 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 […]


Chemical, Conventional Fuels

Planning a Green Hydrogen Microgrid to Ditch Diesel

October 11, 2022

Via: CleanTechnica

When we think of microgrids, we typically think of solar power, wind power, and battery energy storage systems. But there are all kinds of microgrid configurations and an ever growing variety of innovative technologies available to power and benefit from […]


Chemical, Conventional Fuels

Inflation Reduction Act Programs Could Establish the U.S. as a Market Leader in Hydrogen 

August 31, 2022

Via: Power Magazine

For the growing U.S. hydrogen industry, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is transformative. Today, nearly all hydrogen is produced from fossil fuels to be used as a chemical feedstock and for refining—emitting carbon dioxide in the process. Recently, thanks to […]


Chemical, Conventional Fuels

Hynion set to build the hydrogen stations of the future in Sweden

July 21, 2022

Via: PetrolPlaza

Hynion has confirmed it received authorization and support from the Energy Authorities of Sweden to build two robust high-capacity hydrogen stations. The government will invest an approximate amount of 6 million dollars to support the company in this initiative. Both […]


Chemical, Conventional Fuels

Fuel of the Future: How the World Can Build a True Hydrogen Economy

June 9, 2022

Via: Power Magazine

Versatile and plentiful, hydrogen could go a long way toward helping the world meet its climate targets. Already, it’s a component in all eight of the European Commission’s (EC’s) net-zero emissions scenarios for 2050. Meanwhile, in the U.S., the Department […]


Chemical, Conventional Fuels

IRENA Members Call for Hydrogen Trade Beyond Borders

May 23, 2022

Via: IRENA

“In an era of high energy and commodity prices, coupled with an inefficient energy system, making green hydrogen a global trade commodity is a fundamental prerequisite to accelerate the transition towards a more sustainable system based on renewables,” said Francesco […]


Chemical, Conventional Fuels

NREL advances green hydrogen production method

May 6, 2022

Via: Renewable Energy World

Perovskite materials may hold the potential to play an important role in a process to produce hydrogen in a renewable manner, according to analysis from scientists at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The NREL team analyzed an emerging water-splitting […]


Chemical, Conventional Fuels

Minnkota Power, Summit Carbon Solutions launch CO2 storage partnership

April 29, 2022

Via: Power Engineering

Minnkota Power Cooperative and Summit Carbon Solutions have agreed to co-develop carbon dioxide storage facilities near Center, North Dakota. The partnership builds on development already in the works. Minnkota and Summit have been working independently on developing their respective carbon […]


Chemical, Conventional Fuels

First Hydrogen Burn at Long Ridge HA-Class Gas Turbine Marks Triumph for GE

April 22, 2022

Via: Power Magazine

Hydrogen combustion has begun at the 485-MW Long Ridge Energy Terminal combined cycle power plant—a flagship GE HA-class project that is purpose-built to transition from natural gas to hydrogen blends and ultimately be capable of burning 100% hydrogen. While the […]


Chemical, Conventional Fuels

Who will win the low-carbon hydrogen race?

April 6, 2022

Via: Renewable Energy World

The global low-carbon hydrogen market will require $600 billion in investment, along with policy support, to meet expected exponential demand by 2050, according to new analysis. In addition, the cost of electrolyzers that are used to produce green hydrogen is […]