Category: Chemical

March 2, 2023

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 […]

February 22, 2023

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 […]

February 8, 2023

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 […]

February 7, 2023

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 […]

January 27, 2023

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 […]

January 26, 2023

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 […]

January 10, 2023

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 […]

December 7, 2022

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 […]

November 10, 2022

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 […]

November 8, 2022

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 […]

October 27, 2022

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 […]

October 11, 2022

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 […]

August 31, 2022

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 […]

July 21, 2022

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 […]

June 9, 2022

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 […]

May 23, 2022

“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 […]

May 6, 2022

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 […]

April 29, 2022

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 […]

April 22, 2022

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 […]

April 6, 2022

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 […]