Gas
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Natural-gas utilities want to change the law to make clear that consumers rather than shareholders can be charged cleanup costs for about 90 abandoned natural-gas plants in the state, according to an amendment that might get tucked into the state budget.
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A new $55 million power plant south of Aberdeen is ready to provide electricity during peak demand.
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The $506 million project to convert the coal-fired power plant in Dunkirk to less-expensive natural gas would increase electricity delivery rates by a range of 3 to nearly 10 percent and cost upstate consumers far more than a less expensive alternative to upgrade the power transmission network across Western New York, according to a report released Monday by National Grid.
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A divergent picture of coal is emerging. One is relaying the cold hard market-oriented facts and is pointing out that coal-dependent regions need to diversify their economies now. The other is saying that coal can reinvent itself, and it is arguing that mining companies have been making imprudent business decisions.
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Mayor Paul Soglin and City Council members are proposing a resolution that would ban the city from investing in fossil fuel companies and ask others to do the same.
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It's only natural that the redevelopment of a 65-acre waterfront site, a plan that includes the construction of a $800 million natural gas-fired power plant, should generate a lot of worries and rumors.
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California's newest power plant, the 800-megawatt CPV Sentinel Energy Project, has begun flowing electricity to the grid three months early, in time for the summer heat.
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When it's running at full capacity, the Thomas A. Smith Energy Facility generates enough electricity to power 625,000 homes.
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A $750 million power plant project in Lawrence County has taken a big step toward reality with the approval of its state air permit by the Department of Environmental Protection.
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A Tampa Bay area lawmaker on Monday urged Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam to conduct a study of the proposed Levy County nuclear plant to ensure consumers were getting a good deal.
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A natural gas-fired power plant planned for Oregon will be a boon for the city and surrounding area, a succession of officials said at a public hearing last week.
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The International Energy Agency (IEA) forecasts that natural gas could eventually displace oil as the largest single fuel in the U.S. energy mix by 2030. Predictions such as these make it clear that shale gas is one of the most rapidly expanding trends in domestic oil and gas exploration and production, however, it should be noted that the U.S. shale gas boom is still in its relative infancy and certain questions remain.
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Natural gas has been a valuable source of energy for hundreds of years, but over the last decade or so, the use of this resource has intensified. In its early stages, natural gas was mainly used for street lights and powering a small number of homes. Now, industry is the big consumer.
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Natural gas has been a valuable source of energy for hundreds of years, but over the last decade or so, the use of this resource has intensified. In its early stages, natural gas was mainly used for street lights and powering a small number of homes. After improving technology and distribution, it has become a vital source of energy for several industries, as well as an efficient way to heat buildings, produce electricity, and fuel vehicles. If trends continue in this direction, natural gas may eventually become an energy giant, and our sole source of power.
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Pick up a newspaper, turn on the radio or tune into the nightly news broadcast and you're bound to hear a reference to shale gas and its impact on the shifting global energy map. "The United States is enjoying an energy bonanza thanks to shale gas, making it a magnet for industry, reducing import dependence and challenging Europe as it battles to dig itself out of recession," wrote Reuters's Alexandra Hudson this February.
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Estimates of Potent Methane Releases Reduced
Shale gas producers have gotten an injection of adrenalin by an unexpected source: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which has reduced its estimates as to how much methane is leaked during the production process.
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News of the European Union and its troubles with the program there to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions is spreading around the globe. What will happen and how might that experience affect California and New England, where similar efforts are underway?
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The future of coal generation is about two months away. That’s when Duke Energy will fire up its 618-megawatt coal gasification plant in Indiana, which can also run on natural gas. While the project has endured cost overruns and heavy criticism, the company says that it will be clean, efficient -- and well worth it.
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What’s going to happen to the future of climate change regs and Gina McCarthy? Both will move forward but each will get tempered to comport with the political and legal realities as well as the Obama administration’s overall economic agenda.
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Odds are that Ernest Moniz will replace Steven Chu to head the U.S. Department of Energy, or DOE. Like Chu, Moniz is an academic with stellar credentials but he has a bit more political savvy than the departing secretary. Moniz showed that when he testified on Tuesday to the full Senate Energy Committee.
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