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Rethinking Future Investments in Natural Gas Infrastructure

Rethinking Future Investments in Natural Gas Infrastructure Cities and utilities across the United States are starting to reject natural gas — and not just for environmental reasons. Increasingly, the compelling economics of clean energy alternatives play a major role in these decisions. San Jose, the tenth largest city in the country, recently joined a string … Continue reading Rethinking Future Investments in Natural Gas Infrastructure

There’s plentiful gas on our doorstep. Let’s use it

There’s plentiful gas on our doorstep. Let’s use it As an independent group not beholden to any energy source, ISO-New England President-CEO Gordon van Welie, in his State of the Grid conference call Wednesday, simply laid out the challenges of the organization that runs the power-generating system to meet the demand for electricity, given the … Continue reading There’s plentiful gas on our doorstep. Let’s use it

Natural Gas and Renewable Energy to Continue Leading the Market

Natural Gas and Renewable Energy to Continue Leading the Market Cheap natural gas and social pressure to reduce carbon emissions give gas-fired power plants and renewable energy resources a competitive advantage over traditional coal and nuclear generation. Energy storage continues to gain traction as costs decrease and technology evolves. The more things change, the more … Continue reading Natural Gas and Renewable Energy to Continue Leading the Market

PJM defends plan to include key gas-plant costs in offers

PJM defends plan to include key gas-plant costs in offers Washington — PJM Interconnection is standing behind its plan to allow natural gas-fired plants to include maintenance expenses in their cost-based energy market offers, saying the change is needed to put the plants on an equal footing with other types of generators that already put … Continue reading PJM defends plan to include key gas-plant costs in offers

Impact of electric vehicles in oil and gas industry

Impact of electric vehicles in oil and gas industry As charging technology for electric vehicles (EVs) gradually takes reins from the internal combustion engine as the king of the road in the rapidly evolving energy landscape, oil and gas companies are acknowledging the rise of EVs, observes leading data and analytics company GlobalData Digitisation and … Continue reading Impact of electric vehicles in oil and gas industry