Green Massachusetts turns to coal and Russian gas to make it through winter Environmentally progressive Massachusetts, which closed its last coal-fired power plant last year, has had to rely on coal as well as natural gas imports from a Russian firm that was sanctioned by the Obama administration to make it through what has been … Continue reading Green #Massachusetts turns to coal and Russian gas to make it through winter→
US Aims Another Hail Mary At Coal, Hits Natural Gas Instead Hey, remember back in the 19th century when the US tried to save its once-booming whale oil industry? No such luck, right? The whale oil industry went from being the fifth-largest sector of the US economy to practically zero in just a few decades. … Continue reading US Aims Another Hail Mary At Coal, Hits Natural Gas Instead→
Coal loses share to natural gas in SPP’s February fuel mix Coal-fired generation across the Southwest Power Pool accounted for 44% of total generation in February, down from 47% in January and 48% a year ago, while gas-fired generation recouped coal’s loss, the most recent SPP data showed. Total coal-fired generation averaged 328 GWh/d in … Continue reading Coal loses share to natural gas in SPP’s February fuel mix→
Federal Energy Regulator Rejects Claims Of Natural Gas Pipeline Withholding In New England The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) concluded that there was no evidence of anticompetitive withholding of natural gas pipeline capacity in New England as alleged in a white paper published in August 2017 by the Environmental Defense Fund. In the white paper, … Continue reading Federal Energy Regulator Rejects Claims Of Natural Gas Pipeline Withholding In #New_England→
Low gas prices, renewable energy squeeze Bonneville Power Administration BPA’s hydro and nuclear resources are facing the same pressures as coal plants in other parts of the country: cheap natural gas has made it difficult to compete, while wind and solar comes online amid stagnant demand. BPA has provided the region’s lowest-cost power for years, … Continue reading Low gas prices, renewable energy squeeze Bonneville Power Administration #BPA→
How Energy Storage Systems Could Replace Natural Gas Power Plants One of the reasons natural gas has grown to become the largest energy source for electricity in the U.S. is that it’s a very flexible energy source. It can provide baseload power for the grid, and peaker plants can provide short-duration energy that fills gaps … Continue reading How Energy Storage Systems Could Replace Natural Gas Power Plants→
January’s cold weather leads to record US natural gas demand, impacts generation mix A recent analysis from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported that the bomb cyclone weather event in January caused record levels of U.S. natural gas demand and increased wholesale natural gas and power prices across the country. The increased demand led … Continue reading January’s #cold_weather leads to record US natural gas demand, impacts generation mix→
Natural gas killed coal – now renewables and batteries are taking over To avoid dangerous climate change, we can’t rely on natural gas replacing coal Over the past decade, coal has been increasingly replaced by cheaper, cleaner energy sources. US coal power production has dropped by 44% (866 terawatt-hours [TWh]). It’s been replaced by natural … Continue reading Natural gas killed coal – now renewables and batteries are taking over→
New US FERC chairman promises ‘fresh look’ at gas pipeline approval policies Under increased scrutiny and heightened environmental opposition, the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will take a comprehensive “fresh look” at its policies for reviewing and approving natural gas pipeline projects, the new head of the agency said Thursday. Chairman Kevin McIntyre, who took … Continue reading New US FERC chairman promises ‘fresh look’ at gas pipeline approval policies→
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