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Guest Contributor: John Robert
Leaving the ‘dirty’ gas in the ground might now be the best course of action
20 October 2021 (IEEFA Australia): Even if it employed carbon capture and storage, Barossa gas will continue to release financially risky carbon dioxide emissions onsite, onshore and across the supply chain, making it one of the more expensive and dirtiest gas projects in the world, finds a new report from the Institute for Energy Economics […]
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offshoreWind.biz: Empire Offshore Wind, a joint venture between Equinor and bp, has named Vestas as the preferred turbine supplier for the 2.1 GW Empire Wind 1 and Empire Wind 2 offshore wind projects in New York, USA. Vestas will provide 138 V236-15.0 MW turbines for Empire Wind 1 and 2, located 15-30 miles off the […]
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Reuters: Power distribution company WEL Networks and renewables developer Infratec are in the final stages of assessment for what will be New Zealand’s first utility-scale battery energy storage Power company Energias de Portugal (EDP.LS) (EDP) plans to invest 12.86 billion pounds ($17.65 billion) in wind and solar projects in Britain by 2030 as the country […]
Tom Sanzillo, Suzanne Mattei and Press Release
An ‘essential industry’ to the U.S. economy runs in the dark
October 18, 2021 (IEEFA) — Despite its growing importance to the U.S. economy, the nation’s plastics industry remains a heavily concentrated sector taking advantage of an opaque, unregulated price-setting mechanism to bolster profits for major oil and gas companies, as well as plastic producers. The sector, which has increased prices throughout the year, was deemed […]
Vibhuti Garg
Any knee-jerk reaction that urges more investment in coal completely misses the point
India is teetering on the brink of joining a growing global energy crisis. This burning issue is not only keeping coal power producers, distribution companies, and state governments awake at night, but also the Prime Minister’s Office, the Ministry of Power and the Ministry of Coal. Daily analysis of coal stocks is taking place at […]
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The Guardian: Rosalina Marrero spends the best part of each day ironing and watching telenovelas at her modest bungalow in Puerto Rico’s coastal Guayama province. When it gets too hot or her asthma plays up due to the toxic coal ash from the nearby power plant, the 78-year-old widow rests on an adjustable hospital bed, […]
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WISHTV.com: Israel-based Doral Renewables LLC has broken ground on the first phase of a $1.5 billion solar farm in Starke and Pulaski counties. The developer says the 1.65 gigawatt Mammoth Solar project will create 50 full-time jobs by 2023 and ultimately generate enough clean energy to power 175,000 homes in Indiana and Illinois. The first […]
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The Driven: Swedish automaker Volvo Group has unveiled what it says is the world’s first vehicle made from fossil-free steel, a load carrier for use in mining and quarrying that was made using steel produced through a novel process involving green hydrogen. Volvo’s announcement this week that it has produced the world’s first vehicle made […]
Tom Sanzillo
IEEFA urges using FEMA funds to align with Puerto Rico's and Biden Administration's energy policies
To Whom It May Concern: I am writing to express my concern with the pending use of billions of dollars of FEMA funds for Puerto Rico’s electrical system. Puerto Rico’s plan is bad economic and fiscal policy and makes a mockery of the Biden administration’s climate policy goals of decarbonizing the nation’s electricity sector by […]
David Schlissel
Kemper plant is a cautionary tale of runaway costs and failed promises
Two explosions rocked the Kemper power plant on Saturday as can be seen from footage posted on Twitter. The images dramatize the demise of a “clean coal” project that eventually ballooned in cost from an estimated $3 billion to $7.5 billion. Driven by hubris and greed, and despite repeated warnings about the risks involved in […]
IEEFA India: Energy crisis shows coal is an expensive and unreliable source of electricity generation
Any knee-jerk reaction that urges more investment in coal completely misses the point
India is teetering on the brink of joining a growing global energy crisis. This burning issue is not only keeping coal power producers, distribution companies, and state governments awake at night, but also the Prime Minister’s Office, the Ministry of Power and the Ministry of Coal. Daily analysis of coal stocks is taking place at […]