Morgan Evans

A coalition of some of the nation’s largest natural gas producers has received independent validation for its methane intensity program.  Our Nation’s Energy Future, better known as ONE Future, consists of companies that work in 16 of the nation’s 38 production basins. Collectively, ONE Future members account for 19% of U.S. natural gas production, 56%…

As the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) offers more offshore wind lease sales on both coasts, power plant developers and operators have said they have plans for more than 6 GW of capacity installments through 2029, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA). While the East Coast has remained relatively unaffected by the integration…

Ferrari SpA has become the frontrunner in Bloom Energy Corp.’s race to expand into Europe after the luxury sports car manufacturer announced it has installed solid oxide fuel cells at its headquarters in Maranello, Italy.  The Bloom Energy Server 5 now generates about 5% of the energy needed at the facility, with the potential for…

Federal regulators accepted a responsibly sourced gas (RSG) pooling service proposal from Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. LLC (TGP), a Kinder Morgan Inc. subsidiary, after initially denying the proposal in late April.  After revising and resubmitting a proposal for the pooling service in mid-May, FERC has approved Kinder’s plan to offer the pooling service along the…

While investments in the global energy industry are expected to jump 8% from 2021 to 2022, investments in fossil fuels have not returned to pre-pandemic levels, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). Investments in upstream oil and natural gas activities are projected to rise 10% year/year in 2022, but are likely to fall short…

California regulators handed Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) a citation last week after the utility allegedly failed to promptly correct faults in its system used to prevent corrosion in natural gas infrastructure. In the first quarter of 2021, the San Francisco-based utility submitted an internal review to the California Public Utilities Commission’s (CPUC) Safety…

Additions in U.S. grid-scale energy storage during the first three months of the year outpaced the same period last year four times over, with a record 2,399 MWh brought online despite supply chain-related delays.  A recent report by consultancy Wood Mackenzie and the American Clean Power Association (ACP) found that residential, nonresidential and grid-scale storage…

The goal of California-based Pacific Gas and Electric Corp. (PG&E) to have renewable natural gas (RNG) make up 15% of its core throughput is gaining steam as the utility has completed an interconnection to the transmission system.  Natural gas and electric utility PG&E Co. and renewable fuels producer Aemetis Inc. recently cut the ribbon for…

An electric vehicle (EV) fitted with fuel cells drove for more than 1,277 miles, the longest distance covered without refueling for a fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) and without recharging, according to Advent Technologies Holdings Inc. A modified Renault Zoé EV fitted with a methanol-based hydrogen fuel cell unit broke the previous world record for…