Morgan Evans

Crescent Energy Co. announced on Monday it is joining the Oil and Gas Methane Partnership (OGMP) 2.0 to address methane emissions across its Lower 48 assets.  By joining the OGMP 2.0, Crescent management said it would adopt a rigorous reporting standard to quantify methane leaks to assist the exploration and production (E&P) firm in creating…

TotalEnergeis SE agreed to produce renewable natural gas (RNG) alongside organic waste and water treatment company Veolia Environnement SA. The French companies plan to co-invest in projects that have the potential to produce by 2025 up to 1.5 terawatt-hours/year (TWh/y) of RNG.  Veolia said it would produce RNG from wastewater and organic waste collected from…

Two of the top natural gas producers in the Lower 48, Southwestern Energy Co. and Range Resources Corp., are expanding their efforts to certify supply in separate agreements with Project Canary.  In one agreement, Range Resources entered into an ongoing deal with Houston-based Engie Energy Marketing to market its supply under Project Canary’s responsibly sourced…

San Diego Gas and Electric Co. (SDG&E) recently completed a four-year zero-emissions microgrid pilot project testing a vanadium redox flow battery (RFB) from Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (SEI).  The microgrid project, completed late last year, tested the RFB’s ability to seamlessly transition from the larger grid to the microgrid without any power interruption. The RFB…

Extreme weather events, supply shortages, post-Covid-19 demand growth and technical failures gave rise to roughly 4% of the world’s population, roughly 350 million people, experiencing major power outages in 2021, according to IHS Markit researchers. IHS Markit analyst Rama Zakariasaid some of the largest outages occurred in regions with a relatively reliable supply of energy,…

New York City-focused Consolidated Edison (ConEd) said it is helping its customers find alternatives to natural gas for their energy needs as it prepares to ramp up investments in energy efficiency, renewables, electric vehicles (EV) and alternative heat resources.  The utility, which distributes natural gas through 8,000 miles of pipes to 1.1 million customers throughout…

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) said on behalf of the Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO), it plans to award $25 million to fund eight research and development (R&D) projects on wave-generated electricity.  The R&D projects are expected to improve wave energy converters (WEC) and other wave energy technologies. The goal is to deploy the…

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is launching the Climate Change Professionals Program as part of the Biden administration’s growing interest in climate change initiatives.  On his first day in office, the President made it clear his administration’s focus would be on tackling climate change after he issued an executive order directing the Department…

Southwest Gas Corp. is making progress in its efforts to bring renewable natural gas (RNG) to Arizona and California, with the completion of a pipeline interconnection to its natural gas distribution system.  The Las Vegas-based utility partnered with SoCal Biomethane LLC, an Anaergia Inc. subsidiary, and North Sky Capital in a public-private partnership to bring…