Morgan Evans joined NGI as an interning associate reporter in June 2019 before joining the Thought Leaders team in a full-time position in May 2022. She holds a liberal arts degree from Gettysburg College.
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Sugar Rush in Louisiana as Delta Biofuels Plans Renewables Plant
Delta Biofuels Inc. expects to begin groundwork later this year on a $70 million renewable fuel plant that would utilize excess sugarcane pulp, or bagasse, as feedstock. In December, the subsidiary of Tasso Renewable Energy began working with the Louisiana Economic Development (LED) to acquire a pellet plant in Jeanerette, aka Sugar City. According to…
July 1, 2021
U.S. Role of EVs, Batteries Eyed by DOE as Grid Transitions
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) last week directed its attention to electric vehicles (EV), batteries and reliable charging stations on a transitioning grid with a $200 million funding announcement followed by a request for information (RFI) for charging EVs on the grid. At a roundtable discussion on advancing the domestic lithium battery industry, DOE…
June 29, 2021
Feds Looking to Expand Wind Energy Offshore East, West Coasts and GOM
The Department of Interior may have paused federal oil and natural gas leasing, but it is looking to deploy 30 GW of offshore wind capacity on nearly every U.S. coast by 2030. A competitive lease sale to kick things off is planned in the New York Bight, with other auctions eventually expected offshore the West…
June 21, 2021
Battelle, Catahoula Partner to Combat Ethanol-Based CO2 Emissions
Battelle Memorial Institute and Catahoula Resources LLC have agreed to partner to manage carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions produced from ethanol facilities in Nebraska. Houston-based Catahoula, and Allentown, PA-based Battelle plan to investigate solutions for the capture, transport, and sequestration of CO2 emissions from ethanol.The two plan to design and construct several low-cost storage options either…
June 21, 2021
ConEd Looking to Power New York City’s Future with Natural Gas, Mix of Renewables
With New York City aiming by 2040 to achieve net-zero electricity emissions, along with using 100% renewables and a ban on fossil fuel use in all new buildings, the Big Apple’s largest utility, Consolidated Edison Inc. (ConEd), has begun to make big adjustments, CEO Timothy Cawley said Tuesday. Our Energy Policy, an energy issues nonprofit,…
June 17, 2021
Wyoming Looks to Boost Oil, Gas Jobs in Directing Funds to DUCs, P&A Projects
Nearly nine months after Wyoming received $400 million from the first federal Covid-19 relief package, Gov. Mark Gordon plans to disperse the remaining $12 million to help complete oil and gas wells and get people back to work. The Energy Rebound Program (ERP), created last November to attract workers to the industry, provides business relief…
June 16, 2021
TotalEnergies Takes Stake in World’s Largest Hydrogen Taxi Owner
In a move to emphasize its rebranding to a broad energy company, French supermajor TotalEnergies SE has acquired a 20% stake in Hysetco, which owns the largest hydrogen taxi fleet in the world. Hysetco has about 700 taxis in Paris and it operates a network of hydrogen stations. The company was established in 2015 under…
June 15, 2021
Berkshire Hathaway’s CleanMachine Said First Midstream Equipment TrustWell Certified
Project Canary provided its first TrustWell Responsibly Sourced Gas (RSG) certification for midstream equipment to Berkshire Hathaway Energy (BHE) Compression Services’ CleanMachine compressor package. The CleanMachine minimizes methane intensity to 0.2% through the elimination of raw methane produced by traditional compressor packages. Any methane that cannot be removed is captured by the system. The system…
June 9, 2021
DOE Looking to Shrink Cost of Hydrogen in Net-Zero Drive
In the first stage of its latest program to expedite advancements in cleaner energy solutions, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is aiming to reduce the cost of hydrogen from $5.00/kilogram to $1.00 within one decade. While the energy industry has started to add hydrogen to its mix, there are still several obstacles in the…
June 9, 2021
PJM Natural Gas-Fired Capacity to Rise Based on Latest Auction Results
A significant increase in new combined-cycle natural gas plants is expected to add 3,414 MW of capacity to PJM Interconnection’s power supply resources beginning in June 2022 through May 2023, according to the results of its latest auction. This year’s auction produced 144,477 MW of total resources for the 2022/2023 period. Headquartered in Valley Forge,…
June 5, 2021