Hydrogen

Click here to listen to the latest episode of NGI’s Hub & Flow podcast in which NGI Senior Editor Christopher Lenton is joined by the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Mariano Berkenwald to discuss the hydrogen opportunity in Latin America.  Having recently published a report with the IEA about how low-carbon hydrogen can play a big…

Natural gas and carbon capture, storage and utilization (CCUS) together offer the most feasible near-term path for expanding low-carbon hydrogen production in Latin America, according to new analysis by the International Energy Agency (IEA). Currently, the most prevalent and economically feasible way to produce hydrogen is by splitting it from natural gas without abatement of…

Five natural gas utilities have committed $45 million to an Energy Capital Venture (ECV) fund to bolster digital advancements along with environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategies within the natural gas industry.  Chicago-based ECV was founded in 2020 to focus on local distribution companies and natural gas utilities with an eye on creating a more…

The $1 trillion infrastructure bill passed by the U.S. Senate Tuesday with bipartisan support includes a big boost in spending on renewable energy, the power grid and programs to broadly promote lower greenhouse gas emissions to slow climate change. The massive bill contains more than $550 billion in new spending. About $110 billion of that…

Rapid City, SD-based Black Hills Corp. sees renewable natural gas (RNG) as an eventual sustainable driver for continued earnings and customer growth throughout its eight states of utility operations, CEO Linn Evans said earlier this month. Black Hills is “working pretty aggressively” on RNG, Evans told analysts during the second quarter 2021 earnings call. There…

Robust growth in Texas has led San Diego-based Sempra to crank up its five-year capital expenditures (capex), while the California utility counterparts are doubling down on renewable natural gas (RNG). During a 2Q2021 earnings conference call, senior executives said the utility holding company showed “strong operational and financial results.” Southern California Gas Co. connected to…

Global natural gas demand is forecast to recover and eclipse 2019 levels by the end this year, with liquefied natural gas (LNG) consumption set to climb in Asia, according to BP plc. The London-based integrated energy major delivered its second quarter results on Tuesday, offering a robust outlook for natural gas and oil, even as…

Electrification alone will be insufficient to decarbonize the energy sector, said speakers at the LDC Gas Forums Northeast event in late July. Enbridge Inc.’s Steve Elliott, director of business development, told the Boston conference that about 80% of the world’s energy is currently consumed as a molecule, with the remaining 20% consumed as an electron.…

North America’s largest natural gas transporters and distributors are advancing projects to produce clean hydrogen and blend it into their mix to help achieve decarbonization goals. Managers from industry heavyweights including Enbridge Inc. and Williams gave updates on their progress at the LDC Gas Forums Northeast event this month in Boston. Although hydrogen offers “great…