Energy Transition

Pennsylvania’s largest coal-fired generating station is shuttering operations on July 1 after years of competing with increasing natural gas-fired generation. The 1,888-MW Homer City Generating Station by EME Homer City Generation LP began operating in 1969. A third unit was added in 1977. Over the years, however, natural gas supplied by the Marcellus and Utica…

Equinor ASA, Europe’s largest natural gas supplier, warned Thursday that the world is “far from being” on track to meet climate targets set forth in the Paris Agreement, particularly after a stretch of chaos in global energy markets following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “The continued war initiated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the challenges…

Natural gas that would otherwise be burned off at U.S. wellsites is set to be captured and turned into profitable LNG in a collaboration between a Golar LNG Ltd. subsidiary and GTUIT LLC. Subsidiary Macaw Energies Ltd. secured a partnership with the Montana-based gas treatment expert to condition and reuse gas that would normally be…

TotalEnergies SE is teaming up with Belgian start-up Tree Energy Solutions (TES) to build a synthetic natural gas plant that tentatively could be sited in Texas. Fueled by carbon dioxide (CO2) and renewable hydrogen, the project as envisioned would produce 100,000-200,000 metric tons/year of electric natural gas, aka e-NG.  “This synthetic fuel will contribute to…

Toronto-based Superior Plus Corp. has completed its merger with fuels distributor Certarus Ltd., handing it natural gas and hydrogen distribution assets across North America.  The propane and distillates distributor and marketer has expanded into compressed natural gas (CNG), renewable natural gas (RNG) and hydrogen delivery with Certarus’ network of bulk compression stations and mobile storage…

In its third agreement in seven months, ExxonMobil’s low-carbon business has contracted with Nucor Corp.  to capture and store carbon emissions from its Convent, LA, manufacturing site. The Nucor deal is to provide carbon capture and storage (CCS) for up to 800,000 metric tons/year of carbon dioxide (CO2). The three agreements to date give ExxonMobil…

Renewable natural gas (RNG) has the potential to be a major contributor to the energy industry’s decarbonization efforts, but there appears to be a disconnect among developers, pipeline operators and local distribution companies (LDC), which has stunted growth. At the RNG Summit held in May, the Northeast Gas Association’s (NGA) Bob Wilson, vice president (VP)…

Calgary-based Pembina Pipeline Corp. and Japanese power and trading conglomerate Marubeni Corp. are partnering to advance a project that would convert Alberta natural gas into hydrogen and ammonia for exports to Asia. In announcing the partnership, the companies set a target of late 2025 to decide whether to build a conversion plant in the Alberta…

The California Independent System Operator (CAISO) board has set a $7.3 billion plan in motion to advance the state’s energy transition and prepare the grid.  The plan, developed in coordination with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and California Energy Commission, expects 45 transmission projects would be needed. Reliability projects could amount to $1.76 billion,…