Energy Transition

Natural gas-fired power plants only cause 2.3% of Ontario carbon emissions, but eliminating them would inflict at least a C$60 billion ($48 billion) bill on consumers, according to the Canadian province’s electricity suppliers. The Ontario Energy Association (OEA), a utilities and contractors group, totaled the costs of environmental demands for swift and total greenhouse gas…

Appalachian Basin giant EQT Corp., the nation’s largest natural gas producer, is pushing to ensure most of its supply is responsibly sourced and marketed as the globe transitions from fossil fuels. The pilot program, set to be launched this month, is designed to certify around 4 Bcf/d gross from 200-plus well pads in Pennsylvania’s Greene…

Natural gas prices and demand are likely to stay resilient even if human-induced global warming is contained to 2 degrees celsius or less, according to new analysis by Wood Mackenzie. The 2-degree goal was established under the 2015 United Nations global climate agreement, aka the Paris Agreement. Replacement of coal with gas-fired power generation in…

The California Energy Commission (CEC) Tuesday rolled out a $50 million competitive program to advance electric vehicle (EV) and hydrogen transportation technologies for truck fleets.  Natural gas vehicle (NGV) funding was not included in the funding, which in part is focused on mitigating emissions in poor communities. “Only battery-electric or hydrogen technologies will be eligible,”…

Investment firm 8 Rivers Capital LLC has unveiled plans to build what could be the first pair of net-zero natural gas-fired power plants in the world. One facility would be in Decatur, IL, with a second on the Southern Ute Indian Reservation in Colorado. Each would generate 280 MW. The announcements follow plans by utilities,…

FERC on Thursday finalized in a 3-2 vote an immediate change in policy to clarify how it plans to consider market rules proposed by regional grid operators that want to incorporate carbon prices into the wholesale market. With Republicans James Danly and Mark Christi in partial dissent, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission finalized the policy…

EQT Corp., the nation’s largest natural gas producer, is pushing to ensure most of its Appalachian Basin supply is responsibly sourced and marketed as the globe transitions from fossil fuels. The pilot program, set to be launched this month, is designed to certify around 4 Bcf/d gross from 200-plus well pads in Pennsylvania’s Greene and…

A coterie of European natural gas infrastructure companies this week expanded its vision for an extensive network of hydrogen pipelines to meet the continent’s future energy needs.  The European Hydrogen Backbone (EHB) initiative, which consists of 23 natural gas transmission system operators, proposed in a report released Tuesday building a nearly 25,000-mile hydrogen grid. Growth,…

Chesapeake Energy Corp. said Tuesday it has launched a pilot program with environmental monitoring company Project Canary to continuously measure methane emissions and obtain certification that natural gas from Marcellus and Haynesville shale wells is responsibly produced. The agreement includes select well pads in Northeast Pennsylvania and Northwest Louisiana, but the companies said the partnership…