Energy Transition

San Diego Gas and Electric Co. (SDG&E), Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) and Southwest Gas Corp. this week revealed the state could see three separate pilot projects to blend renewable hydrogen into natural gas utility infrastructure.  Earlier this month the three utilities jointly applied with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to inject up to…

Though still behind natural gas-fired generation, renewables supplied nearly one-quarter of total utility-scale generation in the first half of 2022, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).  EIA’s June Electricity Monthly Update found that renewables increased their market share 3% year/year to 24%, following a decade-long trend of jumping 3% every five to six…

Chevron Corp. has snagged a stake in three joint ventures to develop carbon capture projects offshore Australia. The greenhouse gas (GHG) assessment permits granted to Chevron Australia Pty Ltd. are for offshore blocks covering nearly 7.8 million acres. Two permits are for work in the Carnarvon Basin off the northwestern coast and one is for…

New England energy sector stakeholders stressed the importance of natural gas to the region’s energy security on Thursday at an event organized by FERC. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission convened the forum to seek input on the region’s winter supply challenges. Primarily because of pipeline constraints, New England relies on LNG imports to cover increased…

Replacing natural gas with hydrogen could cause “rate shock” for consumers in the absence of new incentives or subsidies to offset the costs of blending it into the gas system, according to the Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC). “The Alberta government may want to consider supports for customers such as credits, tax rebates or subsidies,” an…

Airlines see the idea of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through alternative fuels as a positive, but an eight-fold increase in fuel cost may stand in the way of landing on net-zero targets on time.  Last year, the Biden administration targeted commercial aviation for reducing emissions, and  set a domestic production goal of 3 billion…

A joint venture of UGI Corp. and Global Common Ventures LLC (GCV) plans to develop its fourth renewable natural gas (RNG) project at an Odessa, NY, dairy farm, UGI reported Tuesday. Cayuga RNG, owned by co-venturers UGI Energy Services LLC (UGIES) and GCV, plans to construct manure digesters and gas upgrading equipment at Bergen Farms…

Natural gas would become a stepping stone to produce renewable diesel fuel in Canada under a long-term contract between Imperial Oil Ltd. and Pennsylvania’s Air Products & Chemicals Inc. Air Products would extract hydrogen from natural gas, aka blue hydrogen, at its plant near Edmonton, which would be used by Imperial to manufacture 20,000 b/d…

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (CLNE) is growing its already outsized role as the largest provider of renewable natural gas (RNG) with progress on projects that it said would add more than 110 MMcf of production capacity and a bevy of contracts with the transportation industry. The California-based firm reported that construction of an RNG digester…