Additions in U.S. grid-scale energy storage during the first three months of the year outpaced the same period last year four times over, with a record 2,399 MWh brought online despite supply chain-related delays. A recent report by consultancy Wood Mackenzie and the American Clean Power Association (ACP) found that residential, nonresidential and grid-scale storage…
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Imperial, E3 Piloting Lithium Extraction in Alberta’s Leduc Oilfield
The search for lithium, a key ingredient used to build batteries for electric vehicles, is underway by Imperial Oil Ltd. and E3 Lithium, which are piloting an Alberta development in a well first drilled by the Calgary producer in 1947. Imperial, majority owned by ExxonMobil, said Thursday the C$6.35 million ($5 million) investment in Calgary-based…
June 27, 2022
Mexico’s Pemex to Invest $2B to Reduce Methane Pollution Amid Growing Concern Over Emissions
Mexico’s state oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) plans to invest $2 billion to reduce upstream methane emissions by up to 98%, Mexico’s president Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Friday. The investment is one of 10 actions Mexico is undertaking to fight climate change, the president said in a video address to the Major Economies Forum…
June 24, 2022
Is Renewable Energy About to Boom? – Listen Now to NGI’s Hub & Flow
Click here to listen to the latest episode of NGI’s Hub & Flow podcast. In this episode, NGI senior editor Chris Lenton talks to NGI senior analysts Shaylon Stolk and Josten Mavez about the renewable energy landscape and how natural gas fits into the mix. The war in Ukraine has completely upended the global energy…
June 23, 2022
Mexico’s AMLO Pledges $2B to Curb Pemex Methane Leaks as ESG Concerns Mount
Mexico’s state oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) plans to invest $2 billion to reduce upstream methane emissions by up to 98%, Mexico’s president Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Friday. The investment is one of 10 actions Mexico is undertaking to fight climate change, the president said in a video address to the Major Economies Forum…
June 22, 2022
Natural Gas Furnace Proposal Raises Doubts from Industry
A U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) proposal could increase energy-efficiency requirements for the average natural gas furnace in American homes, and it has spurred questions about consumer choice and affordability. “By updating energy standards for many carbon-emitting appliances, such as home furnaces, the Biden Administration is working to save consumers money,” DOE Secretary Jennifer Granholm…
June 22, 2022
Is Renewable Energy About to Boom? – Listen Now to NGI’s Hub & Flow
Click here to listen to the latest episode of NGI’s Hub & Flow podcast. In this episode, NGI senior editor Chris Lenton talks to NGI senior analysts Shaylon Stolk and Josten Mavez about the renewable energy landscape and how natural gas fits into the mix. The war in Ukraine has completely upended the global energy…
June 22, 2022
Eagle LNG Debuting ‘Multi Purpose-Built’ Vessels to Refuel Royal Caribbean Cruise Ships
The Royal Caribbean Group has selected The Woodlands, TX-based Eagle LNG Partners LLC to refuel its new class of cruise ships powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG) throughout the Caribbean. As a result, Eagle said it would debut “multiple purpose-built” vessels for LNG bunkering, or refueling, operations that would be located in the region. The…
June 22, 2022
RNG Playing Key Role in Decarbonizing California, Says PG&E
The goal of California-based Pacific Gas and Electric Corp. (PG&E) to have renewable natural gas (RNG) make up 15% of its core throughput is gaining steam as the utility has completed an interconnection to the transmission system. Natural gas and electric utility PG&E Co. and renewable fuels producer Aemetis Inc. recently cut the ribbon for…
June 21, 2022
Renewable Methanol Fuels EV in Record-Breaking Drive
An electric vehicle (EV) fitted with fuel cells drove for more than 1,277 miles, the longest distance covered without refueling for a fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) and without recharging, according to Advent Technologies Holdings Inc. A modified Renault Zoé EV fitted with a methanol-based hydrogen fuel cell unit broke the previous world record for…
June 21, 2022
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