The Energy Information Administration (EIA), part of the US Department of Energy, predicts that natural gas production in the US will continue to grow at an impressive pace â regardless of what shale gas and environmental critics believe. Right now output is close to 70 billion cubic feet a day and it is expected to reach over 100 billion cubic feet per day by 2040. âIn our view, those production trends are going to continue without the … [Read more...]
Is the door to CCS closing in the UK?
Slow progress threatens the future of CCS in the UK, write Sam Gomersall and Alan James, Directors of Pale Blue Dot Energy, a management consultancy focused on the low carbon transition based in Aberdeen. According to the authors, the earliest CCS projects are unlikely to come onstream before the early 2020s â if they get off the ground at all. âThe future of CCS in the UK hangs in the balance.â … [Read more...]
IEA: coal unsustainable but here to stay
Tougher Chinese policies aimed at reducing dependency on coal will help restrain global coal demand growth over the next five years, the International Energy Agency (IEA) says in its annual Medium-Term Coal Market Report released today. Despite the slightly slower pace of growth, however, coal will meet more of the increase in global primary energy than oil or gas - continuing a trend that has been in place for more than a decade. "Like it or … [Read more...]
Britain converts its largest coal-fired power station in renewable energy producer plus major CCS project
Britainâs largest coal-fired power station is set to become one of Europeâs biggest renewable electricity generators today, with the potential for new future generation on the site to be based on truly clean coal. That has been announced by the Department of Energy Climate and Change (DECC) on 9 December. Energy and Climate Change Secretary Edward Davey opened the Drax coal-to-biomass conversion plant, and announced the Government was awarding … [Read more...]
The Presidentâs Climate Action Plan: sounds very European
President Obama on Tuesday presented a ânew climate action planâ. Most of it could have come straight from Brussels. But there are some differences with the European approach. The US is not going to back out of fossil fuels and nuclear power. And it pays serious attention at last to mitigation and adaptation. Photo: 350.org … [Read more...]
