Category: Oil & Gas

March 31, 2021

Utility reliance on diesel generation to power communities during wildfire-related power shut-offs has been an area of concern for regulators for a while now. PG&E deployed six such shut-offs last year and in January, Senior Vice President and Chief Risk […]

March 10, 2021

“Disappointing.” That’s how a range of clean energy advocates and demand response providers are describing the California Public Utilities Commission’s latest plan to prevent a repeat of the state’s August 2020 rolling blackouts this coming summer. The proposed decision (PDF) […]

March 1, 2021

Green hydrogen is both an untested and potentially vital way for renewable energy-powered grids to store their intermittent power for later use, not just for hours at a time, but for days, weeks or seasons ahead. Most of the early-stage […]

February 22, 2021

After a week of the country’s worst power grid collapse in decades — an event that’s taken a dreadful toll in dozens of lives lost and billions of dollars in economic damage — the lights are back on in Texas. […]

February 15, 2021

The milestone was reached at the utility’s GAYA semi-industrial Research & Development facility in Saint-Fons (Rhône), France. Since its launch in 2010, the project has been supported by the French agency for ecological transition ADEME. As part of the project, […]

February 10, 2021

The plan to retire the last coal-fired units at a power plant in Colorado has moved a step closer to completion, with the announcement that Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU) has chosen General Electric (GE) technology to keep the plant operating […]

December 30, 2020

With 2030 climate targets up for renewal, a new set of European commissioners in place, and the post-Brexit relationship to negotiate, this year was always going to be a big one for Europe’s energy transition. Here’s an outline of the […]

December 18, 2020

The oil and gas sector has a great deal of work to do to decarbonise and as the drive to net zero picks up pace, there is simply no choice but to place climate ambitions at the centre of all […]

December 9, 2020

Throughout this year, a subtle but meaningful shift has occurred within utility regulatory agencies across the country. Multiple states have opened official proceedings investigating the future of gas distribution in their state. This could be the beginning of a significant […]

October 15, 2020

Doubling down on its net-zero efforts, Duke Energy will retire all coal-only units in the Carolinas, multiply its renewable portfolio, and cease emitting methane in its natural gas business by 2030. The company made the announcements on Oct. 12 at […]