CleanTechnica » Natural Gas http://cleantechnica.com Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:48:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 Canadian Pension Funds To Invest In Renewables To The Tune Of $2 Billion http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/24/canadian-pension-funds-invest-renewables-tune-2-billion/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/24/canadian-pension-funds-invest-renewables-tune-2-billion/#comments Wed, 24 Dec 2014 14:41:59 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76786 Two Canadian pension funds have announced an agreement with Spanish banking giant Banco Santander to jointly acquire a portfolio of renewable energy and water infrastructure assets which is valued at over $2 billion. The pension funds, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments) will expect to see the transaction

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/24/canadian-pension-funds-invest-renewables-tune-2-billion/feed/ 41 Wind & Solar = 77% Of New US Electricity Generating Capacity In November (Exclusive) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/23/wind-solar-account-70-new-us-generating-capacity-november/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/23/wind-solar-account-70-new-us-generating-capacity-november/#comments Tue, 23 Dec 2014 13:53:30 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76745 Editor’s Note: Upon repeated reader request and my own interest in seeing more accurate numbers, I have included an estimate of non-utility-scale solar (i.e., residential and commercial solar) in the numbers below. I will do this from here on out. Assumptions* and sources for these estimates are at the end of this article. If you think you’ve

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/23/wind-solar-account-70-new-us-generating-capacity-november/feed/ 60 Nation’s Biggest Nat Gas Co Racks Up $2.3 Million Fracking Fine http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/23/nations-biggest-nat-gas-co-racks-up-huge-fracking-fine/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/23/nations-biggest-nat-gas-co-racks-up-huge-fracking-fine/#comments Tue, 23 Dec 2014 13:03:36 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76750 XTO, a subsidiary of ExxonMobil, just got caught in the "Al Capone" trap: EPA nails it for ordinary construction violations at fracking sites

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/23/nations-biggest-nat-gas-co-racks-up-huge-fracking-fine/feed/ 3 4 Elon Musk Interviews, Tons of Awesome Quotes http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/21/elon-musk-interviews-quotes/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/21/elon-musk-interviews-quotes/#comments Sun, 21 Dec 2014 16:38:17 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76673 I’ve been saving up a number of Elon Musk interviews for awhile but haven’t been able to get to them. So, now I’m getting to them all at one time. Below are links to the full interviews, or videos of the interviews when they were videotaped, but I’ve also gone ahead and pulled out some of

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/21/elon-musk-interviews-quotes/feed/ 30 Governor Cuomo Announces Statewide New York Fracking Ban http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/18/governor-cuomo-announces-statewide-new-york-fracking-ban/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/18/governor-cuomo-announces-statewide-new-york-fracking-ban/#comments Thu, 18 Dec 2014 10:05:31 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76355 Yesterday (Wednesday, December 17, 2014), at a year-end cabinet meeting in Albany called by Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, New York’s acting commissioner of health stated that he could not support high-volume New York fracking (technically, hydraulic fracturing) because the health issues of the practice outweigh the benefits. [If there is anyone out there who’s unaware of

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/18/governor-cuomo-announces-statewide-new-york-fracking-ban/feed/ 3 5 Steps To Make Your City A Climate Champion, Too http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/11/5-steps-make-city-climate-champion/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/11/5-steps-make-city-climate-champion/#comments Thu, 11 Dec 2014 16:22:30 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76196 Originally published on ilsr.org. In August 2013, Minneapolis (MN) was in the news for considering a take-over of its energy utilities. Today, they’re back in the news for supporting a first-in-the-nation clean energy partnership with those same utilities and a pioneering effort to bring more local input into the city’s energy future. It’s been a

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/11/5-steps-make-city-climate-champion/feed/ 2 The Cost Of Global CCS: At Least $17.6 Trillion http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/10/cost-global-ccs-least-17-6-trillion/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/10/cost-global-ccs-least-17-6-trillion/#comments Wed, 10 Dec 2014 07:00:34 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76052 Originally published on Kompulsa. A study has now revealed how much it would cost to use carbon capture and storage (CCS) to mitigate climate change. It would be $17.6 trillion (er, well over that amount). Proponents of CCS say it is the only feasible way to mitigate climate change because coal and natural gas are “cheap.” Is this

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/10/cost-global-ccs-least-17-6-trillion/feed/ 40 COP20’s Climate Urgency Underscored By Antarctic Ice Results http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/08/cop20s-climate-urgency-underscored-antarctic-ice-results/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/08/cop20s-climate-urgency-underscored-antarctic-ice-results/#comments Mon, 08 Dec 2014 09:54:29 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=75975 Climate news in general captured press attention on Friday and Saturday alongside the goings-on at the Lima COP20 meeting. Here’s a roundup, including several research reports, carbon capture and storage schemes, commitments and funding developments, a recent retirement, and weather in the Philippines. More bad news about the environment broke. Researchers at the University of

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/08/cop20s-climate-urgency-underscored-antarctic-ice-results/feed/ 17 The Strongest Fracking Rules In America http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/06/strongest-fracking-rules-america/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/06/strongest-fracking-rules-america/#comments Sat, 06 Dec 2014 19:44:21 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=75968 Last summer Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection revealed that in 245 cases it had “determined that a private water supply was impacted by oil and gas activities.” Not too long after that, a joint study from the British Geological Survey and Durham University reported water contamination associated with 6% of Pennsylvania’s gas wells. There have been

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/06/strongest-fracking-rules-america/feed/ 23 Solar PV Generation Doubles (Monthly US Electricity Generation Report) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/05/solar-pv-generation-doubles-monthly-us-electricity-generation-report/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/05/solar-pv-generation-doubles-monthly-us-electricity-generation-report/#comments Fri, 05 Dec 2014 21:29:40 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=75937 Following up on my first monthly report on US electricity generation by source, here’s the next one. Electricity generation data takes longer to gather than capacity data, so the EIA’s electricity generation information is always from a couple of months prior. In this case, we now have data from September. Check out the charts and a bit of

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/04/e-on-to-focus-on-the-new-energy-world/feed/ 1 “Much Room For Improvement” For Europe, Says IEA http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/02/much-room-improvement-europe-says-iea/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/02/much-room-improvement-europe-says-iea/#comments Tue, 02 Dec 2014 14:58:16 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=75783 A new report reviewing the European Union’s energy policies by the International Energy Agency, published Monday, has praised the region’s low-carbon leadership, but notes that there is still more work to be done to better integrate the EU’s energy market. “The European Union has made progress in liberalising energy markets, and its global leadership on

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/25/irena-says-china-can-nearly-quadruple-renewable-energy-2030/feed/ 32 ⅔ of New US Electricity Capacity Was From Wind In October http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/24/two-thirds-of-us-installations-were-from-the-wind-sector/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/24/two-thirds-of-us-installations-were-from-the-wind-sector/#comments Mon, 24 Nov 2014 20:00:42 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=75363 Two thirds of new US electricity generation capacity were from the wind sector in October. Five wind farms, with a cumulative capacity of 547 MW, went online. There were also 102 MW of biomass and 31 of utility-scale solar power. This is becoming a familiar picture, with renewable sources accounting for the most added generation during

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/20/canadian-co2-emissions-perspective/feed/ 9 Nonrenewable Power Strikes Hardest At “The Least Of Us” (VIDEOS) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/20/nonrenewable-power-strikes-hardest-least-us-videos/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/20/nonrenewable-power-strikes-hardest-least-us-videos/#comments Thu, 20 Nov 2014 07:11:08 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=74656 Want to do something big for the environment when it comes to nonrenewable (aka “dirty”) power? You have about 10 days left to comment on the nation’s Clean Power Plan, as presented by the Environmental Protection Agency earlier this year. The thing about dirty power is that it costs. The recent midterm elections have increased pessimism about

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/19/renewables-supply-turkey-energy-independence/feed/ 7 What’s The Truth About Germany’s GHG Emissions? http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/16/whats-truth-germanys-ghg-emissions/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/16/whats-truth-germanys-ghg-emissions/#comments Sun, 16 Nov 2014 19:19:53 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=75010  World GHG Emissions are 61% over 1990 levels; Germany’s are 23% below. Maybe you remember the headlines about 2013. “Merkel’s Green shift backfires as German pollution jumps;” “Germany now EU’s worst polluter as CO2 emissions rise.” It was the third year in a row CO2 levels rose. The critics howled that Energiewende was failing, but is

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/16/whats-truth-germanys-ghg-emissions/feed/ 23 G20 Supporting Fossil Fuels To The Tune Of $88 Billion http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/11/g20-supporting-fossil-fuels-tune-88-billion/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/11/g20-supporting-fossil-fuels-tune-88-billion/#comments Tue, 11 Nov 2014 12:48:42 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=74818 Governments of the G20 organisation are contributing approximately $88 billion towards the exploration of fossil fuels each year, despite the numerous cases against such a move, and despite numerous pledges to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies. This, according to a new report conducted by the Overseas Development Institute and Oil Change International. The report is the

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