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EIA: California drought will decrease hydropower, increase natural gas use and CO2 emissions

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EIA expects that level of decrease in hydropower generation would lead to an 8% increase in California’s electricity generation from natural gas, a 6% increase in energy-related carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions in the state, and an average 5% increase in wholesale electricity prices throughout the West given the current system configuration.

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Mitsubishi Heavy invests in Monolith Materials to support clean hydrogen production

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Olive Creek 1 in Hallam, Nebraska is Monolith Materials’ first commercial-scale emissions-free production facility designed to produce approximately 14,000 metric tons of carbon black annually along with clean hydrogen. Monolith Materials is the first US manufacturer to produce “turquoise hydrogen” on a commercial scale.

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As states continue to use less coal for electricity, driving electric vehicles becomes even cleaner

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Natural gas. On the two extremes, coal and oil result in about 176 times the emissions from hydro. Energy source. Proportional amount of emissions relative to hydro. Geothermal. North Dakota. North Dakota. North Dakota. New Mexico. New Mexico Ohio.

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Union Pacific Railroad to purchase 20 battery-electric locomotives for testing in yard operations

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The locomotives will be used in rail yards in California and Nebraska, where they will be tested for performance in cold and warm weather, helping identify the locomotives’ capabilities and challenges for broader deployment. Union Pacific anticipates the first units will arrive on site in late 2023 with complete delivery by late 2024.

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Keystone XL Pipeline application denied; Obama says not a judgment on merits of the pipeline

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Under my Administration, domestic oil and natural gas production is up, while imports of foreign oil are down. Specifically, the Department called for an assessment of alternative pipeline routes that avoided the uniquely sensitive terrain of the Sand Hills in Nebraska. —President Obama. Earlier post.).

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Monolith to collaborate with Goodyear on carbon black for its tire production; methane pyrolysis

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As part of the agreements, Monolith expects to collaborate with Goodyear on the development and potential use of clean carbon black produced at its expanding Olive Creek facility in Hallam, Nebraska. Monolith’s Olive Creek 1 facility in Hallam, Nebraska.

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Clean Energy to provide LNG to Hawaii Gas; additional agreements in trucking, transit and refuse markets

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has secured a contract to provide liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Hawaii Gas, the State of Hawaii’s only franchised gas utility. Clean Energy has also signed additional agreements throughout the United States representing their growing portfolio of natural gas fueling. Clean Energy Fuels Corp.

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