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Natural gas as a ‘bridge’. Or dangerous procrastination?
Natural gas has been mooted as a ‘bridge’ fuel recently, but in terms of climate change natural gas is a half measure that risks dangerous procrastination.
Lindsay Wilson

Feb 7, 2014

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Graphs of the day: Peaker plants vs green power
Wind and solar power are transitioning from marginal to central players in the grid, and there is a case for them to replace traditional peaking plants.
Jeff St John

Jan 20, 2014

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Massive Minnesota solar project preferred over gas plants
The largest-ever proposed solar project in Minnesota received a powerful legal boost when an administrative law judge it above five competing gas proposals.
Joanna Foster

Jan 2, 2014

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Graph of the Day: The inevitable decline of coal-fired generation
New study finds nearly 59GW of coal power capacity not cost competitive compared with natural gas, more than 71GW uneconomic when compared with wind power.
Jeff Deyette

Dec 10, 2013

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Coal down, renewables up as NEM consumption falls again
Electricity consumption has continued the decline which started in 2009, falling by 2.5% for the first six months of 2013. Here’s why.
Ric Brazzale

Jul 3, 2013

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Natural gas exports: friend or foe?
James Bradbury, who on Tuesday testified before the US House of Reps, examines the climate implications of exporting LNG.
Climate Progress

May 9, 2013

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US power grid could rely on majority renewables by 2050: study
Study finds US grid could quit coal, close a quarter of its nuclear plants and rely on renewables for the bulk of its electricity generation.
Sophie Vorrath

Apr 18, 2013

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$New fracking reports: Gas bubble about to burst$

New fracking reports: Gas bubble about to burst
Two new reports on gas fracking add yet another angle of risk, and suggest the gas boom is headed for a bust of epic proportions.
Tina Casey

Feb 21, 2013

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Texas wind and solar highly competitive with gas: report
New Electric Reliability Council of Texas report finds that, all things considered, wind and solar are more competitive than LNG over the next 20 years.
Colin Meehan

Jan 30, 2013

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Gas reservation scheme is protectionism in disguise
A national reservation policy for LNG would amount to blatant, inefficient and inequitable protectionism for part of our manufacturing sector. Here’s why…
Stephen King

Jan 30, 2013

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Natural gas as a ‘bridge’. Or dangerous procrastination?

Graphs of the day: Peaker plants vs green power

Massive Minnesota solar project preferred over gas plants

Graph of the Day: The inevitable decline of coal-fired generation

Coal down, renewables up as NEM consumption falls again

Natural gas exports: friend or foe?

US power grid could rely on majority renewables by 2050: study

New fracking reports: Gas bubble about to burst

Texas wind and solar highly competitive with gas: report

Gas reservation scheme is protectionism in disguise

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