Power-to-Gas (PtG) enables the natural gas pipeline network to be used for energy storage, resolving many of the integration issues that plague intermittent renewable energy sources such as wind and solar. It is well known that finding a solution for scalable energy storage is critical in the pursuit of achieving a renewable energy future. While…
Continue reading →Supercritical CO2 power cycles are gaining increasing attention in the engineering world. sCO2 is an ideal working fluid for use in power generating turbines because it offers high efficiency in a compact footprint and can be matched to many different heat sources. sCO2 power turbines could potentially replace steam cycles in a wide variety of…
Continue reading →Renewable natural gas (RNG) is a topic that does not get a lot of attention in the debate over renewable energy, but it represents some of the best untapped resources available today. Pipeline quality natural gas is primarily methane, and liquefied natural gas (LNG) is almost pure methane (99%), and methane is a renewable molecule….
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NET Power, a young company from Durham, NC recently announced they will construct the first of a kind natural gas fueled power generation system with zero air emissions and complete carbon capture. NET Power’s Allam Cycle technology combines oxy-fuel combustion with a supercritical CO2 turbine to create power generation at better efficiencies than natural gas…
Continue reading →The Governor of Wyoming, Matt Mead, is all in for natural gas. The Governor commissioned a report titled the Wyoming LNG Roadmap. The report finds that Wyoming is well positioned to lead the USA in the development of a robust, sustainable LNG industry for High Horsepower (HHP) applications. The report is a comprehensive analysis of…
Continue reading →Wärtsilä is a world leader in complete lifecycle power solutions for the marine and energy markets. They are major manufacturers of ship engines and power plants for distributed energy. Headquartered in Helsinki, Finland the company has over 18,000 employees and operations in 70 countries. Wärtsilä Marine claims to power one in three ships sailing the…
Continue reading →Linc Energy recently received a research & development license for Underground Coal Gasification (UCG), the first issued in the USA in twenty years. Linc Energy is moving ahead with a demonstration phase project in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin, one of the country’s most active coal mining regions. In addition to the R&D license, the EPA…
Continue reading →Converting natural gas to liquid fuels using Fischer-Tropsch conversion is not a new idea but it has always been a big one, meaning it has always required very large and expensive production facilities. Royal Dutch Shell and South Africa’s Sasol have been the industry leaders in Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) for decades but their existing GTL plants…
Continue reading →Published at FC Gas Intelligence, Nov. 3, 2014 LNG is receiving increasing attention in the mining sector due to its price advantages over diesel fuel. Large mining operations can reduce their overall operating costs significantly by converting mine haul trucks to LNG. Diesel fuel generally costs between $3.50 and $4 per gallon while the equivalent…
Continue reading →Published at Breaking Energy, Oct. 24, 2014 (.pdf) Elon Musk described the new Tesla Model D as a digital vehicle compared to conventional ICE autos which are analog mechanical machines. The Model D is an iterative upgrade of the Model S, but it presents two significant feature sets that demonstrate how the auto world is moving…
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