Tag: natural gas

• LNG Production to Commence Summer 2014 • Hess Corporation Awarded Gas Supply Contract • Plum Energy and SST Process Solutions, Inc. Awarded Project Management Contracts • NDLNG Chief Executive Officer to Speak at Williston Basin Petroleum Conference Bismarck, North Dakota (May 7, 2014) – North Dakota LNG, LLC (NDLNG), the newest member of Prairie […]

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Strategic investment from Avista Corp. to support growth SEATTLE, WA – April 23, 2014: Plum Energy, LLC, which is engaged in the development  of small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) value chains, today announced an investment from Avista Capital, a subsidiary of Avista Corp. (NYSE: AVA).  Avista Corp. is a Spokane, Wash.- based energy company involved in […]

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By David Shaffer , published by Star Tribune After winning a competition to build Minnesota’s largest solar power project, Geronimo Energy — a company that didn’t exist 10 years ago — has emerged as a major force in the state’s renewable energy sector. Geronimo has pushed innovative ideas such as farmer-friendly wind farms and massive solar parks wired […]

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There’s a new methane champ, says the Environmental Protection Agency, which found in a new draft report on greenhouse gases that cattle passed the natural-gas industry as the biggest source of U.S. methane emissions in 2012. The EPA also revised some of its 2011 findings, again turning to cows as the culprit—specifically, enteric fermentation in cattle—in methane […]

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February 27, 2014 – The U.S. Department of State issued the following news release: The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the U.S. Department of State, and the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) will host a roundtable discussion highlighting the official launch of the Asia-Pacific Clean Energy Program on February 27 at 2 p.m. The […]

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Biomethane, a startup founded by Western Washington University graduate Kathlyn Kinney and Vehicle Research Institute director Eric Leonhardt, works with farmers to create carbon-negative fuel from dairy waste in Lynden, WA. Biodigesters have experienced limited payback thus far by selling electricity to the grid. Depending on local utility rates, biomethane sold at $3/gallon equivalent has […]

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Here is a link to a thoughtful piece by Tom Friedman on energy policy.  Among his comments: The headline from Obama’s speech was his decision to cut America’s carbon emissions by bypassing a dysfunctional Congress and directing the Environmental Protection Agency to implement cleaner air-quality standards. If the rules are enacted — they will face […]

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Featuring Kirt Montague (Plum Energy), Andy Douglas (Paccar), Dan Kovacich (Maxum Petroleum), Jesse Saldivar (Shell Oil Company), and Clay Riding (Puget Sound Energy) | May 15 | Sponsored by Kane Environmental | SOLD OUT!

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Source: Bradley Olson, Why Natural Gas-Powered Vehicles Are Catching On, BloombergBusinessWeek, May 2, 2013.  This article mentions several WCTA members. World CNG:  Garret Alpers, founder and CEO of World CNG, a Seattle-based company that converts traditional gasoline cars into dual-fuel vehicles for as little as $8,000, estimates a taxi owner could recoup his expense in […]

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently dramatically lowered its estimates of how much of a potent greenhouse gas leaks during gas drilling operations, from 214 million metric tons for 2010 to 144 million metric tons, a change of more than 30 percent. There’s a split between leading environmental groups over whether the boom in natural […]

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