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Here’s Why Wind Could Replace Natural Gas

June 20, 2016

The Accelerating Growth of Wind and Solar Energy is Being Driven by Government Climate Policies, Global Corporations Thrusting Themselves onto the Green Bandwagon, Fervent Activism Against Fossil Fuels, a Carbon Concerned Millennial Generation that is Willing to Pay More for Renewable Energy, and for Some Large Electricity Buyers–Attractive Economics Last week, Oil & Gas 360® published an exclusive interview with Martin Keller, Director of

After Twenty Years, the U.S. Starts Its First New Nuclear Reactor

June 14, 2016

43 years after the start of initial construction, the Watts Bar 2 nuclear reactor is set to begin operations The first United States’ nuclear power plant to come online in two decades was connected to the power grid June 3, making it the first reactor to meet new guidelines set by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) following the Fukushima

Natural Gas-Fired Power Plants Being Constructed Near Major Shale Plays

May 25, 2016

Electrical generation from natural gas fired plants increased 19% in 2015 due to lower natural gas prices and increased legislation on carbon emissions. Coal and natural gas are now neck and neck in electrical generation capacity with EIA projecting natural gas to surmount coal as the top source of electricity. Natural gas-fired generation is expected to continue growth over the

Switch to NatGas Delivers Lowest CO2 Emissions from Electricity Generation Since 1993

May 16, 2016

Natural Gas: the environmental movement’s strongest asset Double benefits of gas-fired power plants: NatGas emits less carbon dioxide per unit of electricity generation and consumes less fuel per unit of generation It shouldn’t be very long before the environmental movement is rallying kayakers to hold celebrations to thank U.S. E&P companies for their hard work and massive investments to find and

Cheniere Hires Power Generation CEO Jack Fusco

May 13, 2016

The Cheniere Energy (ticker: LNG) board of directors has appointed Jack Fusco as the company’s new CEO. Fusco came to Cheniere from Houston-based Calpine Corporation (ticker: CPN), whose website describes it as America’s largest generator of electricity from natural gas and geothermal resources–84 power plants in operation or under construction (only 3 aren’t natgas), 27,000 megawatts of generation capacity, customers

Several stalled or presumed dead energy projects are back in the driver’s seat in 2017,

A Climate Win for Natural Gas: U.S. Carbon Dioxide Output Plummets

May 9, 2016

Thanks largely to the move by power generators from coal to gas, energy-related carbon dioxide emissions sink to 12% below 2005’s levels: EIA The natural gas industry along with its electric power generation customers have scored a big win for climate change – in the category of carbon emissions reduction. Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions have fallen to a level 12% below 2005’s levels, the EIA

Wind v. Natural Gas

April 29, 2016

Wind v. natural gas. Is it a race? To create electricity you need fuel. So you have to harvest naturally occurring resources—either the ones that exist above ground or the ones that exist underground. The underground resources—the legacy ‘go-to’ fuels that generate the U.S.’s cheap baseload electricity are coal, natural gas and uranium. The three fuels are responsible for about

Longtime Questar Executives Chosen to Head Dominion Questar

April 27, 2016

RICHMOND, Va., April 27, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Dominion (NYSE: D) has chosen longtime Questar Corp. (NYSE: STR) executive Craig C. Wagstaff to lead its western U.S. natural gas operations once the previously announced combination of Dominion and Questar is completed. Wagstaff, currently president of Questar Gas Co., will become president of Dominion Questar. He will be responsible for all current Questar

Dominion’s Newest Gas Power Plant Begins Generating Electricity – Good for Up to 1,358 Megawatts

April 26, 2016

– Station’s 1,358 megawatts can power 325,000 homes – During construction more than $824 million in economic benefits was generated – Station uses efficient technology and clean natural gas RICHMOND, Va., April 26, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — The newest member of Dominion Virginia Power’s generation fleet, the 1,358 megawatt, environmentally clean Brunswick Power Station began producing electricity for the company’s

Colorado: Weld County Just Created its Own Oil & Gas Department Oil & Gas 360

Join the University of Colorado Denver Business School for an Open House April 14th

April 13, 2016

Global Energy Management Open House for Energy Professionals on April 14th The University of Colorado Denver Business School’s Global Energy Management (GEM) program is set to launch its 16th new class, which it calls “cohorts,” in July. In advance of that, tomorrow evening, April 14th, the University of Colorado Denver Business School is hosting a free open house for energy professionals.

Energy Master’s Program Prepares Energy Professionals for Company Leadership Roles - Oil & Gas 360

Energy Master’s Program Prepares Professionals for Company Leadership Roles

April 6, 2016

Hybrid Online Master’s Program Appeals to Industry Professionals Worldwide – Open House April 14th The University of Colorado Denver Business School’s Global Energy Management (GEM) program is set to launch its 16th new class, which it calls “cohorts,” in July. The 18-month Master of Science program is focused 100% on the business side of the energy industry, and the program

More Proof that Natural Gas has Overtaken Coal

April 5, 2016

New data from the EIA confirms the upswing of natural gas as the number one fuel for electricity generation in the U.S. “Last year marked the first time on record that the average capacity factor of natural gas combined-cycle plants exceeded that of coal steam plants,” the EIA reported yesterday. The capacity factor of the U.S. natural gas combined-cycle fleet

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