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BA’s ‘carbon neutral’ flight exposes problems cutting emissions

British Airways operated what was billed as a “carbon neutral” flight this week between London and Glasgow, as it tries to burnish its green credentials in the lead-in to next month’s COP26 climate summit in Scotland.

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Hurricane Ida caused at least 1.2 million electricity customers to lose power

AJOT | September 15, 2021 | Energy

Hurricane Ida resulted in service outages for up to 1.2 million electricity customers across eight states, according to situation reports from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER). Hurricane Ida made landfall on the afternoon of Sunday, August 29, as a Category 4 storm near Port Fourchon, Louisiana. The hurricane initially caused more than one million customer outages in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. As the storm continued toward the Northeast, it caused outages in several northeastern states on September 1.

AlphaStruxure and The Mobility House partner to accelerate US fleet electrification

Sunrun CEO steps in amid blackouts, trade woes and rising prices

Bloomberg | September 15, 2021 | Energy | Alternative

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Nikola showcases German plant nearing first production of electric trucks

Nikola Corp. offered the public a look at the production line the company is counting on to start delivering trucks to customers in the wake of its founder being charged with securities fraud.

Uruguay eyes bumper power exports on Brazil energy crisis

Bloomberg | September 15, 2021 | Energy

Russian oil price plunges on exports jump, Iraq supplies

Bloomberg | September 15, 2021 | Energy

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Storm’s blackouts disrupt Texas fuel shipments to East Coast

Bloomberg | September 14, 2021 | Energy

The largest gasoline pipeline in North America restarted shipments of fuel from Texas to the East Coast with its diesel twin still down after Hurricane Nicholas’s winds knocked out power to almost half a million homes and businesses.

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Electric load in southern MISO fell as Hurricane Ida moved through Louisiana

AJOT | September 14, 2021 | Energy

As Category 4 Hurricane Ida made landfall along the Southeast coast of Louisiana near New Orleans on August 29, 2021, the electric load in the southern region of the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) decreased. Hourly electric loads on August 30, the day after landfall, were about 25% to 30% lower than the average for that day of the year over the past six years. Southern MISO experienced a similar decline in electric load last year when Hurricane Laura made landfall.

Colonial shuts key products pipelines amid Houston power outages

Bloomberg | September 14, 2021 | Energy | Logistics

FAA awards $100 million to develop next generation of sustainable aircraft technology

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EIA releases plant-level U.S. biofuels production capacity data

AJOT | September 13, 2021 | Energy

As of January 1, 2021, total U.S. biofuels plant production capacity reached 21 billion gallons per year (gal/y) (or 1.3 million barrels per day [b/d]), as reported by 278 facilities. Fuel ethanol producers accounted for 85% of U.S. total biofuels production capacity, followed by biodiesel producers at 11%, and the remaining 4% by other renewable fuel producers.

FAA awards $100M to develop next generation of sustainable aircraft technology

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EST-Floattech launches new battery designs

Octopus platform to serve growing and evermore diverse maritime market needs

NeoGraf Solutions wins $2 million US Department of Energy grant for fuel cell development

AJOT | September 10, 2021 | Energy | Alternative

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US natural gas consumption to decline through 2022, led by the electric power sector

AJOT | September 10, 2021 | Energy

In EIA’s September Short-Term Energy Outlook, we expect U.S. consumption of natural gas to decline in 2021 and 2022 from 2020 levels. We forecast that consumption of natural gas will decline in all end-use sectors in the United States except in the industrial sector and for other non-sector-specific uses (lease and plant fuel, pipeline and distribution use, and vehicle use).

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Russian electric vehicle charger manufacturer L-Charge raises over $1.5 mln of investment

L-Charge, a Russian manufacturer of innovative charging infrastructure for electric vehicles, has raised investment of $1.5 mln. The funds have come from private investors attracted by the ability to charge an electric vehicle with sufficient power for 100 km in just 3-8 minutes using a hydrogen or gas-fueled electrical generator. L-Charge ear-lier began test operation of the world’s fastest mobile charging station in Moscow and has plans to develop a net-work in Paris, Berlin, New York, Amsterdam and London.

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Solar power’s supply chain crisis makes 1.5°C climate target a major challenge

AJOT | September 10, 2021 | Energy | Alternative

Grid parity, resilient networks and strategic partnerships have spurred growth in the world’s solar panel manufacturing capacity in recent years, to 330 gigawatts (GW) in mid-2021. A Rystad Energy analysis reveals that to meet the 1.5°C 2050 scenario under the Paris Agreement, capacity has to quadruple to 1,200-1,400 GW by 2035 to handle the peak installations needed.