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Maersk makes $1.4 billion green bet on methanol-powered ships
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Bloomberg | Top Story | August 24, 2021

Maersk makes $1.4 billion green bet on methanol-powered ships

The world’s largest container-shipping line is making a $1.4 billion investment in a greener fleet.
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Crowley, MMA partner to train offshore wind workforce

AJOT | August 24, 2021 | Energy | Alternative

Crowley Maritime Corporation and Massachusetts Maritime Academy (MMA) will create a first-of-its-kind training and workforce development program dedicated specifically to the New England region’s offshore wind energy industry.

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Associated natural gas production declines in 2020, following three years of growth

AJOT | August 23, 2021 | Energy

In 2020, annual production of associated-dissolved natural gas (or associated gas)—which is natural gas produced from oil wells—declined in the combined five major U.S. onshore crude oil-producing regions for the first time since 2016. The share of associated gas produced in these five regions (Permian, Bakken, Eagle Ford, Niobrara, and Anadarko) declined by 1.5% year over year and averaged 37.7% of natural gas production in the regions. Associated gas production averaged 14.2 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) in 2020 (a 4.1% decline from 2019) amid a 9.2% drop in oil production in these regions.

US sanctions Russian insurer in new Nord Stream 2 report

Bloomberg | August 20, 2021 | Energy | International Trade

Octillion moves US headquarters to Richmond, CA

AJOT | August 20, 2021 | Energy | Alternative

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US large-scale battery storage capacity up 35% in 2020, rapid growth set to continue

AJOT | August 20, 2021 | Energy | Alternative

The United States continued a trend of significant growth in large-scale battery storage capacity in 2020, when year-end U.S. battery power capacity reached 1,650 megawatts (MW). According to our report, Battery Storage in the United States: An Update on Market Trends, U.S. battery power capacity grew by 35% in 2020 and has tripled in the last five years. The trend is expected to continue; utilities have reported plans to install over 10,000 MW of additional large-scale battery power capacity in the United States from 2021 to 2023—10 times the capacity in 2019.

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On the water: UECC’s second LNG battery hybrid PCTC

AJOT | August 19, 2021 | Energy | Alternative | Maritime | Breakbulk News

UECC’s ambitious effort to upgrade its fleet with low-carbon vessels remains on track with the launch this week of the second in a series of three LNG battery hybrid newbuilds at a Chinese yard.

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US crude exports return to form

AJOT | August 19, 2021 | Energy

Today's weekly EIA report showed US crude exports rebounding to 3.43 million barrels per day. This return to form was aided by the first Alaskan loading of ANS since early June, and bolstered by a VLCC export from LOOP last Thursday. Weekly Beaumont loadings also reached their highest since the week ending April 2.

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Jet fuel struggles: Asian demand lags so badly that Europe topped it for first time since mid-2010

AJOT | August 19, 2021 | Energy

International aviation restrictions are still preventing jet fuel from recovering as fast as other oil products, a Rystad Energy analysis reveals.

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Electricity demand in lower 48 states reached a high of 720 gigawatthours on August 12

AJOT | August 19, 2021 | Energy

On August 12, 2021, most of the United States registered a daily high temperature above 90°F. Our Hourly Electric Grid Monitor shows that hourly electricity demand in the Lower 48 states reached 720 gigawatthours (GWh) for the hour ending 5:00 p.m. eastern daylight time (EDT) on that day, which is the highest reported value for a single hour since balancing authorities (BAs) began reporting hourly electricity demand to us in July 2015. The previous hourly high was 718 GWh reported for the hour ending 6:00 p.m. EDT on July 20, 2017.

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