Sempra Energy said Tuesday its liquefied natural gas (LNG) subsidiaries have filed applications with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to site, construct and operate the Port Arthur LNG natural gas liquefaction facility. The FERC application includes: two natural gas liquefaction trains capable of producing roughly 13.5 million metric tonnes per annum (MTPA), or approximately … Read more
U.S. pipeline exports of natural gas continued to grow in 2016, having doubled since 2009, the Energy Information Administration reports. Most of the growth is attributable to increasing exports to Mexico, which have accounted for more than half of all U.S. natural gas exports since April 2015, Kallanish Energy learns. In August, … Read more
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has rejected a rehearing on unauthorized tree cutting associated with the $1 billion Constitution Pipeline in New York and Pennsylvania, Kallanish Energy reports. The rehearing had been requested by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. He had filed his objections last May and FERC had rejected them in … Read more
Since March of this year, the U.S. has been exporting liquefied natural gas, LNG, to a very unlikely region of the world: the Middle East. Two cargoes of LNG from Cheniere Energy’s Sabine Pass complex in western Louisiana were exported to Kuwait, while a third went to the United Arab Emirates, and two others were … Read more
Amazon.com said Monday it’s commissioned a new 189-megawatt (MW) wind farm in Hardin County, Ohio, to help offset the power needs of its cloud computing business, Kallanish Energy reports. Amazon Web Services, the tech giant’s cloud computing division, has vowed to fill at least half of the energy needs of its big data centers using … Read more
Companies operating natural gas-fired power plants in New York are challenging a new state subsidy put in place to keep the state’s nuclear facilities online, Kallanish Energy learns. Earlier this week, a coalition of power plant owners sued the New York State Public Service Commission in federal court over a multi-billion-dollar, 12-year program approved in … Read more
Federal and state agencies are investigating a $2 million fire suspected of being arson along the Dakota Access Pipeline in central Iowa, Kallanish Energy reports. The fire occurred last weekend near Reasnor in Jasper County. An excavator and three bulldozers owned by a contractor were destroyed. No arrests have been made. The fire is … Read more
Poland’s energy ministry said Tuesday it’s mulling construction of a nuclear power plant to help the country meet its growing electricity demand, Kallanish Energy learns. In 2009, Poland launched a project to build two nuclear power plants through state-owned power group PGE – one in the north, potentially at Zarnoweic and another in the eastern … Read more
Something’s wrong with this picture. While solar energy generally is backed by groups that want to cut greenhouse gases, a proposed solar project at a defunct Long Island, New York, nuclear power plant has stirred tensions because it requires clear-cutting 350 acres of woods. “Choosing solar over forests anywhere in the world is just plain … Read more
Nigerian militants have claimed an attack on Chevron-operated oil pipelines — less than two weeks after the government declared a cease-fire, and even as a worker strike further hampered efforts to restore production in the West African country. Rebels known as the Niger Delta Avengers late Wednesday blew up remote pipe systems, which followed an attacked … Read more
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