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3 years

Electric scooter battery swap in Taiwan

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1 year

The biggest sources of electric power

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4 years

US carbon dioxide emissions hit a 27-year low last year and are projected to continue to decline, the result of increased use of natural gas, renewables, and energy efficiency.

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4 months

I really liked @NatBullard 's excellent slide on how energy sources have scaled. But I wondered what would happen if I included U.S. shale gas. You'll notice that I had to extend the y-axis a bit.

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5 years

I'm trying to envision the 100% wind-water-solar scenario that meets energy demand under these conditions.

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6 months

Brutal: "In Europe, natural gas is about five times more expensive than in the US. Right now, it’s cheaper to buy ethylene, a building block for plastics, in Texas, and ship it across the Atlantic for further processing in Europe than producing it at home."

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Richard Meyer

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8 years

Oil is now cheaper than coffee, milk, and even water.

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Richard Meyer

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28 days

Natural gas may soon be the #1 source of primary energy in the United States.

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Richard Meyer

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2 years

I wonder how many people believe that gas in "oil and gas" refers to gasoline?

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Richard Meyer

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2 years

Natural gas prices in the US have reached their highest level since 2008. What is going on? Should we be worried? (No.) Is the era of cheap gas prices over? (Define "cheap," but no.) Is this an overbaked ham? (Maybe. Mmm...ham.) Let's break down what's happening.

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Richard Meyer

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5 years

My wife and I are pleased to welcome this little man into the world. I'm floored by how awesome he is. His name is Rex.

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5 months

16 megawatts is -The size of a medium-scale electrical power plant -The rate at which a typical gasoline pump transfers chemical energy to a vehicle

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Richard Meyer

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10 months

An astounding contrast

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Richard Meyer

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22 days

Natural gas is responsible for most (61%) of the decline in U.S. electric power carbon dioxide emissions since 2005, which is also the leading driver in total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions reductions.

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18 days

Flying under the radar is that a lot of these data center projects are asking for direct natural gas connections to generate electricity onsite because it's faster and because of the reliability.

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Richard Meyer

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4 years

Honda CEO: "I do not believe there will be a dramatic increase in demand for battery vehicles, and I believe this situation is true globally."

Honda CEO says ‘There will be no dramatic increase in EV demand’

Honda CEO Takahiro Hachigo wants to overhauld the company. But he's calling for more hybrids while claiming consumers don't want electric vehicles.

electrek.co

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Richard Meyer

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4 years

I have a renewable natural gas joke but it's mostly garbage.

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Richard Meyer

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5 years

The US power sector is on track to meet the goals of the EPA Clean Power Plan next year, which is two full years before it was supposed to be enforced.

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2 years

"In just six years, U.S. LNG has reduced global emissions more than any other green project in the world"

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Richard Meyer

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11 days

The energy delivered by the U.S. natural gas system on a peak winter day is three times larger than the electrical system's output on the hottest day.

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Can I please ask, what's your most amazing "wow" fact on the global energy transition? 💡

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Richard Meyer

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6 years

I mean, close call and then...oh my God.

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Richard Meyer

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6 years

Thanks, Energy Twitter. You all are generally a thoughtful and engaging group of well-meaning folks, and stand in stark contrast to the rest of Twitter. I really learn a lot. Cheers. 🦃

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Richard Meyer

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4 years

Energy Fact of the Day: The US natural gas system delivers three times more energy on the coldest day of the year than the electricity grid does on the hottest.

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Richard Meyer

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3 years

Professional news: I'm pleased to announce my promotion to Vice President of Energy Markets, Analysis, and Standards at the American Gas Association.

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2 years

It's official. Coal-fired power generation is set to reach an all-time high in 2021. IEA expects total global coal consumption to reach its highest level ever in 2022.

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4 years

A massive wind turbine blade.

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Richard Meyer

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1 year

The best thing happened yesterday. Ray Daniel Meyer. He and mom are doing great. Big time ❤️❤️

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6 months

Natural gas is responsible for 61% of the cumulative reductions in carbon dioxide emissions from the U.S. power sector since 2005.

Richard Meyer

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6 months

The shift toward natural gas has been the single-largest factor in reducing U.S. power sector CO2 emissions since 2005.

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Richard Meyer

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Holy guacamole: "Datacenters alone could drive approximately 10 Bcf/d of gas demand through 2030, according to Raymond James analysts." Even if they are off by half, that's still a lot of gas load on top of other demand growth plus coal retirements.

Gas crucial to datacenter power supply until long-duration battery tech matures

Large tech companies' near-term electricity needs for round-the-clock operations could spur about 10 Bcf/d of natural gas demand, according to Raymond James analysts.

www.spglobal.com

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4 years

Natural gas is responsible for 61 percent of cumulative carbon dioxide emissions savings due to changes in the electricity generation fuel mix.

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Richard Meyer

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7 years

These fourteen Nevada wind turbines all in alignment look awesome.

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Richard Meyer

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2 years

Natural gas prices in U.S. now below $5 headed into winter heating season. Worth noting that LNG exports remain as high as they've been for months. So what's happening now? Natgas production setting new highs, natgas power gen is down, and inventories are refilling quickly.

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Richard Meyer

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1 month

Flexible gas generation in action, eclipse edition

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Richard Meyer

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6 years

This thread, currently ongoing, has taken some breathtaking turns.

Brian Skinner

@gravity_levity

6 years

1/ Who wants to hear some scientific intrigue? A few weeks ago, a group of physical chemists posted a paper online announcing the observation of superconductivity at room temperature. Today I posted a comment pointing out something funny in their data.

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2 years

On the White House and US oil and gas companies, Dan Yergin: "It's tough to have a conversation with someone after you call them a price gouger."

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Richard Meyer

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6 months

Pretty striking

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Richard Meyer

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6 years

Turns out that covering roads in solar panels is, in fact, a terrible idea.

Solar panels replaced tarmac on a motorway. Here are the results.

Several factors work against this oddly popular idea.

arstechnica.com

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2 months

In Japan, one semiconductor factory needs one gigawatt of power, says Yukio Kani, JERA CEO. That tracks with what I'm hearing in the U.S. 🤯

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Richard Meyer

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5 years

This deeply satisfying visualization that the exterior angles of polygons always add to 360 degrees.

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Richard Meyer

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5 years

@drvox Battlestar Galactica, The Leftovers, and to an extent Breaking Bad (which is the best show of the list, just don't know about the mythology part). And in a way GoT did pull it off, it was just a rush job.

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1 year

The natural gas system delivered 3 times more energy during the coldest day of the year than the electric system delivered on the hottest day in 2022.

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Richard Meyer

@RichardMeyerDC

3 years

The amount of coal-fired power permitted or under construction in China is greater than the total coal capacity operating in the European Union.

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Richard Meyer

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2 years

What a phenomenal map. More of these, please! Oil and gas pipelines from Russia to Europe (2006). National Geographic.

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Richard Meyer

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2 years

US LNG export capacity is expected to reach 21.7 Bcf per day by 2027, an 84% increase above current levels.

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Richard Meyer

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5 years

Effects of a carbon tax on specific fuels at $20 per metric ton CO2. Gasoline: $0.18 per gallon Natural Gas: $1.06 per Mcf Diesel/Heating Oil: $0.20 per gallon Propane: $0.12 per gallon Jet fuel: $0.19 per gallon Coal: $42.02 per short ton

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Richard Meyer

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4 months

During the brutal arctic blast, natural gas provided 62% of all energy delivered in the United States.

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Richard Meyer

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3 months

Record natural gas used for electric power generation in the U.S. so far this year.

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Richard Meyer

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3 years

"A single bitcoin transaction uses roughly 707.6 kilowatt-hours of electrical energy–equivalent to the power consumed by an average U.S. household over 24 days"

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Richard Meyer

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2 years

This is a big deal. The US and EU announced formation of a joint Task Force on Energy Security to bring more US LNG to Europe, lower natgas carbon intensity, permit and finance more US LNG export, ensure gas storage, reduce demand, and promote hydrogen.

Press corner

Highlights, press releases and speeches

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Richard Meyer

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1 year

I remember the January 2014 polar vortex. The bitter cold drove US natural gas consumption to a single-day record of 133 Bcf, an astounding amount of energy delivered. This past Friday, the US used 128 Bcf, only 4% less than the 2014 polar vortex. And no one blinked an eye.

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Richard Meyer

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6 years

Remember, solar modules - imports of which are now subject to the a 30% tariff - represent only a fraction of the total cost of installing solar panels.

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4 years

I love maps. I especially can't get enough of well-made paleogeographic maps. Here's North America 77 million years ago.

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Holy cow. The Texas grid operator's (ERCOT) new electric load review puts 62 gigawatts of additional electric load by 2030 *on top of the current forecast.* New 2030 load levels used in transmission planning reach 152 GW by 2030! For perspective, the all-time peak in ERCOT is

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Richard Meyer

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2 years

Implicit in the EU decision to include gas and nuclear in its taxonomy is that "green" must ensure energy reliability and resilience. Environmental or climate goals are unachievable without energy security. The EU vote made the eminently correct choice.

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10 months

Most important energy story in our lifetime

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6 months

The shift toward natural gas has been the single-largest factor in reducing U.S. power sector CO2 emissions since 2005.

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Richard Meyer

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5 years

Since yesterday, my mentions have been a dumpster fire of vitriol and resentment. I honestly don't know how people can operate so consistently on a diet of anger and rage. So, by way of an antidote, here's Grover observing Rex during tummy time.

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3 years

Chinese coal consumption will rise to a record high in 2021.

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3 years

Some energy equivalence: On Friday, about 56 billion cubic feet of natural gas was delivered just to the US residential and commercial sectors, much of it for winter heating. That's the energy equivalent of 700 Gigawatts of electric power capacity running full bore for 24 hours.

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Richard Meyer

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5 years

Robert's graphic below reminds me that there is no more mindblowing–or sobering–statistic than the following: China used more cement between 2011 and 2013 than the United States did during the *entire 20th century.*

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Richard Meyer

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6 years

Huge missed opportunity to use the term "MAGAwatts."

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Richard Meyer

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1 year

The scale of energy needed during cold events is mind-boggling. *Just* natural gas use over the next week will average around 120 Bcf per day. (Excludes exports.) 120 Bcf of natural gas is the energy equivalent of 1.4 U.S. electric grids running all day at total capacity.

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1 year

🎅Friday is going to be one helluva ride on Santa's sleigh with massive "blockbuster" blizzard in Great Lakes, Arctic Blast, and extreme cold all courtesy of the #PolarVortex + Transiberian cross-polar flow.

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Richard Meyer

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7 months

This year, the North American natural gas market is in a much different place heading into the winter heating season. Let's unpack some of the natural gas market fundamentals and share some analysis to help make sense of where we are and where we might be going.

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Richard Meyer

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3 years

The miles of paved road in the U.S. is about the same as the miles of pipeline (2.9 million vs 2.6 million).

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3 years

Let's use Twitter to learn something new. Post below something about energy & industry that not many people know 👇

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Richard Meyer

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4 months

U.S. LNG exports versus U.S. natural gas prices

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2 months

What a chart

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Richard Meyer

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7 months

Big day in the Meyer household

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Richard Meyer

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3 years

*This* is why we an underground gas pipeline and storage system that shifts massive amounts of energy across seasons to deliver on peak. This is why banning gas for all-electric is so problematic. And this is why we must invest in the gas system to deliver renewable energy.

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Richard Meyer

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3 years

Natural gas production in Texas and the Mid-continent declined due to "well freeze-offs." This is when flowing gas at the wellhead is blocked as water and other liquids in the gas mixture freezes. Chart data from Friday, Feb 12. Platts indicated further freeze-offs were likely.

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Richard Meyer

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4 years

Combing through the data and when the final numbers are in, it looks like... The United States will retire nearly 13 gigawatts of coal-fired electricity generation capacity in 2019. That is the 3rd-largest annual amount ever.

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Richard Meyer

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2 years

Texas electricity generation this summer.

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Richard Meyer

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2 years

@kevinkircher The Italian superbonus program isn't an "electrification" policy, per se. Its success stems from consumer-friendly incentives for a range of efficiency measures, including improved building shells, higher-efficiency gas equipment, and where it makes sense, electric equipment.

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Richard Meyer

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7 years

@RyanMaue Regarding that one track directed right at Washington DC.

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Richard Meyer

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4 years

A ban on fracking would send money to Russia and Saudi Arabia. The US would lose jobs. Consumers would pay a lot more for energy. And we'd make climate change worse. What problem is a fracking ban meant to solve?

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Richard Meyer

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3 years

Your energy fact of the day: US liquefied natural gas exports accounted for 19% of global supply for November.

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Richard Meyer

@RichardMeyerDC

5 years

Let me give you a sense of how big our heating energy requirements are. Yesterday, the amount of energy in *just* the natural gas delivered to homes & commercial buildings is equivalent to the energy that 800 gigawatts of electric capacity could generate over 24 hours.

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Richard Meyer

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4 years

Imagine for a second that 15 years ago the US had taken the radical step of banning fracking. Natural gas prices stay high and we remain reliant on foreign supply. We would have also shut the door on the single most meaningful source of electric power sector emissions reduction.

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4 years

Natural gas is responsible for 61 percent of cumulative carbon dioxide emissions savings due to changes in the electricity generation fuel mix.

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Richard Meyer

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5 years

Well, this is delightfully wonky. EIA launches a redesigned Hourly Electric Grid Monitor. Tons of data and functionality.

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Richard Meyer

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Holy cow. "AEP has signed agreements that will nearly double the amount of load served in Ohio in just over five years’ time," the company said in the filing"

AEP Ohio: Data center electricity demands to put central Ohio on same tier as Manhattan.

AEP Ohio has introduced a new rate plan meant to deal with the surge in growth from data centers in central Ohio while protecting other customers.

www.dispatch.com

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Richard Meyer

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4 months

This is from Shell's LNG Outlook 2023, though the demand forecast appears to be based on third-party outlooks, including various decarbonization scenarios. Basicaly, this is saying there's a solid likelihood the world will not have enough LNG to meet demand starting around 2030.

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3 years

Let's discuss the role of natural gas in meeting energy demand during the extreme cold weather event last week. 1/

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Richard Meyer

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6 years

@bradplumer America is already great.

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Richard Meyer

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6 years

Images captured from the surface of five different bodies in our solar system. Take a moment to ponder how ridiculous this is.

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Richard Meyer

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6 years

There are more than 1,000 drilling rigs in operation in the US, the highest level since 2015. 4 out of 5 are directed toward oil. Almost 9 out of 10 are horizontal rigs. 1 out of every 2 are operating in Texas. 9 out of 10 rigs in Texas are in the Permian. Shale oil.

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U.S. natural gas flow

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Natural gas use for power continues to grow. The U.S. has been cooler than the 30-year normal by 9% since May. I honestly don't remember the last time that happened. However, both May and June set new records for natural gas use in electric power generation.

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Richard Meyer

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2 years

The ability of gas infrastructure to transport and store huge amounts of energy to meet seasonal and peak energy demand is a valuable resource that must be considered when building viable decarbonization pathways.

Lion Hirth

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As an electricity person, I keep being humbled by the energy-carrying capacity of gas infrastructure. A pipeline (say, Nord Stream 1) can carry gas worth 540 TWh per year. That's 30x times the energy you can put through an HVDC line. Thirty. Both have comparable investment cost.

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Richard Meyer

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5 years

Please take a moment to note this study and its important findings, among which show that lower natural gas prices due to shale led to a *fewer people dying* due to home heating becoming more affordable.

Seema Jayachandran

@seema_econ

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When home heating is more affordable, fewer people die each winter. That's the punchline of my new paper with Janjala Chirakijja and Pinchuan Ong on heating prices and mortality in the US. Ungated copy here:

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On June 4, I placed a bet that the Nationals would win the World Series. Their odds that day: 45-1. And they won.

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👀 "[U.S.] electricity demand is forecast to grow 20% by 2030, according to Wells Fargo."

AI could drive a natural gas boom as power companies face surging electricity demand

Natural gas producers are bullish on demand as they see significant upside from the immense energy needs of artificial intelligence and data centers.

www.nbcboston.com

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U.S. monthly manufacturing construction spending has climbed to $225 billion per month. (U.S. Census Bureau)

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Richard Meyer

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9 years

Electric system *losses* account for half the energy consumed by the US residential sector. Source data EIA. http://t.co/DyNchqttIY

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Richard Meyer

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3 years

$30 natural gas in North Asia. Holy smokes.

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@SStapczynski

3 years

🚨Record Asian LNG Alert 🚨 Exxon sold a prompt cargo for late-January delivery to North Asia in the mid-$30 range That’s likely one of the costliest LNG cargoes ever transacted. Colder winter weather in Asia is boosting gas consumption

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Alright, you asked for it. Time for some EPA methane emissions game theory.

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7 years

I am tempted to do a deep dive into what comprises the EPA GHG Inventory for #natgas systems. I'm also afraid no one else cares.

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Strap in, folks, and pay attention. This is just getting started.

Prognosis negative: How California is dealing with below-zero power market prices

A rainy winter and growing solar have CAISO prices going negative and renewable energy going to waste — what should policymakers do?

www.utilitydive.com

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1 year

Natural gas has been responsible for 61 percent of carbon dioxide emissions savings in the U.S. electric power sector since 2005.

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3 months

I mean, wow

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Map from BNEF showing half the US coal fleet is in trouble economically.

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3 years

Forcing households to install all-electric appliances in San Francisco would require $14,400 to $35,000 per home in upfront retrofit costs and would add $340 to $520 to annual energy bills, according to the city's policy analysis.

Eliminating natural gas in housing could cost $5.9B

City weighs options including mandatory replacement of appliances in homes

www.sfexaminer.com

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6 years

America before the EPA:

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