Methane

MiQ Advances Methane Emissions Transparency in Natural Gas Exports with Groundbreaking Supply Chain Protocol

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Tuesday, March 19, 2024
International Energy Agency, Certification, Natural gas, Environment, CLEAN, LCA, CERAWeek, Supply, Life-cycle assessment, Methane, Hydrogen, Supply chain, IEA, DOE, MIQ, Renewable energy

HOUSTON, March 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- MiQ, the not-for-profit global leader in methane emissions certification and transparent methane emissions intensity data, has unveiled a pioneering Supply Chain Protocol at CERAWeek 2024.

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  • HOUSTON, March 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- MiQ, the not-for-profit global leader in methane emissions certification and transparent methane emissions intensity data, has unveiled a pioneering Supply Chain Protocol at CERAWeek 2024.
  • This framework aims to equip buyers, importers and end-users with in-depth methane emissions intensity data for the entire natural gas supply chain.
  • "If we are serious about achieving the Global Methane Pledge's goal of a 30% reduction in methane emissions by 2030, MiQ's Supply Chain Protocol enables stakeholders to choose the most reliable emissions data, construct comprehensive supply chain profiles and purchase lower-emission gas with confidence, while ensuring data comparability throughout the process," said Georges Tijbosch, CEO of MiQ.
  • The Supply Chain Protocol aligns with MiQ's mission to support the energy transition by bringing clarity to methane emissions from the oil and natural gas industry.

Board and Staff Additions Bolster Vaulted Deep's Expertise and Leadership in Biomass Carbon Removal

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Thursday, March 14, 2024
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HOUSTON, March 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Former Senior White House Special Assistant for Climate Policy and former CEO of leading organic waste recycler join Vaulted Deep ("Vaulted") Board of Directors. Both David J. Hayes and Steve Cole serve as members of the stand-alone biomass carbon removal and storage (BiCRs) carbon removal (CDR) company as of January 2024 and August 2023, respectively.

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  • Both David J. Hayes and Steve Cole serve as members of the stand-alone biomass carbon removal and storage (BiCRs) carbon removal (CDR) company as of January 2024 and August 2023, respectively.
  • "Vaulted Deep's commitment to delivering high quality CDR, locking up carbon permanently underground is well underway.
  • "David and Steve's expertise and our added staff capacity critically accelerate our efforts to geologically sequester carbon at scale and deliver key environmental co-benefits, while helping solidify the future of carbon removal as an industry."
  • (Vaulted measures and verifies its carbon removals; it does not include methane emissions reductions or other co-benefits in its credit accounting.)

Context Labs and Jonah Energy Partner to Accelerate Verified Carbon Intensity Energy Supply

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Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Context Labs, Microsoft, Energy transition, Climate change, Organization, Natural gas, Data as a service, Letter, Methane, Partnership, Federal Trade Commission, Climate, Gold, United Nations, Acquisition, Security (finance), Carbon, Climate change mitigation, Energy, Pacific Northwest, Jonah, Energy supply, FTC

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and DENVER, March 13, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Context Labs, a leading enterprise data fabric-based climate analytics company, today announced a partnership with Jonah Energy to deploy the Decarbonization-as-a-Service (DaaS™) platform across production assets and central delivery points in Wyoming. The partnership represents the next step in Context Labs' broader effort to leverage its AI-enabled data fabric technology to produce transparent, measurement-based emissions quantification and verification for the natural gas industry.

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  • Jonah Energy to Adopt Context Labs' Decarbonization-as-a-Service (DaaS™) Platform to Bring Trusted, Measurement-Based, Upstream Emissions Data to the Energy Supply Chain
    CAMBRIDGE, Mass.
  • The partnership with Context Labs will further Jonah's efforts to provide the market with differentiated, low-emissions natural gas.
  • Context Labs' DaaS platform is key to helping us provide transparency and credibility of the emission data from our gas supply," said Howard Dieter, Jonah Energy LLC, Vice President of Environmental, Health & Safety and Strategic Energy Initiatives.
  • The Context Labs platform is now deployed on Azure, with its enhanced security and Azure OpenAI Service tooling, delivering customer value in the Energy Transition.

Bezos Earth Fund Vice Chair Lauren Sánchez Announces $60 Million to Establish Bezos Centers for Sustainable Protein

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Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Climate change, Absorption, Farmer, Pressure, Science, Agriculture, Livestock, Cell biology, Climate, Food, Carbon, Biodiversity loss, Methane, Jeff Bezos, Invention, Engineering, Aspen

MIAMI, March 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today at Aspen Ideas: Climate , Bezos Earth Fund Vice Chair Lauren Sánchez announced an initial $60 million commitment to establish Bezos Centers for Sustainable Protein as part of the Bezos Earth Fund's $1 billion commitment to food transformation.

Key Points: 
  • MIAMI, March 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today at Aspen Ideas: Climate , Bezos Earth Fund Vice Chair Lauren Sánchez announced an initial $60 million commitment to establish Bezos Centers for Sustainable Protein as part of the Bezos Earth Fund's $1 billion commitment to food transformation.
  • The Centers will target major technological barriers to reducing cost, increasing quality, and boosting nutritional benefit of alternative proteins by advancing science and technology.
  • To date, challenges in biomanufacturing—the production, at scale, of sustainable protein products, whether plant-based, fermented, or cultivated—are resulting in high costs and limited quality.
  • This announcement builds on the Bezos Earth Fund's $1 billion commitment to support farmers and expand food production in a sustainable manner.

Reformed Energy, a Waste-to-Energy Company, Secures Strategic Investment from Riot Platforms

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Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Bitcoin, Partnership, MSW, Carbon, Plasma, Research, Methane, Cryptocurrency

HOUSTON, March 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Reformed Energy Inc., a Texas corporation, announced today that it has secured a strategic investment from Riot Platforms, Inc. ("Riot"), marking a significant milestone for the company as it seeks to bring its unique plasma gasification technology to full commercialization.

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  • HOUSTON, March 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Reformed Energy Inc., a Texas corporation, announced today that it has secured a strategic investment from Riot Platforms, Inc. ("Riot"), marking a significant milestone for the company as it seeks to bring its unique plasma gasification technology to full commercialization.
  • This process yields a versatile synthesis gas that can be utilized downstream for sustainable power generation and synthetic fuel production.
  • We are excited to embark on this groundbreaking initiative with the world's leading public bitcoin mining company, Riot Platforms."
  • "Riot's investment and strategic partnership with Reformed Energy is an exciting opportunity to refine a transformative new source of energy," said Jason Les, CEO of Riot.

Suburban Propane Collaborates with Keep Austin Fed to Sustainably Support Austinites Experiencing Food Insecurity

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Monday, March 11, 2024
Electricity, Organization, Natural gas, Hunger, Environment, COVID-19, Propane, Food, Meal, Volunteering, Carbon, Methane, SPH

"Suburban Propane is proud to support Keep Austin Fed and the amazing contributions of their volunteers to ensure that surplus healthy food is rescued and redistributed to people in need," said Nandini Sankara, Spokesperson, Suburban Propane.

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  • "Suburban Propane is proud to support Keep Austin Fed and the amazing contributions of their volunteers to ensure that surplus healthy food is rescued and redistributed to people in need," said Nandini Sankara, Spokesperson, Suburban Propane.
  • Representatives from Suburban Propane's headquarters in Whippany, NJ helped sort and redistribute rescued food at Keep Austin Fed's walk-in cooler location near downtown Austin.
  • "Keep Austin Fed is truly appreciative for a compassionate community that believes that healthy food is a basic human right and that we need to act now to preserve our environment for future generations," said Lisa Barden, Executive Director, Keep Austin Fed.
  • "We are thrilled to collaborate with businesses like Suburban Propane who promote sustainability as a core value.

Government of Canada Announces Next Steps on Methane Centre of Excellence and Associated Call for Proposals

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Monday, March 11, 2024
Health, Methane, Climate change, Global Methane Initiative, Growth, Environment, Knowledge, Climate, The Honourable, Natural Resources, Research, Carbon, Investment, CO2, MRV, Natural gas

Projects funded by this call for proposals, and other work associated with the Centre of Excellence, are crucial given that methane emissions — particularly methane leaks, also known as fugitive methane emissions — have been consistently under-reported for decades, both in Canada and globally.

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  • Projects funded by this call for proposals, and other work associated with the Centre of Excellence, are crucial given that methane emissions — particularly methane leaks, also known as fugitive methane emissions — have been consistently under-reported for decades, both in Canada and globally.
  • Canadians are global leaders in the technologies, regulations and science associated with methane emissions due to Canada's early leadership providing methane management solutions.
  • The Centre of Excellence will help ensure Canada achieves its methane emissions reduction commitments and the economic, health and climate benefits that their achievement will bring."
  • Canada joined by international partners in regulating and controlling methane emissions including the U.S., EU, China, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico.

Driving Sustainable Energy Transition with Government Collaboration

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Friday, March 1, 2024
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With its extensive content program featuring over 300 sessions and 2,500 conference delegates, Future Energy Asia will be the breeding ground for the strategies and solutions needed to navigate the energy transition in Asia.

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  • With its extensive content program featuring over 300 sessions and 2,500 conference delegates, Future Energy Asia will be the breeding ground for the strategies and solutions needed to navigate the energy transition in Asia.
  • "Events like Future Energy Asia are critical for sharing knowledge, strategies, and innovations that will drive our region's energy transition," stated Somruedee Chaimongkol, CEO of Banpu.
  • A synergistic approach between the government and the private sector is essential for propelling Thailand and the wider region towards a sustainable energy future.
  • Future Mobility Asia creates an inclusive environment that seeks to drive cross-sector collaboration, sparking the innovation needed to accelerate Asia's mobility transition.

Robertshaw’s Master Gas Regulator Now Available for All OEM Gas Stoves

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Tuesday, March 5, 2024
European Commission, Original equipment manufacturer, American National Standards Institute, Hydrogen, Safety, G12, Environmental Science & Technology, Environmental science, Certification, ANSI, Child, Commission, Robertshaw, GHG, Methane, Natural gas

Unlike gas regulators from other competitors, this lockout feature is integrated into the regulator itself, eliminating the necessity for OEMs to buy additional components to accomplish the same functionality.

Key Points: 
  • Unlike gas regulators from other competitors, this lockout feature is integrated into the regulator itself, eliminating the necessity for OEMs to buy additional components to accomplish the same functionality.
  • Moreover, OEMs have the flexibility to customize how the lockout feature is triggered on the Master Gas Regulator.
  • The Master Gas Regulator stops the flow of gas from entering the delivery system when the stove is turned off—which is when 76% of most methane emissions occur, according to a publication in Environmental Science and Technology .
  • When paired with the Master Gas Regulator, Robertshaw’s exclusive Dralo, Halo and G8 burners offer a significant reduction in GHG emissions, cutting them by 75%.

CAPP Forecasts Capital Investment for Canadian Oil and Natural Gas Sector to Reach $40.6 Billion in 2024

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Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Investment, Natural gas, CAPP, Growth, LNG Canada, Federation, Gross domestic product, GDP, CO2, Policy, Public expenditure, Methane, Oil

CALGARY, Alberta, Feb. 27, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) is forecasting capital expenditures for the upstream oil and natural gas sector will reach $40.6 billion in 2024, rising slightly from an estimated actual investment of $39 billion for 2023.

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  • CALGARY, Alberta, Feb. 27, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) is forecasting capital expenditures for the upstream oil and natural gas sector will reach $40.6 billion in 2024, rising slightly from an estimated actual investment of $39 billion for 2023.
  • “Upstream oil and natural gas producers are staying disciplined, with capital expenditures expected to remain stable in 2024,” says Lisa Baiton, CAPP President & CEO.
  • Conventional oil and natural gas capital investment for 2024 is forecast at $27.3 billion, while oil sands investment is expected to reach $13.3 billion.
  • Alberta: The province is expected to maintain a steady investment level at $29 billion, with oil sands’ contribution at around $13.3 billion.