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TNS Tipoffs - FERC Newsletter for Wednesday April 10, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Energy Information Administration Reduces Its Forecast for U.S. Coal Exports Following Port of Baltimore Closure
WASHINGTON, April 10 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) decreased its forecast for U.S. coal exports following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge and the resulting closure of the Port of Baltimore. In its April Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), EIA reduced its forecasts for U.S. coal exports for April by 33% and for May by 20% from previous fo  more

NETL-Supported Technology for Capturing CO2 From Natural Gas Combined Cycle Power Plant Flue Gas Set for Key Testing
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, April 10 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: NETL experts and representatives of the Department of Energy (DOE) visited North Carolina to review final preparations to ship and test a lower-cost transformational technology developed by CORMETECH Inc. that is designed to capture at least 95% of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the flue gas of natural gas combined cycle (NGCC) power plants. The technology will soon  more

Sandia Studies Subterranean Storage of Hydrogen
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, April 10 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: * * * Will empty petroleum reservoirs work for storing clean hydrogen? * * * Imagine a vast volume of porous sandstone reservoir, once full of oil and natural gas, now full of a different, carbon-free fuel -- hydrogen. Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories are using computer simulations and laboratory experiments to see if depleted oil an  more