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🌿⚡️ Element Fuels is forging ahead with a groundbreaking project: a hydrogen-powered refinery and combined-cycle power plant at the Port of Brownsville - Texas. 🏭 🌍 John Calce, Founder and co-CEO of Element Fuels, stated, ““A permit for a greenfield refinery of this size, scope and functionality has not been granted in the United States since the 1970s. This speaks to the innovative approaches we are taking to address climate and sustainability concerns in cleaner, greener ways that are new to the refinery space.” Expected to be operational by 2027, it will generate over 160,000 barrels per day of low-carbon fuels and enough hydrogen to eliminate CO2 emissions from its operations. With 100 MW of excess electricity, Element Fuels will support the Energy Reliability Council of Texas, benefitting the local community’s energy needs and marking a major step towards sustainable energy solutions. 💧🛢️ The facility will also produce enough low-carbon hydrogen to supply approximately 100% of the refinery’s fuel requirements, essentially eliminating CO2 emissions. 🌞🔋 #TexasInnovation #HydrogenRefinery #CleanEnergy #Sustainability #ClimateAction https://lnkd.in/gv5K_Ngb

Venture into the realm of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), hailed as a promising avenue for sustainable energy production, yet still in nascent stages of deployment. Uncover the potential of repurposing existing coal plant sites to accommodate SMRs, offering operational advantages and circumventing the challenges of new infrastructure development. #Energy #GreenEnergy #NuclearEnergy

Completions power American Energy Independence. Major credit is owed to the technology for reversing the decline in US oil production and propelling it from 5.9 million B/D in 1999 to almost 13 million B/D today - making the US the world’s top producer. As the bedrock of the energy transition, oil and gas remains an important part of our energy mix today. That’s why we need innovative solutions to drive performance and decarbonize operations. Our bio-based chemistries support American industry and minimize carbon emissions. Environmentally friendly. Cost-effective. Performance enhancing. Farm to Wellhead®. Jim H. Neil Hayes Chris Carpenter Eric "Scooby" Hellekson Darin Oswald B.Sc. Craig Carnahan Chance Davenport Tyler Flynt #LFSChemistry #energy #oilandgasindustry #farmtowellhead #completions

🚨Industry News🚨 Element Fuels is developing an innovative refinery complex designed to produce and recycle hydrogen, generating cleaner, higher-quality fuels, including high-octane gasoline and electricity. This refinery, the first of its kind since the 1970s, will process 160,000 barrels (6.7 million gallons) per day of gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel, using advanced technologies to address climate and sustainability concerns. Scheduled to be operational by 2027, the refinery will exclusively use high-gravity domestic shale oil to produce low-carbon fuels, significantly reducing carbon emissions. The facility will produce enough low-carbon hydrogen to meet its own needs and generate surplus electricity for the Energy Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), supporting the local community. Built on over 240 acres at the Port of Brownsville, Texas, the project will create hundreds of high-paying jobs and support the Justice40 initiative, promoting clean energy and affordable housing in the region. Element Fuels has partnered with McDermott for engineering design services and is led by experienced industry veterans who have managed over $500 billion in capital projects. This project represents a major step in the transition from fossil fuels to renewable and lower-carbon energy sources. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gHxUQSHv #expansion #topnews

Clean Energy Fuels has completed its renewable natural gas (RNG) production facility at Ash Grove Dairy in Lake Benton, Minnesota. The one-digester facility injects pipeline-quality RNG into the interstate natural gas pipeline grid, and at full capacity, it is anticipated to supply up to 480,000 gasoline gallon equivalents (GGEs) of negative carbon-intensity RNG annually. It will also provide Clean Energy stations with clean-burning fuel for its commercial transportation fleet customers. The facility will process up to 60,000 gallons of manure each day, capture its harmful methane, and prevent it from entering the atmosphere. This biogas will be converted into an estimated 165 MMBtus of RNG every day. The project, developed by Dynamic Renewables and financed through one of Clean Energy’s production joint ventures, is worth $22 million. It has passed necessary gas testing and is officially producing ready-to-use RNG. Clean Energy plans to file the applications to generate federal and state environmental credits. To save energy & cost for your business, contact me at https://buff.ly/2EjAMbu. #Reliability #EnergyStorage #EnergyEfficiency #Renewables #EnergyAudit #Procurement #Resilience https://buff.ly/3Tmb7oH

Historically, utilities had exclusive rights to bundled power services. Reforms like PURPA and the Energy Policy Act began reshaping the industry, promoting competition and renewables. Today, environmental regs and market shifts drive the move from coal to cleaner energy. #Energy #Electricity

I’ve followed Form Energy’s progress for a while now. Cost effective and efficient long-duration energy storage has a lot of appeal. The typical duration for lithium-ion BESS is four hours; the duration for Form Energy’s iron air technology is up to 100 hours. Round trip energy efficiency and the delta between different storage technologies is an important consideration. The less surplus (low to no cost) power available the more important the consideration is. Iron air batteries are appreciably less efficient than lithium-ion. They also require more space for the same amount of storage, so their primary use will be for grid scale energy storage. CapEx for iron air BESS is reported to be about 10% of that for lithium-ion based systems. Iron is a relatively low cost and abundant resource. It is mined at enormous scale, including in countries with democratically elected governments, rule of law and meaningful protections for miners and the environment.

“DOE Announces Support for Plug Power #HydrogenProduction Sites” Darrell Proctor - May 21, 2024 “The U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE) announced it was preparing to make as much as a $1.66 billion loan guarantee to Latham, New York-based Plug Power, with the money earmarked for construction of as many as six #cleanhydrogen facilities across the U.S. The DOE on May 14 said the funds were part of a conditional commitment to Plug Power. The Biden administration has made support for #hydrogenproduction from #cleanenergysources —known as #greenhydrogen—a focus of its #energyprogram .” “Key for Decarbonization” “”Green hydrogen is an essential driver of #industrialdecarbonization in the United States,” said Plug Power CEO Andy Marsh. “Earlier this year, Plug successfully demonstrated our innovation and technical ability by launching the first commercial-scale #greenhydrogenplant in the country in Woodbine, Georgia.”” https://lnkd.in/egazYvDW? Source- original post Read all my posts #MariusPreston

#Germany to tender for 5.5GW of new #hydrogen-ready #gas-fired power plants and 2GW of conversions Winners would have to switch to operation on green or blue hydrogen within eight years #greenhydrogen #bluehydrogen #cleanhydrogen #cleanpower https://lnkd.in/eD4hNTMz

Powering the Future: DTE's Major Battery Storage Project 🔋⚡ TL;DR: DTE Energy unveils plans for a 220-MW battery storage system at the retired Trenton Channel coal plant, boosting Michigan's clean energy transition. Highlights • Site: Trenton Channel, retired in 2022 • Capacity: 220 MW battery storage • Completion: Expected by 2026 • Technology: Four-hour lithium-ion battery system • Significance: Largest battery storage in the Great Lakes • Strategic Goals: Supports doubling energy storage capacity by 2042 • Clean Energy Targets: Aligns with Michigan's goals for 50% carbon-free by 2030, 100% by 2040 • Financials: $140M offset via 2022 federal Inflation Reduction Act #CleanEnergy #SustainableFuture #BatteryStorage #RenewableEnergy #DTEEnergy #Michigan Article Source https://lnkd.in/gGh5cguP