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TECfusions Unveils Massive 1,400-Acre Data Center Project With 3 Gigawatts Of Natural Gas-Fired Power Generation In Westmoreland County

PA Environment Daily

The project will transform the shuttered office and industrial site into a state-of-the-art data center campus, with plans for 3 gigawatts of natural gas-fired power generation capacity to be deployed over six years. [3 2025 Shale Gas & Public Health Conference At Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Online Feb.

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Mine Subsidence Found Under Olympus Energy/Hyperion Natural Gas Compressor Station Construction Site In Penn Twp., Westmoreland County

PA Environment Daily

On March 7, Olympus Energy/Hyperion Midstream LLC notified DEP it found an abandoned coal mine subsidence void under the construction site for its Guardian Natural Gas Compressor Station off Wilderness Road in Trafford, Penn Township, Westmoreland County, according to DEP Oil and Gas Program inspection reports.

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We Need to Change Our Assumptions About Gas Plant Reliability

Union of Concerned Scientists

The main point of this blog is to explore the potential consequences of reducing the grid reliability contributions of gas plants to better reflect reality. Spoiler: A UCS modeling exercise suggested that reducing the reliability contributions of gas plants could modestly increase the need for energy storage and gas capacity.

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Five Reasons Renewable Energy Developers are Losing Confidence in Ontario

Enviromental Defense

Stacking the deck in favour of natural gas developers. Natural gas power plant developers are being offered an unquestionable advantage in the upcoming Request for Proposal (RFP) by giving full points to natural gas developers while not offering the same opportunity to battery storage proponents.

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Guest Essay: Significant Electricity Load Growth Can Be Accommodated Without A Stampede To New Natural Gas Generation Just By Increasing Efficiency At Existing Power Plants

PA Environment Daily

But smarter approaches, if carefully applied, could help to reverse costly reliance on gas, and accelerate the clean energy transition in PJM, and nationwide. It can buy time for PJM to focus on high-value additions to the grid through its SSI, the cheaper clean energy waiting in the queue , and deployment of grid enhancing technologies.

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Academics and Lawmakers Slam an Industry-Funded Report by a Former Energy Secretary Promoting Natural Gas and LNG

Inside Climate News

Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, came as an investigation by Democrats in Congress exposed efforts by the oil and gas industry to downplay the climate impact of natural gas. natural gas and liquified natural gas (LNG), funded by the natural gas industry.

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North American Electric Reliability Corp. Files Proposed Cold Weather Standard To Improve Reliability For Natural Gas-fired, Other Electric Generators

PA Environment Daily

The second cause was related to supply issues caused by the decline in natural gas production, exacerbated by the increasing reliance on natural gas fired generation. The Independent Fiscal Office reported in 2024, Pennsylvania depends on natural gas to generate 59% of the states electricity. Read more here.