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U.S. fishing industry teams up with oil lobby to fight offshore wind

December 17, 2021

Reuters Dec 17 – Members of the U.S. commercial fishing industry are teaming up with an oil industry-backed lobbying group to fight offshore wind energy development on the East Coast, according to documents reviewed by Reuters and interviews with people involved. The unusual alliance reflects the breadth of opposition President Joe Biden faces as his administration pushes to expand offshore wind power

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Exclusive Interview with Iron IQ on secure, scalable, affordable, cloud-based SCADA solutions

December 16, 2021

Publisher’s Note: Dan Genovese with EnerCom sat down with Michael Ligrani, CEO of Iron IQ, to discuss their solution to get operators on a frictionless path to getting all their equipment, people, and processes connected on the cloud. Iron IQ’s solutions for Oil and Gas are easily expanded into adjacent industries, such as mining, water management, solar and precision agriculture,

Exclusive Interview with Hydrostar – The future of hydrogen energy production

December 14, 2021

Publisher’s Note: Dan Genovese with EnerCom sat down with Darrel Smith, Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Hydrostar, to discuss their game-changing electrolyte and electrolyzers for scalable hydrogen production. Hydrostar’s electrolysis systems efficiently produce high grade, low-cost, Green Hydrogen gas with intermittent operation allowing for adaptation to many renewable power generation applications. The low capital and operating cost of Hydrostar’s

Exclusive: ESal’s technology can increase oil production by as much as 50%

December 9, 2021

Publisher’s Note: Dan Genovese with EnerCom sat down with Salem Thyne, CEO of ESal (Engineered Salinity), to understand ESal’s focus on recovering more oil from new well completions, secondary recovery and EOR projects. Their patented RightWater® technology can increase oil production by optimizing the salinity and ionic composition of water used in oil and gas processes. Engineered Salinity works without

Exclusive: Black Mountain Carbon Lock’s simple solutions for carbon capture & storage

December 7, 2021

Publisher’s Note: Dan Genovese with EnerCom sat down with Ashley Zumwalt-Forbes, CEO of Black Mountain Carbon Lock, to discuss their carbon removal projects that help companies reach their emission reduction targets. Black Mountain Carbon Lock is a global carbon capture & storage (CCS) company participating across the CCS value chain to provide versatile, commercial-scale carbon management services to a broad

Oil giant Shell strikes deal to buy power from ‘world’s largest offshore wind farm’

November 24, 2021

CNBC Shell said Wednesday it had signed a deal to purchase power from a development dubbed “the world’s largest offshore wind farm.” The 15-year power purchase agreement relates to 240 megawatts from Dogger Bank C, the third and final phase of the 3.6 gigawatt Dogger Bank Wind Farm, which will be located in waters off the coast of northeast England. The

Construction starts at America’s first major offshore wind farm

November 19, 2021

CNBC Ground has been broken on a project dubbed the United States’ “first commercial scale offshore wind farm.” The construction’s kickoff, which took place on Thursday, represents another step forward for America’s fledgling offshore wind sector. Located in waters 15 miles off Martha’s Vineyard, near Cape Cod in Massachusetts, it’s hoped that the 800-megawatt Vineyard Wind 1 facility will start sending power

Exclusive: Energy Vault Executive Interview with EnerCom on Renewable Storage Solution

October 14, 2021

Publisher’s Note: Dan Genovese with EnerCom sat down with Robert Piconi, co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Energy Vault, developer of a gravity-based, grid-scale, cost effective energy storage solution for wind and solar. Energy Vault’s energy storage systems are designed to be cost-efficient, reliable, safe to operate and environmentally sustainable over a 35 year technical life, using gravity to store

Chevron CEO explains why the oil giant’s lower-carbon investments look past wind and solar energy

September 16, 2021

CNBC Chevron Chairman and CEO Mike Wirth told CNBC on Wednesday the oil company’s lower-carbon investments focus on areas such as renewable natural gas and hydrogen because it sees significant potential to create shareholder value. “One of the things we’ve chosen not to go into is wind and solar,” Wirth said in a “Mad Money” interview. “These are technologies that are relatively mature.

Shell commits to power Malaysian offshore platform with solar and wind energy

August 30, 2021

World Oil Sarawak Shell Berhad, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc, announced that it has taken a final investment decision on the Timi gas development project and, together with its partners PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd and Brunei Energy Exploration, look forward to delivering this for Malaysia. The Timi field is situated approximately 200 km off the coast of Sarawak,

Exclusive: BKV Corporation Executive Interview with EnerCom

August 13, 2021

Publisher’s Note: Dan Genovese with EnerCom sat down with Chris Kalnin, CEO of BKV Corporation, to discuss natural gas prices, BKV’s recent power plant acquisition announcement, net-zero mission and M&A. BKV is a natural gas exploration & production company and energy industry innovator with a strong track-record of profitability and industry leading sustainability. For more information, you can visit BKV

Low wind speeds hurt profits at two of Europe’s major energy firms

August 13, 2021

CNBC The chief financial officer of German utility RWE on Thursday acknowledged the importance of weather to its renewables segment, as the company reported “much lower” wind volumes in Northern and Central Europe for the first half of 2021. In an interview with CNBC, Michael Müller stressed the need to have a broad range of assets in place to cope with potential

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