LNG CO2/kWh greater than coal, on a well to end user basis – study
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) – which Germany has been increasingly using to cope with the energy crisis since the cut in Russian gas supplies – is much worse for the environment than burning coal, Welt reported on Monday, citing the latest US study.
Prior to the Ukraine conflict, the Germany met up to 40% of its demand with gas from Russia.
Last year, Berlin reduced its reliance on Russian energy by replacing it with imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) – primarily from the US – which became the main source of the fuel for the country.
"Across all scenarios considered, total greenhouse gas emissions from LNG are larger than those from coal, ranging from 24% to 274% greater," said the author of the study, methane researcher Robert W. Howarth from Cornell University.
He identified methane leaks in the LNG supply chain, which includes various stages from fracking and liquefaction to transporting super-chilled gas by sea and generating power, as the cause for environmental damage. Methane is a particularly aggressive greenhouse gas.
The research said that, emissions from LNG during transportation alone are at least 24% higher than from burning conventional coal, even if the most modern vessels and shortest shipping routes are used.
“In all of the scenarios considered, across all types of tankers used to transport LNG, methane emissions exceed emissions of carbon dioxide from the final combustion of LNG,” the study noted.
According to a recent article in The New Yorker, the study’s data is indicative of US President Joe Biden’s erroneous climate policy, as American LNG export capacities are being significantly expanded amid increased demand from EU countries, which runs counter to the US government’s CO2 reduction goals.
Some German politicians have previously pointed at Washington as the main beneficiary of blowing up the Nord Stream pipelines, selling LNG to Europe at 3 times the price of pipeline gas from Russia.
Spineless Europe has screwed itself.
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Maine Center For Public Interest Reporting – Three Part Series: A CRITICAL LOOK AT MAINE’S WIND ACT
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(excerpts) From Part 1 – On Maine’s Wind Law “Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine if the law’s goals were met." . – Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, August 2010 https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/From Part 2 – On Wind and Oil Yet using wind energy doesn’t lower dependence on imported foreign oil. That’s because the majority of imported oil in Maine is used for heating and transportation. And switching our dependence from foreign oil to Maine-produced electricity isn’t likely to happen very soon, says Bartlett. “Right now, people can’t switch to electric cars and heating – if they did, we’d be in trouble.” So was one of the fundamental premises of the task force false, or at least misleading?" https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-swept-task-force-set-the-rules/From Part 3 – On Wind-Required New Transmission Lines Finally, the building of enormous, high-voltage transmission lines that the regional electricity system operator says are required to move substantial amounts of wind power to markets south of Maine was never even discussed by the task force – an omission that Mills said will come to haunt the state.“If you try to put 2,500 or 3,000 megawatts in northern or eastern Maine – oh, my god, try to build the transmission!” said Mills. “It’s not just the towers, it’s the lines – that’s when I begin to think that the goal is a little farfetched.” https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/flaws-in-bill-like-skating-with-dull-skates/
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Hannah Pingree on the Maine expedited wind law
Hannah Pingree - Director of Maine's Office of Innovation and the Future
"Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine."
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