Russian Pipeline Routes to Europe: What's in Play?

Energy Intelligence looks at the existing pipeline gas routes from Russia into Europe and what’s needed to bring in additional gas volumes.

Energy Intelligence

VC funding announcements from Google spin-offs are not normally the kind of things that I find interesting, but Dandelion Energy's Raise is different. They're working on a problem that most of the market is just ignoring - homeowners want geothermal, HVAC contractors don't really care what homeowners want & lenders are mostly just out of the picture.

https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/geothermal/dandelion-energy-raises-70m-to-take-geothermal-heat-pumps-mainstream

#ClimateChange #Geothermal #BeyondGas #DandelionEnergy

Dandelion Energy raises $70M to take geothermal heat pumps mainstream

The Google spinout installs ground-source heat pumps for households in the frigid Northeast. Now it’s got federal tax credits and energy inflation to help it make the pitch.

Canary Media

It seems that Pepco is attempting to stop DC's plan to ban natural gas from new construction. I'm not surprised, I'm angry.

https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/sustainability/dc-board-votes-down-electrification-standards-after-grid-operator-concerns-116056

#washingtondc #beyondgas #pepco #ElectrifyEverything

D.C. Board Rejects All-Electric Building Plan After Last-Minute Pepco Concerns

An eleventh-hour letter from regional utility Pepco left members of the Construction Codes Coordinating Board in doubt and seeking answers.

Bisnow

This story absolutely echos my experience trying to electrify my house: https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2022/10/8/23387530/home-electrification-heat-pumps-gas-furnace-contractors ...and wow does the "In my house, I wouldn’t do that" line ring true.

#ElectrifyEverything #BeyondGas

Heat pumps are a big part of home electrification, but contractors seem resistant

Home electrification in the Inflation Reduction Act depends on contractors willing to do the work.

Vox

Watched a Business Insider video about the https://welldonefoundation.org and was again so impressed by their work, but also I didn't realize the small number of well's they've capped; 21 out of around 1 million uncapped wells. There is so much to do.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EjkgPzVWjE

#climatechange #beyondgas

Plugging Abandoned Wells - The Well Done Foundation -

The Well Done Foundation plugs abandoned oil and gas wells, mitigating greenhouse gases including methane, CO2 and more. We find abandoned orphan wells and plug them, permanently.

The Well Done Foundation
Banning natural gas in new construction & requiring DC to become carbon neutral is the kind of legislation we need. So happy to see it happening! If only we were brave enough to set more aggressive timelines. https://dcist.com/story/22/07/14/dc-natural-gas-ban-net-zero-carbon-new-construction/ #climatechange #BeyondGas #washingtondc
D.C. Moves To Ban Natural Gas In Most New Buildings, Aiming For Carbon Neutrality – DCist

Starting in 2026, most new buildings in D.C. will not be able to use natural gas, and will have to produce as much energy as they consume.

WAMU 88.5 - American University Radio
My parents A/C stopped working, they're looking at geothermal & asked me to look at costs & environmental impact. So I did! tl;dr ground source heat pumps are great, if a bit expensive. https://miccolis.github.io/posts/2022-06-08-considering-geothermal.html #climatechange #beyondgas #heatpump
Considering Geothermal

Reading the new "Seeing CH4 Clearly" report prepared for the US Congress and it's simultaneously hopeful and heat breaking. We have, in hand, "low-hanging fruit of large-scale methane emissions reductions" but struggle to build the political will to demand those actions are taken. https://science.house.gov/imo/media/doc/science_committee_majority_staff_report_seeing_ch4_clearly.pdf #climatechange #methane #beyondgas
I looked into how bad natural gas leaks are at the individual household scale. Unless I got something wrong, they double the climate warming impact of using natural gas! https://miccolis.github.io/posts/2022-05-12-burning-natural-gas.html #climatechange #beyondgas
Actual Cost of Natural Gas Emissions