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SpaceX Starship Setback Exposes Energy Gaps in $1.8 Trillion Space Race

OilPrice

SpaceX’s Starship prototype exploded over the Indian Ocean on Thursday during its fourth “hotfire” engine test, dramatically underscoring the immense energy stakes of Elon Musk’s space aspirations. This fuels more than just rockets.

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PA’s Senators Intro Bill to Move Fossil Energy Office to Pittsburgh

Marcellus Drilling News

Senators, Dave McCormick, R-Pittsburgh, and John Fetterman, D-Braddock, have introduced Senate Bill 2044, which would move the federal Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) to Pittsburgh. It’s not an insignificant move. The federal.

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Always Improving: The Safest Energy System in the World 

American Gas Association

AGA Newsroom True Blue Blog Where energy conversations come to life. Our infrastructure is underground, well-engineered, and shielded against most natural disasters. Hydrogen is a promising avenue for lowering emissions and an excellent potential tool for energy storage. Pipeline safety must be the top priority.

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Feat of Engineering Provides Floating Power Solution

POWER Magazine

A project utilizing liquefied natural gas (LNG) is supporting power generation in El Salvador and playing a major role in the country’s energy transformation. An energy project in El Salvador has been called The post Feat of Engineering Provides Floating Power Solution appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Utilities, Grid Operators Grapple with Adding Renewable Energy

POWER Magazine

Power generators and transmission system engineers have to rethink their planning strategies, and must continue to develop tools to allow more solar, wind, and other forms of renewable energy to […] The post Utilities, Grid Operators Grapple with Adding Renewable Energy appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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MAN Energy Gas Engines Will Power New Texas Peaker Plant

POWER Magazine

The Kerrville (Texas) Public Utility Board has selected MAN Energy Solutions to supply six 18V51/60G gas engines for a new 124-MW power plant. The post MAN Energy Gas Engines Will Power New Texas Peaker Plant appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Kentucky Energy Group Breaks Ground for New RICE Power Plant

POWER Magazine

A Kentucky energy provider has broken ground for a new 75-MW power plant that will use reciprocating internal combustion engine (RICE) technology from Wrtsil. The post Kentucky Energy Group Breaks Ground for New RICE Power Plant appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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