liquefied natural gas Archives - Ireland's Forecourt & Convenience Retailer https://forecourtretailer.com/tag/liquefied-natural-gas/ Ireland's Only Forecourt & Convenience Retailer Wed, 03 Aug 2022 09:14:45 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://forecourtretailer.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-IFCR-Site-Icon-32x32.png liquefied natural gas Archives - Ireland's Forecourt & Convenience Retailer https://forecourtretailer.com/tag/liquefied-natural-gas/ 32 32 94949456 Climate activists opposed to Kerry LNG plan set up week-long protest camp https://forecourtretailer.com/climate-activists-opposed-to-kerry-lng-plan-set-up-week-long-protest-camp/ Wed, 03 Aug 2022 09:14:45 +0000 https://forecourtretailer.com/?p=20956 A week-long Climate Camp Ireland protest in Tarbert against the proposed Shannon LNG project started on Monday when more than 50 activists gathered to voice

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A week-long Climate Camp Ireland protest in Tarbert against the proposed Shannon LNG project started on Monday when more than 50 activists gathered to voice their opposition to the plan.

Protestors assembled at the old Tarbert Goal Museum and marched to farmland to set up camp, close to where the liquefied gas terminal would be located.

Between 200 and 400 people are expected to attend the protest, which runs until Sunday next and combines a series of events and lectures.

Some locals feel Shannon LNG will create much-needed employment and investment in the locality, while those opposed say it will have a negative impact on the region for the next 50 years.

“I’m very aware of the employment prospects. If this doesn’t happen it’s not like there’s going to be a massive loss of jobs. There would probably only be 30 odd jobs for local people anyway,” protester Luke Dingle said, saying the real problem lies with Government and a lack of investment in North Kerry over several decades, with no support for tourism and local employment.

“Putting LNG here isn’t going to solve that lack of development and support. If anything, it could actually damage what tourism there is by people looking at this horrible terminal. If there is any kind of accident there, it would destroy the local environment,” he said.

Climate Camp Ireland claim that global gas companies are taking advantage of the war in Ukraine to push projects like Shannon LNG over the line. A final decision on LNG rests with An Bord Pleanála and is expected next month.

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]]> 20956 UK to phase out import of Russian oil by end of 2022 https://forecourtretailer.com/uk-to-phase-out-import-of-russian-oil-by-end-of-2022/ Wed, 09 Mar 2022 10:26:52 +0000 https://forecourtretailer.com/?p=19595 Britain will phase out Russian imports of oil and oil products by the end of 2022, business minister Kwasi Kwarteng has said. The minister has

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Britain will phase out Russian imports of oil and oil products by the end of 2022, business minister Kwasi Kwarteng has said.
The minister has called on businesses to use the transition period to ensure a smooth transition.
“This transition will give the market, businesses and supply chains more than enough time to replace Russian imports – which make up 8% of UK demand,” Kwarteng said on Twitter.
On Monday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said his government would set out a new energy supply strategy as the Russian invasion of Ukraine and subsequent rally in energy prices accelerated the need for new energy sources and greater self-reliance.
Kwarteng said he was exploring options to end British imports of Russian gas which accounts for about 4% of supply in the country.
Separately, the United States, the world’s biggest oil consumer, announced a ban on Russian oil imports.
Ahead of the formal announcement of the moves by Britain and the United States, oil prices rose with Brent surging past $132a barrel in anticipation of reduced supply.
Also on Tuesday, the European Commission published plans to cut the EU’s dependency on Russian gas by two-thirds this year and end its reliance on Russian supplies of the fuel “well before 2030”.
Currently Russia accounts for 45% of Europe’s gas imports, with some countries more heavily reliant than others. Russia is also the source of 25% of the EU’s oil imports and 45% of coal imports.
The plan seeks to diversify the EU’s gas supplies and replace gas used in heating and power generation.
Speaking at the launch of the plan in Strasbourg, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen said: “…We simply cannot rely on a supplier who explicitly threatens us.”
The EU’s Commissioner for Energy, Kadri Simson, said the Commission will propose that gas storage in the EU needs to be filled to at least 90% by October 1st each year. This will be contained in a legislative proposal to be introduced next month.
The plan also includes price regulation, state aid and “tax measures to protect European households and businesses” against the impact of high energy prices.
The Commission’s plans will be discussed with EU leaders at Versailles later this week.
The plan also includes the possibility for “high energy sector profits” and the returns from emissions trading to be redistributed to consumers.
Also, EU state aid rules will be changed to provide short-term support to companies affected by high energy prices. This will all be wrapped up in a new ‘State aid Temporary Crisis Framework’ following consultations with member states.
The Commission will also examine the possibility of imposing temporary price limits on energy.
Diversifying away from Russian fossil fuels will involve higher LNG imports and larger volumes of biomethane and renewable hydrogen. It will also involve more renewables and “addressing infrastructure bottlenecks.”
The new plans come on top of climate change policies the EU is currently negotiating, which are designed to cut emissions faster this decade and would alone cut EU gas use 30% by 2030.
The Commission said gas and liquefied natural gas from countries like the US and Qatar could this year replace more than a third, 60 billion cubic metres (bcm), of the 155 bcm Europe gets annually from Russia.
And by 2030, increased biomethane and hydrogen use could also help, it added. New wind and solar projects could replace 20 bcm of gas demand this year, while tripling capacity by 2030, adding 480GW of wind and 420GW of solar energy, could save 170 bcm a year.
Turning down thermostats by 1°C could save an extra 10 bcm this year, while by 2030, replacing gas boilers with 30 million heat pumps could save a further 35 bcm, the Commission added.
Some countries are seeking more EU funding to protect consumers from soaring European gas prices, which hit fresh highs this week.
Gas flows to Europe have so far been steady since the invasion, which Russia calls a “special military operation”.
However, Moscow has warned that Western sanctions on Russian oil – an idea supported by the US, but which has split EU nations – could prompt it to close a major gas pipeline to Europe.

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