Sean O'Leary
@seanholeary.bsky.social
Senior researcher at the Ohio River Valley Institute, where I focus on economic development and energy transition. Also a playwright, and native of Wheeling, West Virginia
Another ARCH2 hydrogen hub project going down in flames. Joins at least five others. The result of absurdly undercapitalized companies trying to develop a product for which there is no market. www.wastedive.com/news/empire-...
Planned West Virginia pyrolysis plant misses payments on $44M in bonds
The plant, commissioned by a subsidiary of Empire Diversified Energy, was set to convert waste plastic to electricity. Its future is unclear.
www.wastedive.com
June 4, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Another ARCH2 hydrogen hub project going down in flames. Joins at least five others. The result of absurdly undercapitalized companies trying to develop a product for which there is no market. www.wastedive.com/news/empire-...
A month from hell. Northern Appalachia's economic development strategic triad of natural gas, petrochemicals, and hydrogen is failing. Natgas doesn't generate job growth and petrochemicals and hydrogen can't get off the ground. Time for a new strategy. ohiorivervalleyinstitute.org/a-month-from...
A Month from Hell – Ohio River Valley Institute
The Ohio River Valley Institute is a think tank focused on lasting job growth, clean energy, and more inclusive civic structures for northern Appalachia.
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March 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
A month from hell. Northern Appalachia's economic development strategic triad of natural gas, petrochemicals, and hydrogen is failing. Natgas doesn't generate job growth and petrochemicals and hydrogen can't get off the ground. Time for a new strategy. ohiorivervalleyinstitute.org/a-month-from...
From my ORVI colleague, Ted Boettner, as an underequipped and historically deficient state agency prepares to assume regulatory responsibility for carbon sequestration.
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Abandoned Wells Could Wreak Havoc for Carbon Storage in West Virginia – Ohio River Valley Institute
The Ohio River Valley Institute is a think tank focused on lasting job growth, clean energy, and more inclusive civic structures for northern Appalachia.
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January 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM
From my ORVI colleague, Ted Boettner, as an underequipped and historically deficient state agency prepares to assume regulatory responsibility for carbon sequestration.
ohiorivervalleyinstitute.org/abandoned-we...
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The tragedy is that many state leaders think growing reliance on natural gas is economically beneficial when in fact it contributes to job loss, population loss, and rising electric bills. www.eia.gov/todayinenerg...
Homepage - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
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January 29, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The tragedy is that many state leaders think growing reliance on natural gas is economically beneficial when in fact it contributes to job loss, population loss, and rising electric bills. www.eia.gov/todayinenerg...
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PJM, utilities, and the natural gas industry are using predictions of rapidly rising electricity demand to frog-march the region into greater dependence on gas-fired electricity - a decision that could result in electric rates going up by a third or more. ohiorivervalleyinstitute.org/load-growth-...
Load Growth Fever, LNG, and the Risk of Higher Electric Rates – Ohio River Valley Institute
The Ohio River Valley Institute is a think tank focused on lasting job growth, clean energy, and more inclusive civic structures for northern Appalachia.
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January 7, 2025 at 12:29 AM
PJM, utilities, and the natural gas industry are using predictions of rapidly rising electricity demand to frog-march the region into greater dependence on gas-fired electricity - a decision that could result in electric rates going up by a third or more. ohiorivervalleyinstitute.org/load-growth-...
PJM, utilities, and the natural gas industry are using predictions of rapidly rising electricity demand to frog-march the region into greater dependence on gas-fired electricity - a decision that could result in electric rates going up by a third or more. ohiorivervalleyinstitute.org/load-growth-...
Load Growth Fever, LNG, and the Risk of Higher Electric Rates – Ohio River Valley Institute
The Ohio River Valley Institute is a think tank focused on lasting job growth, clean energy, and more inclusive civic structures for northern Appalachia.
ohiorivervalleyinstitute.org
January 7, 2025 at 12:29 AM
PJM, utilities, and the natural gas industry are using predictions of rapidly rising electricity demand to frog-march the region into greater dependence on gas-fired electricity - a decision that could result in electric rates going up by a third or more. ohiorivervalleyinstitute.org/load-growth-...
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Meanwhile, across the Pond, Germany will shutter a key LNG import terminal in the first quarter of 2025, as EU energy crisis eases. oilprice.com/Latest-Energ... 🛢️🔥 🔌💡
December 17, 2024 at 8:18 PM
Meanwhile, across the Pond, Germany will shutter a key LNG import terminal in the first quarter of 2025, as EU energy crisis eases. oilprice.com/Latest-Energ... 🛢️🔥 🔌💡
The Appalachian Regional Hydrogen Hub (ARCH2) is losing developers and support principally because the underlying technology, blue hydrogen, is fundamentally uneconomic for most of its imagined applications. www.eenews.net/articles/blu...
‘Blue’ hydrogen hub struggles to win over Appalachia
Dozens of environmental and community groups say the hub has provided little public information on its plans to turn natural gas into a low-carbon fuel.
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November 26, 2024 at 4:30 PM
The Appalachian Regional Hydrogen Hub (ARCH2) is losing developers and support principally because the underlying technology, blue hydrogen, is fundamentally uneconomic for most of its imagined applications. www.eenews.net/articles/blu...
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Update this morning on Peabody Energy, a US coal-producing giant, venturing into solar and storage business www.spglobal.com/marketintell...
Here's a previous story about coal producers' ventures into the world of greener energy: www.spglobal.com/marketintell...
Here's a previous story about coal producers' ventures into the world of greener energy: www.spglobal.com/marketintell...
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November 21, 2024 at 6:08 PM
Update this morning on Peabody Energy, a US coal-producing giant, venturing into solar and storage business www.spglobal.com/marketintell...
Here's a previous story about coal producers' ventures into the world of greener energy: www.spglobal.com/marketintell...
Here's a previous story about coal producers' ventures into the world of greener energy: www.spglobal.com/marketintell...
Anyone who ever took ECON 101 should have understood that Trump's claim that increased natural gas exports would drive down prices in this country was absurd. Zibel quantifies the absurdity.
NEW: Trump's expected push to ramp up exports of liquefied natual gas is likely to whack consumers in the pockebook.
I looked at Pennsylvania and found that the LNG export push from Trum's fossil fuel allies could stick consumers with a $16B energy shock.
www.citizen.org/article/keys...
I looked at Pennsylvania and found that the LNG export push from Trum's fossil fuel allies could stick consumers with a $16B energy shock.
www.citizen.org/article/keys...
Keystone Gas Gouge: Gas Export Push Could Stick Pennsylvania Consumers With $16 Billion Bill
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November 25, 2024 at 7:54 PM
Anyone who ever took ECON 101 should have understood that Trump's claim that increased natural gas exports would drive down prices in this country was absurd. Zibel quantifies the absurdity.
CCS has, for the most part, been "decarbonization theater".
Renewables are exceeding expectations - but so are emissions. Why?
Part of the fossil economy's staying power comes from false promises of techno-neutralisation. CCS is the OG machine saviour. A new blog for you, on why its second coming hasn't come.
ketanjoshi.co/2024/11/24/2...
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Part of the fossil economy's staying power comes from false promises of techno-neutralisation. CCS is the OG machine saviour. A new blog for you, on why its second coming hasn't come.
ketanjoshi.co/2024/11/24/2...
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November 24, 2024 at 4:15 PM
CCS has, for the most part, been "decarbonization theater".
Reposted by Sean O'Leary
Data centers alone will drive new natural gas consumption “equivalent to roughly 10-30 percent of current U.S. demand for gas-fired power generation,” according to a Bloomberg Intelligence report.
November 22, 2024 at 12:17 PM
Data centers alone will drive new natural gas consumption “equivalent to roughly 10-30 percent of current U.S. demand for gas-fired power generation,” according to a Bloomberg Intelligence report.
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No. Just: no. We do not want or need hydrogen for home heating.
Canada’s first hydrogen-heated home lays groundwork for low-carbon alternatives kathari.news/2024/11/21/h... #EnergySky #Climate
Canada’s first hydrogen-heated home lays groundwork for low-carbon alternatives - Kathari News
Canada’s first hydrogen-heated home in Sherwood Park tests hydrogen’s feasibility as an alternative to natural gas for residential heating.
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November 21, 2024 at 11:17 PM
No. Just: no. We do not want or need hydrogen for home heating.
The ARCH2 hydrogen hub is struggling badly as projects and developers drop out. Things may get even worse under the Trump administration. ohiorivervalleyinstitute.org/wp-content/u...
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November 23, 2024 at 11:37 PM
The ARCH2 hydrogen hub is struggling badly as projects and developers drop out. Things may get even worse under the Trump administration. ohiorivervalleyinstitute.org/wp-content/u...
This is of particular concern in the Ohio River Valley and northern Appalachia where the economy is already sagging due in large part to an over-reliance on natural gas.
Net-zero GHG goals aside, US utilities have a strategy for expanding their natural gas-fired power fleets, even if emission standards for new plants survive court challenges and the next Trump term. 148 new gas projects are now in the works, S&P Global data shows. tinyurl.com/mtnm66wf
November 23, 2024 at 11:30 PM
This is of particular concern in the Ohio River Valley and northern Appalachia where the economy is already sagging due in large part to an over-reliance on natural gas.
The situation in Fairmont is frighteningly similar to the case of Austin Master Services which dumped radioactive waste along the Ohio River in Martins Ferry, Ohio. In that case, Ohio's attorney general took action. www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4tX...
November 23, 2024 at 11:10 PM
The situation in Fairmont is frighteningly similar to the case of Austin Master Services which dumped radioactive waste along the Ohio River in Martins Ferry, Ohio. In that case, Ohio's attorney general took action. www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4tX...