DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Animal agriculture is the largest emitter of methane, a greenhouse gas 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide when measured over a 20 year period. Scientists say that unless swift action is taken, methane from agriculture alone will take us beyond a 1.5C

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The Environmental Blog

APRIL 17, 2024

This article delves into the concept of carbon offsetting, highlighting both the opportunities it presents and the challenges businesses may encounter in implementing such initiatives. These projects can include renewable energy initiatives, reforestation efforts, methane capture, and more.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Green Hydrogen is the trendiest clean energy source around, touted for its ‘simple’ ability to turn water into a highly combustible energy source capable of replacing our demand for oil and gas. Foremost, the quantity of supply developed will be predicated on where demand may be secured. The push and pull of supply and demand.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

DECEMBER 1, 2022

takes a look at the extent of the UK’s food waste with food insecurity as a background and presents food upcycling as a solution to this waste. This immense food waste not only leads to millions facing food insecurity, but the decomposition of this waste leads to the release of methane which is 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide.

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Business Green

MARCH 18, 2020

Green gas specialist CNG Fuels has opened two further refuelling stations for heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) in the UK this week, in anticipation of surging demand for renewable biomethane over the next year and beyond.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

’ The latter are produced through chemical restructuring of methane-based gas and become ‘blue’ when emissions are under control. .” ’ The latter are produced through chemical restructuring of methane-based gas and become ‘blue’ when emissions are under control.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Thanks to generous feed-in tariffs and other incentives, Germany’s wind and solar installations have soared over the past two decades to the point that renewables could cover half of the country’s electricity demand. Power-to-gas involves using excess renewable power to manufacture carbon-neutral synthetic methane.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

But the only commitment they’re making is to eliminate methane [emissions] and stop flaring,” said Ioualalen. In October, COP28 President Al Jaber said that eliminating methane leaks and flaring is the fastest way to make the biggest impact on short-term operational emissions. Oil and gas companies are committing to net-zero.

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EDF + Business

OCTOBER 26, 2021

For the 128 asset managers and 61 banks that have committed to align trillions of dollars with the Paris Agreement, this moment presents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to achieve their climate goals – not through investments but through public policy advocacy. Methane Fee.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Dr. Chris Charles, Senior Research Scientist and WWT Specialist at Genesis Biosciences, explained: “With a growing demand on companies and authorities to better their environmental credentials, decrease their waste and lower their CO2 emissions, AD and practices such as sludge to land are now being touted as circular economy champions.

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The Environmental Blog

JUNE 8, 2022

There are a handful of potential alternatives, such as ammonia, methane, and methanol, but current technology is still incapable of making them viable for larger-scale use. This is another challenge in itself, but it also presents an opportunity to shift toward a circular economy. Stronger demand for shore-to-ship power.

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EDF + Business

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

EDF+Business program staff participated in meetings and panel presentations, including: Victoria Mills, director of corporate climate policy leadership; Elizabeth Sturcken, director of net zero acceleration; Katie Anderson, manager of supply chain and agricultural methane. An urgent new warning from the U.N.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Attendees are present from some of the world’s largest agribusiness firms – such as meatpacker JBS , fertiliser giant Nutrien, food giant Nestlé and pesticide firm Bayer – and powerful industry trade groups. French dairy giant, Danone, is the only major company outside the oil and gas industry currently to have a methane reduction target.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

RSG is a new term used in the natural gas industry to describe voluntary reporting initiatives, centered largely around emissions of the powerful climate pollutant methane, but which may also include other criteria such as air quality, water stewardship, land impacts, and “ community interests.” What Is RSG?

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Clean Energy Canada

AUGUST 17, 2021

BloombergNEF estimates that clean hydrogen could meet up to a quarter of the world’s energy demand by 2050. The resulting carbon intensity can be presented based on the global warming potential of greenhouse gases over specific timeframes.

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Clean Energy Canada

DECEMBER 20, 2023

To anyone paying attention to global oil and gas demand future forecasts, even under existing policies , the COP28 agreement should not be a surprise. This outcome also presents a dilemma for Canada, which, while positioning itself as a climate leader, also happens to be the world’s fourth largest oil producer and fifth largest gas producer.

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 29, 2021

RNG can also be produced via methanation, in which either synthesis gas from biomass gasification or carbon dioxide emissions from a variety of sources are converted into methane in combination with green hydrogen. . All these present ideal opportunities for the use of RNG.

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R-Squared Energy

APRIL 19, 2022

At present, the EU receives around 40% of its gas, 46% of its coal, and 30% of its oil from Russia — and has no easy substitutes if supplies are disrupted. In the initial phase, 25 terawatt-hours (TWh) per year of green methane, from which more than half a million metric tons of hydrogen can be produced, will be imported into Wilhelmshaven.

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Business Green

MAY 13, 2021

CNG Fuels currently runs six refuelling stations across the UK, with plans to open a further 14 by the end of 2022, citing increasing demand, which it said was growing at 100 a year at present. HGVs account for 4.2 By 2025, the firm said it expects 10 per cent of the UK's high-mileage HGV fleet to be running on Bio-CNG fuel.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

At present, around 99 percent of the roughly 130 million tons of hydrogen a year used for industrial processes — mostly oil refining and ammonia production — is made using coal or lignite gasification processes, or steam methane reformation. Neither option is cheap, though. Playing the heating card.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

It does not release carbon dioxide (CO2) when it is combusted and as such the UK Climate Change Committee predicts that hydrogen will meet 20 per cent to 35 per cent of the UK's final energy demand by 2050. methane - CH4). Hydrogen gas can be extracted via several methods, the most common of which is steam methane reformation.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

As DeSmog explains, “there are several ways to produce hydrogen, but almost all of it currently in production uses methane (natural gas) as the feedstock, with non-renewable energy powering that production.” This is the scenario that’s being presented to policymakers, (and promoted to the public) by oil companies and their representatives.

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R-Squared Energy

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Demand will come from industry, refineries, power plants, and the transportation sector. Around 95% is produced via the steam methane reforming (SMR) process, and another 4% comes from partial oxidation (POX). carbon hydrogen rises from 10% in 2020 to 70% in 2030.”. The IEA projects that about half of low?carbon According to the U.S.

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EDF + Business

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

This step raises the bar on climate risk management across the entire finance sector and addresses increasing shareholder demand for climate action from big banks. Given their vital role in the global economy, multinational banks are vulnerable to market-wide pressures presented by climate change. Why it matters. degree scenario.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 27, 2022

In recent years, the industry shifted from persistent science denial to presenting itself as a leader of climate solutions, embodying Merriam-Webster’s word of the year “gaslighting.”. Industries reliant on methane gas continue to expand their footprint, despite bipartisan discussions about the need to develop climate solutions.

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Business Green

AUGUST 12, 2021

However, today's study estimates that emissions from the production - rather than the use - of blue hydrogen "are quite high", and that resulting greenhouse gas emissions, including both CO2 and methane, are "more than 20 per cent greater than burning natural gas or coal for heat, and some 60 per cent greater than burning diesel oil for heat".

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 25, 2023

The most recent example happened a month ago when a ceremony to mark a new, historic 10-mile buffer banning new oil and gas leasing for 20 years around Chaco Culture National Historical Park was thwarted and diverted after protesters blocked roads into the park, demanding that fossil fuel development continue.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 5, 2022

With widespread commitments made to reducing CO 2 emissions, attention is turning to other greenhouse gases, specifically methane and nitrous oxide as the next largest contributors. This in turn demands the latest technologies and innovations across the system, even if the full benefits in the longer term are significantly reduced upfront.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 12, 2022

The global stampede to develop clean energy sources has prompted a demand for ammonia analysers from the developers of engines that will be capable of using ammonia as a fuel. It has been estimated that green ammonia will cost two to four times more to produce than conventional ammonia (steam reformation of methane in natural gas).

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Business Green

APRIL 15, 2021

Government, regulators and consumers are increasing demands to implement sustainable practices to reduce emissions. This presents a unique challenge to farmers who need to maintain productivity and profitability from their core activity as food producers whilst also navigating changes in support levels and regulations post Brexit.".

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Now a report today from a diverse group of built environment professionals in London - including developers, engineers, planners, academics, sustainability professionals, architects and facilities managers - has waded into the debate, arguing that for the majority of homes, swapping out methane for hydrogen remains largely a pipe dream.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 2, 2021

These commitments and investments along with those of other corporations have created an important source of demand and funding for forest carbon. And on July 21, Apple committed to become 100 percent carbon neutral across its entire business, supply chain and product life cycle by 2030. .

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 19, 2024

As we navigate the intricacies of biomass conversion processes and their impacts on our planet, we encroach upon a dialogue pivotal for the present and future of energy consumption. In conclusion , biomass energy presents a compelling case as an integral part of a sustainable and diversified energy portfolio.

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Business Green

APRIL 22, 2022

Demand has grown slowly, but will it boom? The first thing needed is demand. The kelp market is still young and demand has grown slowly and steadily. At the moment, production is outpacing demand, according to Courtney Boyd Myers, CEO of the kelp burger startup Akua and a major seaweed buyer. Not in my ocean view.

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Business Green

AUGUST 18, 2021

Yet at present, the UK boasts little in the way of hydrogen production capacity to meet the expected surge in demand, and scaling up the fledgling sector requires patience, high capital investment and careful planning - a process many a green technology before it has faced.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 14, 2022

You’ll understand what products and processes emit g reenhouse gases (GHGs), including the carbon-containing gases carbon dioxide and methane. At present, calculating a carbon footprint is completely voluntary, but has gained traction due to increasing stakeholder interest. Your carbon footprint can then be managed once understood.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

One of the key proposals here is a switch to hydrogen, which is cleaner than the methane predominantly used at present, but we need to be able to produce it at scale and adapt our current infrastructure. These projects are crucial if we are to deliver low carbon energy, reliably and safely to all consumers. Set up a zero-carbon zone.

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