DeSmogBlog

MAY 8, 2024

The UK has taxed carbon emissions since 2005, first under an emissions trading scheme created by the European Union. The think tank’s recommendations largely mirrored the CLC’s proposal for a rising tax on carbon emissions, a controversial idea that has been accused of being a favoured policy of the fossil fuel industry.

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Business Green

JANUARY 22, 2021

Hamburg coal power plant to be converted into mega-electrolyser for green hydrogen. Vattenfall, Shell, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and Hamburg's municipal heat supplier Hamburg Wärme have this week signed Letter of Intent in support of plans to develop a major new green hydrogen hub in the port city.

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Smart Energy International

JUNE 6, 2022

Over the past few years, we have seen an acceleration in the need for the deployment of renewables, the growth of storage, the emergence of widespread electric vehicle infrastructure, the mainstreaming of new enablers such as blockchain, the shift of intelligence to the edge, the race for hydrogen and more.

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R-Squared Energy

APRIL 10, 2021

The Energy Policy Act of 2005 gave us the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), which mandated that an increasing amount of ethanol had to be blended into the fuel supply. President Bush pursued a hydrogen economy, but he was ahead of his time. President Bush pursued a hydrogen economy, but he was ahead of his time.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The gas lobby’s project to plug Germany into the global LNG market dates back to at least 2005, when E.ON The meeting took place as part of the Canada–Germany Energy Partnership , established in March 2021 to foster “clean energy” trade opportunities – including in hydrogen and LNG. Credit: DeSmog. Hopes Resurrected.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 12, 2022

New joint report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the European Patent Office (EPO) unveils the innovation trends in electrolysis technology to accelerate the cost reduction in renewable-based hydrogen production. IRENA’s 1.5°C IRENA’s 1.5°C C climate target.

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Business Green

MARCH 10, 2020

The report - titled Innovating to Net Zero - also argues all pathways to net zero emissions require major investments in CCUS, hydrogen, and low carbon electricity generation. Feeding the growth in CCUS, meanwhile, more land would also be needed for biomass crops capable of providing in the region of 120TWh of power a year.

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Energy Innovation

OCTOBER 7, 2019

EPS improvements: New fuels, imports and exports, hydrogen, electric vehicles. The EPS now includes five new fuels – crude oil, heavy/residual fuel oil, LPG/propane/butane, municipal solid waste, and hydrogen, along with the technologies that use these fuels across different sectors. These features more accurately represent U.S.

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

These included the Glasgow Breakthroughs , which aims to make climate solutions like green hydrogen and near-zero steel “accessible and affordable” by 2030, and the Industrial Deep Decarbonization Initiative , a promise to purchase low-carbon steel and concrete and align government spending with net zero.

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Clean Energy Canada

APRIL 19, 2021

Tax incentives for a number of clean energy sector industries, such as EV and battery manufacturing, renewable power, and green hydrogen, will also help ensure our best companies choose to stay here—rather than seeking a more generous playing field south of the border. Projects for enhanced oil recovery are not foreseen to be eligible.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The agency has not updated its mid-century goal - to halve aviation's emission by 2050 on 2005 levels - for 12 years, despite growing numbers of airlines adopting new net zero emissions targets.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Since 2005, we have reduced our overall greenhouse gas emissions by 15 per cent. The first phase involves the construction of a clean hydrogen plant, where by-products from core production processes will be converted into hydrogen and CO2. million tonnes per year.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 4, 2022

Renewables, nuclear and energy efficiency in IEA plan to break EU reliance on Russian gas Angeles Link – a proposed hydrogen hub for California’s LA Basin. below 2019 levels and 15% below 2005 levels. Have you read? However, this came immediately on the heels of a sharp drop in 2020 as the pandemic first took hold.

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R-Squared Energy

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Using renewables to produce carbon-free hydrogen at the same cost as that from shale gas. Since 2005, combined power generation from wind and solar power have increased by a factor of 22, to 411 terawatt-hours (TWh) as costs fell dramatically. Biden’s plan calls for: Grid-scale storage at one-tenth the cost of lithium-ion batteries.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

MAY 21, 2023

Quebec’s emissions have declined 10% since 1990 and 12% since 2005. Things happening in Québec: Hydro-Québec posts record $4.56-billion This includes Canada’s largest hydro plant, the 5,616 MW Robert-Bourassa facility in northern Quebec. Quebec’s GHG emissions in 2020 were 76.2 megatonnes (MT) of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e).

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 15, 2021

We have already started by reducing our citywide per capita emissions by 47% and absolute emissions by 39% since 2005. It aims to do this in a way that supports new green economies and greater social wellbeing in the city.

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Business Green

MAY 22, 2020

The world's largest emitting country had been on course to meet its target to cut its carbon intensity by 40-45 per cent between 2005 and 2020 as part of its Paris Agreement commitments this year, but damage wrought by the global pandemic may now makes that goal far harder to meet, according to analysts.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 20, 2021

We analyzed the “business as usual” projection in the 2005 Annual Energy Outlook published by the Energy Information Administration , the U.S. It projected that annual carbon dioxide emissions from the electric power sector would rise from 2,400 million to 3,000 million metric tons from 2005 to 2020. All require more research.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The company has an order to buy up to 800 of Nikola Motor's hydrogen-powered fuel cell trucks and 40 Tesla Semi trucks. This summer, Oakland adopted an equitable climate plan with ambitious targets for 2030, calling for a 60 percent reduction in greenhouse gases relative to 2005 levels. The end goal is carbon neutrality. .

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The fossil fuel industry was first warned about climate change back in 1959 by famed physicist Edward Teller, known as “the father of the hydrogen bomb.” Business as usual would lead to: 2005: 1°C rise in temperatures that would be barely noticeable. C rise in temperatures with major economic consequences. This is pretty much spot on.

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Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2022

The bill is set to enshrine Labor's pledge to cut emissions 43 per cent on 2005 levels by 2030 before reaching net zero emissions by 2050. Microsoft has unveiled a 'first-of-a-kind' hydrogen fuel cell array at one of its data centre sites in New York, which aims to remove the need for diesel powered back up generators.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

to meet its 2030 climate target of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 50 to 52 percent below 2005 levels. Oil Change International’s (OCI) report analyzes data from the Rhodium Group – which projects U.S. By 2030 emissions may fall 34 percent (below 2005 levels), missing the 50 to 52 percent target by 16 to 18 percentage points.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Another option - particularly for heavier vehicles like trucks and buses where batteries are not practical - is hydrogen fuel cells. Most hydrogen is currently produced from natural gas, which is highly polluting, but if renewable energy is used then hydrogen can essentially be made CO2-free.

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EDF + Business

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

emissions were 17% below 2005 levels in 2023. is still unlikely to meet its Paris Agreement commitment of 50%-52% reductions below 2005 levels by 2030. Tax-credit rules leave key ‘blue hydrogen’ issues unanswered (Canary Media). In a new analysis , Rhodium Group estimated U.S. economy-wide emissions fell by 1.9% This means U.S.

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Business Green

MAY 28, 2021

New report from Transport & Environment reveals emissions from European private jets have risen by almost a third since 2005. The good news is these short hops are prime targets for replacement by clean technologies like electric and hydrogen aircraft," Andrew explained.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The new 100-page strategy sets out how India plans to rapidly expand its renewables capacity, build a major new green hydrogen industry, and boost forest cover, among a host of other measures. Bhupender Yadav, Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, hailed the new strategy as "an important milestone".

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38 North Solutions

JULY 30, 2022

The Rhodium Group released preliminary analysis of the bill finding that the Inflation Reduction Act would cut US net greenhouse gas emissions down to 31% to 44% below 2005 levels in 2030 compared to 24% to 35% under current policy. CLEAN HYDROGEN. Section 1: Deficit Reduction.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

CTEH has been accused of downplaying the danger of chemical and oil spills, including the February train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, the 2010 BP oil spill , the 2005 Murphy oil spill following Hurricane Katrina, and when Texaco (now Chevron) was accused of dumping 18.5 he added.

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Elemental Excelerator

AUGUST 12, 2022

Analysis firm Rhodium Group estimates that it will reduce CO2 emissions by 31–44% below 2005 levels in 2030, as compared to 24–35% under current policy. Boosting shared solar installations through the 10-year extension of the 30% Investment Tax Credit, which is now technology neutral and covers energy storage, clean hydrogen, and more.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Since 2005 Shell has held a dual share structure, where it is incorporated in the UK with Dutch tax residence. Shell has set its own target to become a net zero company within its core business by 2050, backed by investments in hydrogen, renewable energy, electric vehicles infrastructure, carbon capture, and nature-based solutions.

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Clean Energy Canada

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Pollution: Canada has pledged to meet or exceed its Paris climate targets of reducing emissions 30% below 2005 levels by 2030 and achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. battery-electric, plug-in hybrid or hydrogen fuel cell vehicles). Both provinces have ZEV standards and purchase incentives in place.

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R-Squared Energy

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Hydrocarbons are made from carbon and hydrogen and range from methane — the simplest hydrocarbon — to complex, long-chain hydrocarbons that are solids are room temperature. You can see in the chart that in the decade before 2005, gasoline traded at a small premium to diesel. butane) up through hydrocarbons with around 12 carbons.

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Business Green

APRIL 1, 2022

The document was presented to parliament on Tuesday by Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault, setting out a new interim target to cut emissions by more than 40 per cent against 2005 levels by 2030. German Minister calls on public to curb energy use.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Its immediate green steel plans involve combining small amounts of hydrogen with coal in a blast furnace, or substituting wood biomass for coal, in processes it dubs 'Smart Carbon'. That plant first softens up the iron ore with natural gas, a process that cuts CO2 emissions and could in the future be done with, for instance, green hydrogen.

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Green Market Oracle

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Modi also said that the country has reduced its emission by 21 percent compared to 2005 levels. Johnson said he wants to turn the UK into a wind energy superpower while increasing support for solar, hydro and hydrogen. He pointed out that India has seen its solar capacity grow from 2.63 GigaWatts in 2014 to 36 GigaWatts in 2020.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 12, 2020

Further bolstering that commitment, the Chinese premier today said China would cut CO2 per unit of GDP by 65 per cent by 2030, from a 2005 baseline, in addition to increasing its forest stock by six billion cubic metres over the same timeframe. billion kilowatts of solar and wind power by the same date. "My

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Business Green

JANUARY 14, 2022

The Memorandum of Understanding signed between Reliance Industries and the Gujarat administration set outs plans for the conglomerate to spend $68bn on developing 100GW of renewable power and a green hydrogen network over the next 10 to 15 years. per cent lower than 2005 levels. per cent below 2005 levels. per cent, it notes.

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