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Could trash-to-energy technology feed hydrogen demand?

GreenBiz

Could trash-to-energy technology feed hydrogen demand? Still, there is potential for clean — low- or zero-carbon — hydrogen to take off, energy experts believe. The annual demand could reach 19,120,458,891 tons by then, representing a tenfold increase from 2015 to 2050. . Arlene Karidis. Wed, 07/15/2020 - 01:00.

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Could trash-to-energy technology feed hydrogen demand?

Business Green

A group of exciting start-ups are exploring whether the world's trash mountains could become a valuable source of low carbon hydrogen fuels. Still, there is potential for clean - low- or zero-carbon - hydrogen to take off, energy experts believe. One novel spin on emerging hydrogen fuel options is "clean hydrogen" made from trash.

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Plant-based metal? The mining industry could get a sustainable makeover.

Grist

In lieu of heavy machinery, plumes of sulfur dioxide, or rivers red with runoff , you’ll find four acres of a leafy-green shrub, tended to since 2015 by local villagers. And, as supplies of these hard-to-find metals dry up around the world, demand remains as strong as ever. Department of Agriculture named Rufus L.

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Could trash-to-energy technology feed hydrogen demand?

AGreenLiving

Could trash-to-energy technology feed hydrogen demand? Still, there is potential for clean — low- or zero-carbon — hydrogen to take off, energy experts believe. The annual demand could reach 19,120,458,891 tons by then, representing a tenfold increase from 2015 to 2050. Is this the best second life for trash?

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It's time to fill the empty chair at COP26

Business Green

Even more worrying is a fact David Wallace-Wells points out in his best-selling book Uninhabitable Earth : more than half of the carbon emitted in the atmosphere today was emitted in the past 30 years. So why did these eminent scientists decide to come to Paris in 2015? The problem is this confuses the means with the end.

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How behavioural science can boost the green transition

Smart Energy International

In 2015 US President Barack Obama created the Social and Behavioral Sciences Team (or “ nudge-unit ”) to bring insights from the behavioural sciences to federal policies. Have you read: PG&E implements behavioural Energy Efficiency Programme National Grid – Scaling demand response with behavioural outreach.

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A New Era for Germany’s Gas Industry Fuels Climate Fears

DeSmogBlog

That’s potentially very bad news for the climate: The huge amount of methane that leaks during the production, transport and storage of LNG means that the carbon emissions associated with importing the fuel could be up to ten times higher than for the equivalent amount of Russian pipeline gas, researchers say.