Greentown Labs

AUGUST 20, 2021

After taking a hiatus in 2017 while Greentown’s headquarters were under construction, DEMO Day returned in 2018 and doubled as the Grand Opening of Greentown HQ! Green Gas USA , which captures agricultural methane through an anaerobic digester and converts it to fuel. Zipcar and InTeahouse were the 2016 DEMO Day event partners.

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Business Green

APRIL 16, 2020

The fifth step is to ensure hydrogen is well used as a fuel for heating and for heavy duty transport, reaching around 10 per cent of energy use. In November 2017, Shell announced its Net Carbon Footprint ambition. In short, our 2017 ambition meant seeking to radically transform Shell to establish new business opportunities.

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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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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

At the very least, utilities will need plans that can get them most of the way there, while rushing ahead with next-generation technologies: long-duration energy storage, small modular nuclear reactors or green hydrogen and methane to fuel natural gas peaker plants. Here's a look at the five largest U.S.

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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. Between 2005 and 2017, diesel exports increased by an order of magnitude ( source ). butane) up through hydrocarbons with around 12 carbons. Although U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

“I’m also deeply concerned about the potential for federal funds to be directed towards a buildout of natural gas and petrochemical infrastructure under the guise that this infrastructure will one day be repurposed for CO2 or hydrogen,” Hunter added. For example, utility Southern Company sank $7.5

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Climate Tech VC

JULY 24, 2023

Geologic hydrogen raises $91M and heating and cooling efficiency draws in $67M. ⚡ Hycamite , a Kokkola, Finland-based methane pyrolysis developer, raised $28M from Sojitz Group, Stephen Industries, Finnish Climate Fund, HAI Kapital, Holdix, and Turret. In deals this week, supply chain software scoops up $192M.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

In 2017, carbon capture operations were suspended as ongoing problems made the venture unprofitable. Background: Designed to capture carbon emissions from Canadian Tar Sands operations and store them underground, Shell’s Quest plant is the world’s first to commercially produce so-called “blue hydrogen.”

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Going further back, a North Sea oil boss gave him a donation in 2017 to help with his general election campaign. He opposes windfall taxes on energy companies making big profits and appears to back both green and blue hydrogen, having given a keynote speech at a gas industry-run hydrogen conference in Canada earlier this year.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

JANUARY 25, 2024

By Joshua Bledsoe , Kevin Homrighausen , and John Detrich On December 2, 2023, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a final report that substantially increases estimates of the social cost of greenhouse gases (GHG), including carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide (collectively, SC-GHG). 2017), [link]. [7]

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Business Green

APRIL 28, 2020

Bilateral ODA (overseas development assistance) to least developed countries fell by three per cent in real terms from 2017, aid to Africa fell by four per cent, and humanitarian aid fell by eight per cent," the UN said. The amount of international aid fell by 2.7 Walney offshore wind farm | Credit: Ørsted.

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Mr. Sustainability

JANUARY 25, 2021

LaBarge also produced small amounts of toxic hydrogen sulfide, which the company learned to bury back in the field along with some CO?. In 2017 a bipartisan group of lawmakers more than doubled the value of the tax credit, known as 45Q, to as much as $50 per metric ton. Trump signed it into law.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Still, the company plans to double-down on CCS, making the underperforming technology an essential part of its billion-dollar blue hydrogen plans , which rely on fossil gas. In a November 2017 document marked “confidential,” Shell discusses the CCS opportunity in the U.S. Shell has taken a similar stance as BP on the issue.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Huge investments in renewable energy technologies, partly driven by concerns about climate change, have driven down costs, and similar trends are now evident in batteries, electric vehicles, and even nascent areas such as hydrogen and sustainable aviation fuels.

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Business Green

AUGUST 8, 2022

The US is set to get its first ever carbon equivalent tax - on methane. Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas with a global warming potential many times higher than that of CO2. The IRA introduces a charge on methane emissions starting at $900 per metric tonne, before rising to $1,500 per tonne after two years.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 29, 2021

One donor was EnQuest’s CEO Amjad Bseisu, who gave at least £28,500 to the Conservative Party in the first half of 2017 and has also donated to Vaccines Minister Nadhim Zahawi, a Conservative MP who previously worked in the fossil fuel industry and has received more than £1 million from the fossil fuel industry during his time in Parliament.

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