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Hydrogen as part of Canada’s energy transition

Clean Energy Canada

Hydrogen has made headlines globally as a vital component of future energy systems. This media brief summarizes some of the existing information about hydrogen use in Canada, while identifying key uses, technologies and Canadian companies involved. What is hydrogen? Hydrogen is an energy carrier rather than an energy source.

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UK’s Power Sector in Negative Emissions by 2033, Grid Operator Says

GreenTechMedia

Unabated natural-gas use will be halved by 2038. The country will also need to get at least 21 percent of its end-user energy from green hydrogen, and perhaps much more, the report says. The results of consultations on the funding of new nuclear power are also expected soon. country head for Shell.

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These 3 energy storage technologies can help solve the challenge of moving to 100% renewable electricity

Renewable Energy World

Qi and Koenig, 2017 , CC BY. For example, concentrated solar power plants use mirrors to concentrate sunlight, which heats up hundreds or thousands of tons of salt until it melts. This approach allows concentrated solar power to work around the clock. This is a role for renewable fuels like hydrogen and ammonia.

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The 5 Biggest US Utilities Committing to Zero Carbon Emissions by 2050

GreenTechMedia

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. Duke Energy.

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'Extraordinary progress': UK emissions fell 3.6 per cent in 2019 amid clean power record

Business Green

However, separate government data released last week shows the UK's carbon footprint is also shrinking, falling by three per cent between 2017 and 2018 as the economy simultaneously grew. Electricity generation from natural gas fired power plants also fell back slightly by 2.2

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Electricity Market Reform 2.0: Could new plans unhitch electricity bills from soaring gas prices?

Business Green

The cost of generating power from solar and wind farms in particular has tumbled over the past decade, with gas generation now estimated to be more than four times more expensive than renewables, and twice as expensive as nuclear power.

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Big Oil’s Been Secretly Validating Critics’ Concerns about Carbon Capture

DeSmogBlog

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. A natural gas demonstration plant in Texas tests carbon capture technology. Credit: NET Power , CC BY-SA 4.0

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