Business Green

JULY 13, 2021

The latest edition of National Grid ESO's Future Energy Scenarios (FES) 2021 predicts there are a number of ways that power generation in Britain could become emissions net negative by 2034 helping to put the UK on track to become a net zero emission economy by mid-century.

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R-Squared Energy

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

After all, a substantial fraction of global carbon emissions arise from the production, transportation, and consumption of fossil fuels. Today, I want to discuss the role of hydrogen as a way of improving ESG metrics. The Role of Hydrogen. zero carbon emissions (NZE) by 2050. Not All Hydrogen is Created Equally.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

GreenBiz readers got excited about climate change solutions that ranged from the new, from the emerging potential of hydrogen as an energy source to changes in plastics manufacturing, to the ancient, such as planting trees. A just transition to renewable sources such as hydrogen could ease the pain. Eastman is one of the largest U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 7, 2024

Experts see the policy as essential to tackle emissions from the UK’s carbon intensive homes, which account for 1 5 percent of greenhouse gases nationwide. The use of hydrogen in domestic heating is highly disputed by experts. The Clean Heat Market Mechanism (CHMM) aims to roll out 600,000 heat pumps a year by 2028.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 28, 2020

It may be a little early to start writing about trends for 2021, but I’m going to do it anyway. This morning, digital payments company Stripe announced a plan to let its merchant customers divert a portion of their revenue to carbon removal projects. Carbontech is getting ready for its market moment. Heather Clancy. What’s on my mind?

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Business Green

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Indeed, the ingredients for negativity are all too abundant: a persistent, shapeshifting virus; political stalemates that thwart climate action; growing social and economic inequality; terrifying ecological indicators; pushback by the anti-science crowd and their media enablers. In 2021, those simmering issues reached a boil.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The leader of Cold Lake First Nations has revealed the initiator of a major carbon capture project in Northern Alberta has not consulted with local Indigenous communities. They’re ramming it down our throats,” said Chief Jacko during a media scrum outside a Carbon Capture Canada conference held on Tuesday.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 12, 2021

Fri, 03/12/2021 - 01:30. The paper identifies five core green policy areas that policymakers should focus on — green energy, low-carbon transport, natural capital, green building upgrades and green research and development (R&D) — and highlights successful green spending programs to date. billion on hydrogen. Cecilia Keating.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 22, 2021

As 2021 comes to a close, we look back on a year that was full of climate chaos, relentless oil industry propaganda, and frustrating progress on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. But 2021 also saw a significant number of victories against the expansion of the fossil fuel industry in the U.S. Credit: New Jersey LCV (CC BY 2.0).

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 27, 2020

’s power sector will be operating on a negative-emissions basis by 2033 at the latest if the country sticks to its plan to reach net-zero emissions across the economy by 2050, according to system operator National Grid ESO. actually hitting its targeted carbon reductions. The fourth auction is due in September 2021.

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Business Green

JULY 17, 2020

A group of exciting start-ups are exploring whether the world's trash mountains could become a valuable source of low carbon hydrogen fuels. One novel spin on emerging hydrogen fuel options is "clean hydrogen" made from trash. Today, more than 95 per cent of hydrogen is fossil-based and does not rely on renewables.

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E8 Cleantech Angels

AUGUST 1, 2021

Our summer 2021 Decarbon8-US investment process is in full swing, with our panel of experts hearing pitches from companies in areas such as light duty EV charging and adoption, infrastructure, rail, and electric recreational boats, among others. Year-on-year revenue for 2021 is tracking towards >3x growth. Having just completed a $1.6M

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 20, 2023

An energy trade association that represents and promotes gas boilers and manufacturers is behind a barrage of negative press attacking heat pumps, DeSmog has learned. WPR’s campaign also explicitly promotes hydrogen as a viable fuel for domestic heating. Foster is quoted in 90 percent of this coverage.

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Business Green

AUGUST 10, 2021

The UK is committed to achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050 and this year's edition of National Grid ESO's 'Future Energy Scenarios' shows that a 2035 clean power sector driven by a massive expansion of renewables is now the benchmark for the UK if it is to reach this goal. Future Energy Scenarios 2021. Credit: Ember.

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GreenBiz

JULY 19, 2021

Mon, 07/19/2021 - 02:00. None of these hopeful developments will avert the accelerating climate crisis in the near term, for this crisis manifests the carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases already banked in the atmosphere, oceans and terrestrial ecosystems that will require multiple generations to reverse.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 15, 2021

Thu, 04/15/2021 - 01:30. It got me thinking: Could we boost the carbon drawdown potential of clean technologies even further by supporting more women-led startups in the burgeoning climate-tech ecosystem? Carbon removal. ZeroAvia is bringing hydrogen-electric power to aviation to enable zero-emission air travel at scale.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

As a result, the industry accounts for roughly 8 percent of annual carbon dioxide emissions, as well as a toxic soup of air pollutants. But in order to curb steel’s carbon emissions, the sector will have to transform how the material is traditionally made. The furnaces that melt iron ore to make steel consume vast amounts of coal.

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Greentown Labs

APRIL 1, 2024

Mars Materials is disrupting this market with a captured-carbon-based acrylonitrile that serves as a drop-in replacement for the traditional chemical. “We And Mars Materials’ process is the only commercially validated, carbon-negative approach for acrylonitrile production.” and fast-growing acrylamide market.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 20, 2020

IMO member states are meeting this week for critical talks to discuss how the carbon-intensive shipping industry can be regulated to meet its 2030 climate target of reducing its carbon emissions intensity by 40 percent compared to 2008 levels. It is a dynamic that has left environmental campaigners increasingly frustrated. .

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E8 Cleantech Angels

AUGUST 1, 2021

Our summer 2021 Decarbon8-US investment process is in full swing, with our panel of experts hearing pitches from companies in areas such as light duty EV charging and adoption, infrastructure, rail, and electric recreational boats, among others. Year-on-year revenue for 2021 is tracking towards >3x growth. Having just completed a $1.6M

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Business Green

JULY 19, 2022

What could the UK's energy system look like in 2050, once offshore wind energy is the backbone of the electricity grid, fossil fuel vehicles are increasingly scarce, hydrogen fuel has gone from vision to reality, and energy efficiency is an everyday consideration for families and businesses alike?

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Grist

MAY 18, 2021

The friends, all engineers by training, had designed a machine that could turn agricultural waste, like almond shells, into renewable hydrogen fuel. They’d even found a partner, the owner of a fueling station for hydrogen-powered cars, who wanted them to build a pilot plant at his facility. That’s where carbon removal comes in.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Analysis of the government’s latest transparency data shows ministers at the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) held 130 one-on-one meetings with energy producers between July 22 2019 and March 18 2021, of which nearly half (63) were with producers of high carbon energy. Drax Access.

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Grist

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

government has a new goal to make it much cheaper to suck carbon dioxide out of the air. The Carbon Negative Shot is the third program in the Earthshots series. The Department of Energy announced a Hydrogen Shot , a program to make clean hydrogen fuel 80 percent cheaper than it is today, in June.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 30, 2023

While there are positive trends, such as the 50% increase in the roll-out rate of wind and solar in the EU in 2022 compared to 2021, from raw materials to key intermediate components and final clean energy technologies, the region is becoming more dependent on imports from third countries, the report finds.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 17, 2020

Most people seem to believe some form of carbon capture and storage (CCS) will be necessary, although many are stil sceptical of an arguably “unproven” and ambitious technology. In 2018 Carbon Engineering founder David Keith – a physicist at Harvard – explained how it could be done for $94 to $232, writing in the journal Joule.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Despite the region’s shrinking wetlands, the government continues to permit new LNG export facilities on the Gulf Coast , and is encouraging hydrogen and carbon capture sequestration developments , though they too will lead to further land loss. The company has a history of trying to steamroll opposition.

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Business Green

AUGUST 16, 2020

SSE said its objective "where it has the influence to do so, is to support a fair transition from a high carbon economy to a net zero one and thereby command support from stakeholders so that the worst effects of climate change can be prevented". The firm last year sold its consumer energy services arm to OVO in a £500m deal.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 27, 2023

This comes as major polluters are increasingly deploying digital tactics to detract from negative headlines about their record profits and decades-long contribution to climate change. On Instagram , Campbell encouraged his followers to watch his “Hydrogen powered adventure!” percent of total energy consumption in 2050.

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Business Green

JULY 8, 2021

Industry group urges Minister to introduce 'wind-style Levy Control Framework' for nascent market at next Spending Review to provide industry with confidence to invest in first generation of carbon capture projects.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 15, 2020

Could trash-to-energy technology feed hydrogen demand? Arlene Karidis Wed, 07/15/2020 – 01:00 One novel spin on emerging hydrogen fuel options is “clean hydrogen” made from trash. ” Today, more than 95 percent of hydrogen is fossil-based and does not rely on renewables.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 27, 2022

From 1970-2021 (52 years) one study found that, out of 202 locations, 84% had experienced warmer winters by >2°F (1°C). One study reported that the average carbon footprint per skier could be as much as 74kg CO 2e per trip. Below we explore 5 ways ski resorts can reduce their carbon footprint.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Oil and gas giant sets sights on developing science-based climate targets, as hydrogen, nature based solutions, carbon capture, utility business, and electric vehicle infrastructure all earmarked for increased investment. The oil and gas giant confirmed its total carbon emissions peaked in 2018 at 1.7

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Business Green

JUNE 9, 2020

The government must now address the market for all the low carbon energy technologies of the future, including hydrogen and CCUS, argues Siemens UK & Ireland CEO Steve Scrimshaw. The public want to see the government take even bolder steps to move the UK towards net zero carbon.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Many more Canadians will also suffer negative health impacts – including conditions such as cancer, heart attacks, strokes, and other cardiovascular and respiratory disorders as a result of toxic emissions,” continued Bowman in a statement.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 17, 2021

The 2021 GreenBiz 30 Under 30 GreenBiz Editors Mon, 05/17/2021 – 00:01 Their dreams are bright: Walkable, equitable cities. Our honorees for 2021 are intrepid startup founders, tenacious corporate innovators and determined public servants. Clean energy for Native American communities. Planet-healing fast food.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Zero Petroleum and the RAF launched Project MARTIN in June 2021, developing ZERO SynAvGas over five months with negative carbon technology company IGTL Technology. The fuel is made using CO2 captured from the air and renewable hydrogen extracted from water in a completely fossil free process.

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