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5 Maritime Sustainability Trends for 2022

The Environmental Blog

Reflecting the industry’s efforts to reach its 2050 goal, the World Maritime Theme for 2022 is “New technologies for greener shipping”. This is in conjunction with the industry’s shift towards battery-powered vessels such as the Yara Birkeland and China’s Zhongtiandianyun 001. Increased use of cleaner fuel.

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Electrified transit bus sales overtake diesel in the EU

Charged

Hybrid vehicles are playing a strong role in Europe’s largest countries, and an unfortunate amount of investment is going to methane gas engines, especially in France, Spain and Italy. Bad news: Europe still lags far behind China, where zero-emission buses took 91% of the market in 2022.

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How to Maximize the Efficiency of Hydrogen as a Fuel

Hydrogen Fuel News

As of April 2022, 131 countries responsible for 88% of greenhouse emissions had committed to net zero emissions.  According to 2022 statistics, global hydrogen use touched 95 million tonnes, a year-on-year increase of nearly 3%. Steam-methane reforming and electrolysis are the two most common methods used.

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Examining the emerging hydrogen industry in Australia

Renewable Energy World

Mature Thermochemical technologies include steam methane reforming (SMR) which relies on natural gas as an input and coal gasification which relies on coal. Other emerging technologies include using biomass to produce syngas and methane cracking. Gas prices currently remain high compared to some overseas markets.

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How to electrify your life when you rent

The Verge: Energy

Such reductions require massive infrastructural changes, especially in our homes, where water and food are often warmed with what is known as “natural gas” but is better understood as methane gas, a potent greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change. That’s over 44 million households.

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Study Mission 3.0: Quebec: Airplane reading

Low Carbon Prosperity

” “In 2021, Washington consumed less natural gas than about half of the states, and in 2020, the state used less per capita than all but four other states and the District of Columbia. The largest share of the state’s natural gas comes from Canada, either directly or through the state of Idaho.”

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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. Dominion Energy.

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