Business Green

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Figures gathered by the European Heat Pump Association (EHPA) suggest annual sales grew by 38 per cent in 2022, totalling around three million units and surpassing the record set in 2021 when heat pump sales rose 34 per cent. By comparison Germany, France, and Belgium have installed 5.75, 14.9 heat pumps per thousand homes respectively.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

By the end of 2022, electrolyser capacity for hydrogen production reached almost 700 MW. If all announced projects are realised, a total of 420GW could be achieved by 2030, an increase of 75% compared to the IEA’s 2022 review. “We of total hydrogen demand.

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R-Squared Energy

JANUARY 2, 2023

The year 2022 was one of the most volatile we have ever seen in the energy markets. Oil prices have been extremely volatile in the past, but this year natural gas prices, gasoline prices, and diesel prices all swung wildly — and sometimes out of sync with each other. The Russian invasion also impacted natural gas supplies.

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R-Squared Energy

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Natural gas production experienced a similar plunge due to Covid, but production has bounced all the way back. Monthly natural gas production hit an all-time high of 3.008 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) in December 2019 ( Source ). However, the monthly average through the first half of 2022 was even higher at 2.89

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Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2022

Renewables share of the power system is rapidly growing, but the growth in clean energy generation is not keeping up with "galloping" demand for electricity, the IEA warned. Last year, the deficit between demand and clean power capacity helped to drive a surge in coal-fired generation, as operators looked to sidestep record gas prices.

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Global Renewable News

MARCH 14, 2023

In the wake of Russia's invasion of.

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R-Squared Energy

MARCH 23, 2024

as the world’s top liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter, this week the Energy Information Administration reported that the U.S. refiners had a significant demand for crude oil, but they had spent decades investing billions of dollars into processing heavy, sour crude oil. crude oil exports have been Europe, Asia, and Oceania.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2023

According to the research, Europe is leading the charge in the development of clean hydrogen, with Germany home to 25 of the total already operational projects (equal to 27%); the U.S. Separately, data from Pitchbook reveals that, in 2022, private equity firms spent $3.1 home to 7 (7%); the UK home to 7 (7%); and Japan home to 7 (7%).

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 23, 2022

In 2022 this has led us to stories that have unmasked all manner of trickery: from the minutiae of misleading stickers marketing “hydrogen-ready” boilers to the sinister presence of sanctioned coal barons at this year’s COP27 climate summit. The Dangers of Liquified Natural Gas Lock-In.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The International Energy Agency (IEA) says global natural gas consumption rebounded by 4.6% in 2021, more than double the decline seen in the gas market in 2020. The strong growth in demand in 2021 was driven by the economic recovery that followed 2020’s lockdowns and a succession of extreme weather events. Have you read?

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Global sales of heat pumps are set to hit record levels again this year, as demand for the low carbon technology soars in key markets around the world. The report said some countries in Europe saw heat pump sales double in the first half of 2022 compared with the same period last year.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 16, 2023

fossil fuel firms are pushing to build more than 2,900 miles of natural gas pipelines to feed liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facilities in Louisiana, Texas, and Alaska, in a bid to send more of the fuel to Asia and Europe, a new analysis by Global Energy Monitor shows. Enough is enough.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 26, 2021

For those living in Europe, the next few months are going to be even more challenging than usual with an emerging energy crisis threatening to push prices up to catastrophic levels. At the center of the crisis is a perfect storm that has destabilized the price of gas. The ingredients of Europe’s winter of discontent.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 17, 2023

billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in her Pennsylvania hometown, she will be facing off against some of the most powerful fossil fuel interests in the United States. Texas and Louisiana produced record amounts of shale gas last year, which U.S. LNG companies shipped to Europe at soaring premiums.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

While there are three potential hydrogen heating solutions including hydrogen ready boilers, H 2 hybrid heating (heat pump + hydrogen boiler) and hydrogen blending in the natural gas network, the latter was identified as the likely solution for Ireland. Have you read?

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Business Green

MARCH 3, 2022

It calls for EU members to not sign new gas supply contracts with Russia, while simultaneously taking steps to invest in clean energy, energy efficiency, heat pump technology, and grid flexibility technologies that will reduce demand for fossil fuel for heat and power. This is clear to everyone in the world.".

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

“I think 55 percent is a very positive step for Europe and honestly, it would have been unbelievable just a year ago,” she told GTM in an interview. In terms of total energy demand, renewables will have to reach 38-40 percent compared to the 33 percent expected under current policies. billion of support.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

The IEA has released its annual review of Hungary’s energy policy, stating that energy efficiency needs to be central in the coming years for the European country to reach its net zero targets, The Hungary 2022 Energy Policy Review states how Hungary has significantly increased its climate ambitions since the last review.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Some of Europe's leading energy companies and trade bodies have this week teamed up to launch a new Renewable Hydrogen Coalition, amidst predictions the continent's fledgling green hydrogen sector could grow at much faster rate than current strategies suggest. And it needs to be 'made in Europe'.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 16, 2020

China, North America and Europe will continue to lead electrification of transportation, with China capturing around half the market by 2025. had adopted some form of natural gas ban to either mandate or strongly encourage all-electric new construction. Demand response needs outside peak seasons. A total of 4.8

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Government and grid operators in the Netherlands are taking new, urgent measures to ensure sufficient space on the Dutch power grid as demand continues to surge in the compact country. However, the expansion of the electricity grid has not been able to keep up with the rapidly increasing demand for space on the grid.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 21, 2023

gas export projects since the beginning of 2022, a sharp increase on the 1.86 Rolfes was speaking during a visit last month to the German port of Wilhelmshaven, site of a new terminal to unload liquefied natural gas (LNG) — natural gas supercooled for shipping on specialized tankers. German banks lent 2.17

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Mr. Sustainability

JANUARY 16, 2021

Final investment decision is due for 2022. produced by reforming natural gas, which does result in CO2 emissions. The project is in its early stages and initially aims to build a 50 megawatt [MW] electrolyser to replace 20% of natural gas-based hydrogen at the plant, BP said in a statement. It’s just the costs.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Two of Europe’s major utilities have demonstrated the signs of a post-coronavirus lockdown recovery, highlighted by growing renewables capacities. While COVID-19 lockdowns have trimmed demand for electricity over the period, sustained renewables deployment and the associated revenue were bright spots for both companies.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The assumption the UK's new mine will meet demand from the steel industry runs counter to leading steel firms attempts to deploy new clean production technologies. This followed board approval for Salzgitter's shift from blast furnaces to low-carbon DRI processes in July 2022.

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R-Squared Energy

APRIL 19, 2022

In the current volatile situation, I understand that you have brought forward the timelines for the project to help address the security crisis in Europe. By fast tracking this project, it will help provide energy security for Germany and the rest of Europe by accelerating the growth of green gas imports.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Hydrogen Economy” report forecasts that hydrogen from low-carbon sources could supply roughly 14 percent of the country’s energy needs by 2050, including hard-to-electrify sectors now dependent on natural gas such as high-heat industrial processes or manufacturing fertilizer.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 4, 2021

And the demand and interest in this technology is only growing stronger. That's one reason a group of fleet leaders who spoke at the GreenBiz VERGE 20 conference late last year said they’re integrating renewable natural gas and other efficiency improvements alongside a long-term push to electrify. in early 2020. in early 2020.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 19, 2024

A third key finding is that spending on grids today in EU member states reaches approximately €63 billion ($68 billion), with an average of €28 billion per year earmarked for transmission grids and €35 billion invested in distribution grids in 2022. billion until 2030 by at least €5 billion.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 22, 2023

She was invited on the show (1:24) to discuss the National Grid’s ‘demand flexibility service’ scheme, under which households and some businesses receive payments for using less energy at times of peak demand.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Further expansion of renewables, heat pumps, energy efficiency measures, and biomethane production next year is "vital" if Europe is to effectively respond to looming gas supply shortages next year precipitated by Russia's on-going war on Ukraine.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 26, 2024

liquefied natural gas (LNG). Akin to that demand, Milieudefensie now seeks to compel ING to cut its CO2 emissions roughly in half by 2030 and align its policy with the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C By ING’s own measure, it is responsible for 61 megatonnes of financed emissions in 2022. Credit: Sabrina Bedford.

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Business Green

AUGUST 24, 2022

Channel 4 News analysed the accounts of four of Europe's largest oil and gas companies and found that collectively they invested the equivalent of five per cent of their combined £74bn pre-tax profits into green projects in the first half of this year. per cent of its £12.2bn profits.

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Climate Tech VC

JULY 7, 2023

You'll go out and look for [renewable natural gas (RNG)] first. The challenge is that it's a really small resource and also there's a lot of demand for it. The challenge when you look at the market for heat pumps is they've been deployed in Europe before, but generally in one-off projects.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 25, 2022

Initially, 10 member states, mostly in Eastern and Southern Europe, opposed the TEG’s criteria. It emphasised the need to “recognize the transitional and enabling role of natural gas,” referring to two of the taxonomy’s three categories. " — FORATOM (@FORATOM_nuclear) January 4, 2022. An Unholy Alliance’.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 18, 2022

IRENA estimates that hydrogen could cover up to 12% of global energy use by 2050 with almost one-third traded across borders – a higher share than natural gas today. The manufacturing of equipment like electrolysers and fuel cells could drive business, with China, Japan and Europe already having developed a head start.

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Grist

MARCH 6, 2024

energy mix is heavily reliant on natural gas. has also become the world’s leading exporter of natural gas , building out extensive infrastructure to convert the fuel into a form that’s easier to store and transport — liquefied natural gas, or LNG — and ship it to markets in Europe.

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