Smart Energy International

JANUARY 1, 2024

Decentralisation, blockchain and AI, the future grid and the space race are some of the areas in which numerous advances have been made in 2023 and are set to continue during 2024. But for this one I have decided to take a forward look to 2024 – and would invite your feedback on its focus and style for the year ahead.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 22, 2024

The United States-based oil major’s willingness to publicly throw down the gauntlet to policy-makers underscores the stakes for the fossil fuel industry as the EU fleshes out its plans to slash carbon emissions, ahead of June’s European parliament elections. million tonnes of greenhouse gases during the same period.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 20, 2024

Air Products’ proposal represented the only major project announcement at the 2024 Canadian Hydrogen Convention held last month. Guter described the convention attendees as “climate leaders” who would chart a new course to ensure “that our future energy supply would be both secure and carbon free.” A hydrogen-powered car.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

The CDP has begun production of low-cost, low-emission hydrogen and graphitic carbon , marking a pivotal moment for the company. As Hazer plans to increase operations throughout the first half of 2024, it aims to demonstrate continuous operation at a commercial scale.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 27, 2020

utilities in setting a net-zero carbon target for 2050, aiming to balance the emissions from its sizable fossil fuel-fired generation fleet and sprawling natural gas business with reductions to be gained by expanding its portfolio of renewable energy and energy efficiency. Counting on 'negative carbon' solutions.

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EDF + Business

APRIL 19, 2024

Some of the biggest of these deals will aim to be finalized in 2024. Consolidation might even be better for the environment Something else we know is that industry urgently needs to eliminate methane emissions. Some worry that mega mergers are a bet against the energy transition. But the truth might be more complex.

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 3, 2023

Fuels are hydrocarbons, meaning they are long chains of carbon and hydrogen atoms strung together (sometimes along with nitrogen or oxygen). While most fuels are long-chain hydrocarbons, the exact ratio and arrangement of the carbon and hydrogen varies, even within the same types of fuels.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 9, 2020

The European Union this week set ambitious 2024 and 2030 targets for green hydrogen, a big step for the emerging sector. At the same time, Brussels signaled that it will also encourage the development of "blue" hydrogen produced from fossil fuels paired with carbon capture, at least for the time being. Blue vs. green.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 31, 2024

According to a report issued by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) in March 2024, increasing Canada’s LNG export capacity makes no sense at the present time, given indicators are pointing strongly towards a global LNG glut developing in the near term. A Canada Action ad appearing in February 2024.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

utility can reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 while still keeping natural gas as a central part of its business, both to generate electricity and to sell to its customers. That includes a recommitment to reaching its 2030 goal of reducing carbon emissions below 50 percent of their 2007 levels, potentially ahead of schedule.

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Smart Energy International

JUNE 5, 2022

San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) has filed a $3 billion plan for the years 2024-2027 towards its ongoing clean energy drive. Among proposals for the gas infrastructure is an acceleration of the replacement of ageing plastic natural gas pipelines to improve safety and reliability and reduce methane emissions.

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Grist

MAY 22, 2024

Natural gas is a fossil fuel made up mostly of methane , an extremely potent greenhouse gas that is much more efficient at trapping heat in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide. Despite Michigan’s goal of economy-wide carbon neutrality by 2050 and calls for reducing reliance on fossil fuels, it has by no means shunned natural gas.

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Charged

JANUARY 18, 2024

According to Air Burners, the BioCharger can permanently eliminate up to 20 tons of vegetative waste per hour without emitting greenhouse emissions like methane and black carbon. The three companies will host a demonstration event for the BioCharger in early 2024. Source: Air Burners

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 31, 2020

Dominion has been forced to confront a rapid shift away from carbon-emitting energy assets in its home state of Virginia under its Clean Economy Act , which calls for Dominion to achieve carbon-free energy by 2045. gigawatt offshore wind farm in 2024.

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Business Green

MAY 12, 2022

Brand hopes new project will help meet its goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions to half industry average by 2024. Forage-based diets that limit cows' methane-rich burps and better soil management to boost grass growth are all part of a new plan by Ben & Jerry's to cut greenhouse gas emissions to half the industry average by 2024.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 11, 2021

Global offshore wind developer Ørsted has become the latest major player to pursue off-grid green hydrogen, a technology that could expand capacity for converting offshore wind power to zero-carbon energy. Design work on Oyster will begin now, with the project running through 2024.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 29, 2024

While two dozen carbon capture projects are proposed in Louisiana, figuring out exactly where companies plan to inject carbon dioxide underground for storage is a bit of a mystery. He suspected that Exxon asked the state to clean up the well site in preparation for a carbon capture project in the parish.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

This is because aerosols reflect the sun’s rays, rather than trapping its heat like carbon. The more carbon dioxide is in the atmosphere, the hotter it gets; the hotter it gets, the more moisture the atmosphere can hold. This creates a tricky paradox, which renowned climate scientist James Hansen has called a “Faustian bargain.”

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Greentown Labs

JANUARY 8, 2024

2024 is here, and it’s full of promise for the climatetech industry. Cell-based meat Named to Lux Research’s “Climate Tech 2024 Watch List” Tender is introducing a new generation of alternative meat products—produced in the kitchen by chefs—that have the same texture, taste, and consistency as real meat.

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Grist

JUNE 5, 2024

Burning fossil fuels produces both planet-warming carbon dioxide and aerosols that mask much of the warming. Burning ships’ fuel also emits carbon dioxide, of course. But Diamond suggests the aerosol dilemma shines a spotlight on the need to give priority to cutting methane emissions. degrees C, with 0.4

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Business Green

JULY 5, 2021

per cent over the next three years, meaning that by 2024 demand is expected to be seven per cent higher than it was in 2019. At the same time, the gas industry needs to significantly step up efforts to shift to cleaner and low-carbon gases - and to act quickly and effectively to address needless methane emissions.".

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 3, 2020

The move to exit merchant generation while retaining its three nuclear power plants “could reduce overall business risk and earnings volatility, improve our credit profile, and enhance an already compelling ESG position driven by pending clean energy investments, methane reduction and zero-carbon generation,” Izzo said.

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Renewable Energy World

MAY 13, 2021

The digester, and another the dairy installed a few years later, reduced the size of open lagoons of manure that release methane into the atmosphere. The California Air Resources Board adopted the Low Carbon Fuel Standard in 2009. carbon intensity value of natural gas vehicles below zero for the first time in history.

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Clean Energy Canada

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The Conference Board of Canada expects it to buoy up manufacturing projections in 2024, unlike petroleum and coal products that were dragging down our manufacturing sales numbers this fall. In 2022, for example, the EV supply chain attracted 13 per cent of all foreign direct investment into this country.

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Energy Innovation

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

The public health benefits of realizing 100 percent zero carbon electricity by 2035 would be enormous. Beyond improving health, getting to 100 percent zero carbon electricity would also be a boon for the climate, eliminating more than a quarter of America’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2035. million workdays to poor health.

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Energy Innovation

AUGUST 13, 2020

The public health benefits of realizing 100 percent zero carbon electricity by 2035 would be enormous. Public health benefits of reaching 100% zero carbon energy. The avoided climate damages between 2020 and 2035 total $500 billion, using the social cost of carbon developed under the Obama administration.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

OCTOBER 17, 2018

In this Low Carbon Prosperity Institute (LCPI) analysis, we explore scenarios of carbon reduction investment performance based on the revenue allocation described in Initiative 1631. The measure is intended, but not required, to reduce carbon emissions in 2035 to 25% below 1990 levels, consistent with the state’s legislated target.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Canadian pipeline company TC Energy is aiming to expand the volume of methane gas that it ships through a long distance pipeline in the Pacific Northwest, potentially locking in higher gas use despite laws in western states that chart a path away from fossil fuels in the years ahead. That trend is spreading in the Northwest.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Countries and companies have also kicked off pledges to triple investments in renewables and nuclear, drive down methane emissions, and commit loss and damage funds.     🌱 Vizcab , a Lyon, France-based carbon impact analysis software developer, raised $6M in Series A funding from Kompas Ventures and Cemex Ventures.  

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EDF + Business

DECEMBER 17, 2020

In addition, more than 200 of the largest global businesses estimate climate change impacts will cost ~$1T by as early as 2024. In addition, we must do all we can to protect current carbon stocks. In 2017 alone the US experienced multiple climate disasters which had a cumulative cost of over $300B.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 15, 2023

  But all this travel comes at a steep carbon cost. Kerosene is a “long-chain hydrocarbon”, which means it is made up of carbon and hydrogen atoms (specifically C 12 H 26 C 15 H 32 ). Other vegetable oils face land use and carbon footprint concerns. In 2022, aviation accounted for 2% of global CO2 emissions.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Look forward to 2024 predictions from many of your favorite clairvoyant climate voices. 100B of deals went down in the Permian basin and Shell abandoned a $100M per year carbon credit pipeline. 🍃 Credit registration body Verra’s CEO resigned following a bombshell Guardian exposé, marking a perilous year for carbon.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 23, 2023

Greenpeace Italy and Re:Common have alleged in their climate lawsuit — Italy’s first — that despite knowing at least as early as 1970 that burning fossil fuels posed a serious climate risk, Eni went on to promote “natural” –- or methane – gas as a safe energy source for decades. the spokesperson stated.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 23, 2024

The oil giant’s plans are far afield from allowing it to hit those targets, according to a March analysis by think tank Carbon Tracker, which placed Exxon among the five lowest-ranking companies on its scorecard. The company’s 2023 Global Outlook predicts an increase in methane gas use of more than 20% by midcentury.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Over the past three years, some of the country’s biggest utilities have been committing to a goal that few may have predicted they’d undertake on their own: weaning themselves off carbon-emitting generation by 2050. Utilities in many states now face mandates to move to 100 percent renewable energy or cut carbon to zero by 2050.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The UK government’s Hydrogen Strategy , launched in August, promises to develop a “thriving low carbon hydrogen sector” as a “key plank” of its climate plans, and the fuel was given pride of place at a “Hydrogen Transition Summit” hosted in Glasgow during the recent UN climate talks.

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The City Fix

JANUARY 24, 2024

Last year shattered global heat records. The world witnessed the effects of rising temperatures in the form of devastating wildfires, severe flooding, extreme heatwaves and more. Poor countries and communities who have contributed the least to causing the climate crisis.

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