GreenTechMedia

JUNE 30, 2020

Arizona Public Service released its plan for reaching zero-carbon by 2050 , with multiple options to balance the costs and carbon benefits of switching from coal and natural gas to renewables, batteries, distributed energy resources and as-yet-untested technologies. ” Short-term goals: Lots of new renewables, no new natural gas.

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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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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

That means that these two battery plants offered a compelling enough price to edge out some fossil fuel plants for delivering power on demand. The seven-year capacity contracts start in June 2024. But owner Exelon plans to shut down several generating units there between now and 2024.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 16, 2024

A major cold snap led to record electricity usage in the Canadian province of Alberta over the weekend, culminating in demands from provincial utilities to limit consumption. Premiers who support the fossil fuel industry were quick to exploit the emergency for the apparent political advantage.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Russia eyes fossil fuel growth as it unveils 2030 climate goal. Russian President Vladimir Putin appears to have stepped up his support of the Paris Agreement, signing a decree on Wednesday ordering the country's government to draw up plans to slash greenhouse gas emissions over the next decade, according to reports.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Slated for March 20, 2024, this virtual, half-day summit is more than just a conference; it’s a confluence of visionaries, innovators, and leaders in the hydrogen industry. Energy Storage : As a storage medium, hydrogen can help balance the grid, storing excess renewable energy and releasing it when demand is high.

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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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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Each of the projects is designed to drive market-enabling development of workforce, supply chain and consumer demand in the drive to net zero. These subsequent reviews will begin following NYSERDA filings, due no later than July 1, 2024, that provide performance summaries and specific requests for Commission consideration.

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Grist

MARCH 21, 2024

But the decision to write about his own experiences as a homeowner attempting to ditch fossil fuels came about two-thirds of the way through what amounted to more than a yearlong process. Residential energy use accounts for roughly one-sixth of total greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. Gas stoves consume about the same amount.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 14, 2020

Analysts believe Mexico will miss its target of 35 percent clean energy by 2024. “AMLO and CFE under [CEO] Manuel Bartlett have zero intention of making a good-faith effort to comply with Mexico's long-standing non-fossil-fuel generation targets.” COVID-19 impacting Mexican renewables.

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Renewable Energy World

MAY 13, 2021

But last year, Holsum Dairies changed course, upgraded the two digesters and began producing renewable natural gas for California’s burgeoning renewable fuels market. The standard seeks to slash the carbon intensity of transportation fuel 20% by 2030, with annual benchmarks for gasoline, diesel, and greener replacement fuels.

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Mr. Sustainability

JANUARY 16, 2021

hydrogen per hour - almost 9,000 tonnes a year - starting in 2024. The project could be expanded to up to 500 MW at a later stage to replace all of Lingen’s fossil fuel-based hydrogen. produced by reforming natural gas, which does result in CO2 emissions. Final investment decision is due for 2022.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 8, 2021

It got to the point where we just didn’t have any more room in our daytime demand to take more solar," Rockwell told Greentech Media on Thursday. That pushes potential completion out to at least 2024, depending on how things go. But it was tapping out of the conventional options for additional clean energy. "It

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Fuel sources switching from coal to natural gas as well as rising nuclear power generation also played a key role in these economies, it said. The data lays bare the rapidly declining importance of coal power in advanced economies, where the use of the carbon-intensive fossil fuel fell almost 15 per cent last year.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 4, 2021

And the demand and interest in this technology is only growing stronger. These new vehicles are quickly bumping up against familiar challenges of battery range, production capacity and charging, or fueling, infrastructure. The eActros LongHaul promises a 310-mile range, and Daimler predicts it will be ready for production by 2024.

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Business Green

MAY 17, 2022

Joint venture Circular Fuels aiming to have 'world-first' renewable LPG production plant operating in Teesside by 2024 capable of turning waste into 'net zero' fuel. Houchen said the "world first" energy project would produce "carbon-free LPG" that would help to meet up to five per cent of the UK's demand for LPG.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 13, 2021

And according to IEA’ Renewables 2020, Launch Presentation from November 10, 2020, global wind and solar PV’s combined installed capacity will surpass that of natural gas in 2023 and coal in 2024. Renewables will become the largest source of electricity generation in 2025.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

OCTOBER 9, 2023

If the cost of carbon is factored into the price of hydrogen, green hydrogen could become more competitive compared to blue or grey hydrogen, which are produced using fossil fuels. Market Expansion: With the CBAM in place, there may be an increased demand for green hydrogen in Europe.

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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. Rising U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 8, 2024

Photos I shot last year in South Louisiana illustrate the Gulf Coast’s rapidly expanding fossil fuel industry, and the groundswell of frontline community members, environmental advocates, and activists fighting to stop it. While “green” hydrogen fuel can be produced with renewable energy, that process is cost prohibitive for now.

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Business Green

MARCH 30, 2023

We want to make it easier for consumers to make the switch to green products by rebalancing prices between electricity and gas to remove these distortions." The move forms part of the government's efforts to cut the UK's energy demand by 15 per cent by 2030. An government action plan on the topic is then slated for summer this year.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 17, 2020

Many more long-term challenges await PG&E, such as adapting to large portions of its customer base being served by community choice aggregators (CCAs), or its natural gas network being rendered obsolete by the state’s zero carbon by 2045 mandate. billion in 2021 to as much as $60 billion by 2024.

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Central Maine Power, the larger of Maine’s two investor-owned utilities, this year recorded annual peak demand of 1,810 megawatts. That report will include preliminary recommendations for grid upgrades and new distributed generation incentive programs, like net billing, to begin in 2024. Matching supply with demand.

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Central Maine Power, the larger of Maine’s two investor-owned utilities, this year recorded annual peak demand of 1,810 megawatts. That report will include preliminary recommendations for grid upgrades and new distributed generation incentive programs, like net billing, to begin in 2024. Matching supply with demand.

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Grist

MARCH 6, 2024

energy mix is heavily reliant on natural gas. It makes up the greatest share of electricity generation and home heating fuel use in the country. During the pause, the DOE will review the impacts of exporting natural gas on both domestic energy prices and the climate. Over the past decade, the U.S.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 25, 2024

Sustainable shipping fuels could reach cost parity with fossil fuels as early as 2035 with the help of decisive emissions policy such as carbon taxes and emissions limits, according to a report launched by technology firm Wärtsilä on 21 March. As ETS and FEUM show, policy is key to closing the price gap.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

To drive this point home, consider that only 30% of this year’s covered fuel requires compliance by the first compliance deadline in November 2024. The majority, 70%, of this year’s fuel requires compliance in November 2027. The fossil fuel supply chain involves many steps, each with embedded profits.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

To drive this point home, consider that only 30% of this year’s covered fuel requires compliance by the first compliance deadline in November 2024. The majority, 70%, of this years fuel requires compliance in November 2027. The fossil fuel supply chain involves many steps, each with embedded profits.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The government's support for new oil and gas projects is likely to face legal challenges from environmental campaigners, who maintain that new projects are set to bring online new sources of fossil fuels that would result in a net increase in global emissions.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 7, 2020

August’s rolling blackouts during a regionwide heatwave highlighted the state’s need for grid resources that can store and shift its growing share of generation to serve demand peaks coming later in the day, as the sun goes down and solar power fades. became the first to do so last year.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

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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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 30, 2023

What looks like scaffolding turns out to be the legs of a discarded North Sea fossil fuel platform. Nearby, Mieras’ colleagues — workers dressed in protective suits — are busy with the steps involved in demolishing an offshore oil or gas platform: cutting pipes in half, smashing apart blocks of concrete.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

The privately funded hydrogen fuel network is meant to be central to Germany’s efforts to decarbonize. FNB Gas , a German transmission system operator, will use existing natural gas pipelines to comprise as much as 60 percent of the H2 network.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 28, 2024

Community organizations, environmental groups, and transit advocates are demanding the city of Ottawa ban fossil fuel advertising from public spaces. Community groups such as Ecology Ottawa are looking forward to the review as a rare opportunity to stop fossil fuel companies from advertising in the city.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

From 2010 until the end of last year carbon emissions from the UK's power sector fell by around two-thirds, as the industry rapidly shifted away from coal and natural gas towards renewables such as wind and solar, according to the study published today.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 9, 2020

From 2025, all new boilers sold should be 'hydrogen-ready', before natural gas boilers are removed from sale altogether for homes and businesses by 2033 at the latest. The government's Future Homes Standard - which requires all new build homes to be free of fossil fuels for heating - should be in place for new build homes by 2023.

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Business Green

MAY 1, 2020

As well as investing in renewables and supplying energy, Origin Energy owns a large coal-fired power station in Australia and also exports Liquefied Natural Gas. For its part, over the next 24-30 months, Origin Energy plans to transfer its 3.8

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