TechCrunch: Climate

APRIL 13, 2024

Windfall Bio sells methane-eating microbes to companies to help them reduce their carbon footprint in the short-term. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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FuelCellsWorks

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Ramp up of operation to continue through H1 2024 leading to continuous production. World’s first commercial-level demonstration of Hazer methane pyrolysis. •First hydrogen and graphite production from CDP successfully achieved.

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EDF + Business

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Methane is now a central part of the oil & gas industry’s climate challenge. There, the satellite will provide vast quantities of methane emissions data on all of the world’s major oil and gas regions. But for all the attention methane has received, nobody really knows how much methane operators are releasing.

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TechCrunch: Climate

MARCH 27, 2024

Harvesting methane from organic waste and using it to produce electricity or heat is nothing new, but the startup isn't building another anaerobic digester. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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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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Business Green

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Shipping companies will have to purchase carbon allowances to cover emissions from voyages within the EU from 2024, under proposals agreed by the European Union this week. Plans designed to galvanise maritime sector's currently underpowered decarbonisation efforts.

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EDF + Business

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Many failed to support ambitious climate proposals – and some stumbled even on the simple ones, like calling for better methane emission data. Among climate solutions, reducing methane emissions from the oil and gas industry is the lowest of the low hanging fruits. in favor EOG Resources Mercy Investment Services, Inc. For Abstain J.P.

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Planet Pulse

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

This exquisite instrument will act as the “eye” of the satellite, allowing us to detect, pinpoint, and quantify point source emissions of methane and carbon dioxide. Tanager 1 is expected to be ready for launch in 2024. The instrument will be integrated into the Tanager-1 satellite over the next several months.

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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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Hydrogen Fuel News

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

As Hazer plans to increase operations throughout the first half of 2024, it aims to demonstrate continuous operation at a commercial scale. The Hazer Process , however, eliminates the need for mining by synthesizing graphite from methane gas, a waste product readily available in large quantities.

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EDF + Business

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Keep climate on Congress’s agenda The House passed a continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government at current levels for some agencies and programs until January 19th, and others through February 2nd, 2024. The CR also extends the authorization of the Farm Bill until September 30th, 2024. Contact Sean Hackett via email.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 30, 2023

The future is bright for this sector so keep up the good work and we look forward to an even more successful Awards competition in 2024.” Rising Star Award supported by Borea Winners : Kristina Rabecaite, PPAYA – Lanarkshire, UK  Muhindo Gideon, Biogas Solutions Uganda limited – Kampala, Uganda 12.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 10, 2024

The company has not stated where the meters have been deployed but the aim is to test the technology in the field during 2024, prior to a widescale rollout across Italy starting in 2025. The meter utilises thermo-mass-based technology for measurement of natural gas and methane or hydrogen blends up to 23%.

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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. However, the biggest challenge for CCS-backed blue hydrogen could be keeping pace with the cost reductions green hydrogen makes en route to the 2024 and 2030 targets. Many details are left to fight over.

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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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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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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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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. Let us know on LinkedIn!

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 11, 2021

The stated aim is to make green hydrogen cost-competitive as a replacement fuel for methane (which is the largest component of natural gas). Design work on Oyster will begin now, with the project running through 2024. Pilots plan to answer islanded green hydrogen’s big questions.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 31, 2020

gigawatt offshore wind farm in 2024. Dominion’s natural gas utilities are also investing in emissions reductions work expected to reduce methane leakage from their operations by 65 percent by 2030 and 85 percent by 2040, Fanning said.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Nimbus: Italgas’ new hydrogen-ready smart meter Italgas has unveiled its new hydrogen-ready smart gas meter under the name ‘Nimbus’, with the first 20,000 units going into the field by around year-end for testing during 2024 and wide-scale rollout across Italy to start in 2025.

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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

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

That means Southern Company intends to keep building new natural gas power plants to meet its supply needs, even as it grows its renewable energy portfolio from 9 gigawatts today to about 14 GW by 2024.

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EDF + Business

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

All the rulemaking we’ve been tracking regarding EPA’s emission standards for oil and gas methane, fossil fuel power plants, vehicles, and transmission are all important drivers for accelerating progress. Key programs now expire on September 30, 2024. EDF and Google are partnering on mapping methane using satellite data.

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Grist

APRIL 29, 2024

Rising temperatures might have already set off other notable tipping points, such as the accelerated melting of the Greenland ice sheet and the thawing of the northern permafrost, which threatens to release vast amounts of methane , a potent greenhouse gas. on Apr 29, 2024.

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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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Grist

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

It’s not good news: Now that there’s nothing to offset the heat-trapping effect of carbon dioxide and methane, much of the country is about to get a lot wetter and see a lot more monster storms. This story was originally published by Grist with the headline How air pollution delayed a surge in extreme rain on Feb 22, 2024.

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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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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. Farms using anaerobic digesters substantially reduce methane emissions, which is 86 times more potent than carbon dioxide. It was a novel experiment at the time.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 27, 2020

Southern Company expects to have over 14 gigawatts of renewable resources by 2024 between its state-regulated utilities and Southern Power, spokesman Schuyler James Baehman said in a Wednesday email. It’s also unclear how Southern Company will account for the greenhouse gas impacts of its natural gas business.

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Energy Innovation

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Burning synthetic methane or biogas in existing gas plants. Meanwhile, Europe’s latest hydrogen strategy is calling for 6 gigawatts (GW) of electrolyzers by 2024 , scaling to 40 GW by 2030. Green synthetic methane relies on chemical processes to convert green hydrogen into methane to be burned in existing gas power plants.

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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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Energy Innovation

AUGUST 13, 2020

Burning synthetic methane or biogas in existing gas plants. Meanwhile, Europe’s latest hydrogen strategy is calling for 6 gigawatts (GW) of electrolyzers by 2024 , scaling to 40 GW by 2030. Green synthetic methane relies on chemical processes to convert green hydrogen into methane to be burned in existing gas power plants.

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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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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 2017 alone the US experienced multiple climate disasters which had a cumulative cost of over $300B. Elizabeth Sturcken, Managing Director, EDF+Business. But companies are stepping up as never before.

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EDF + Business

JANUARY 25, 2024

2024 is shaping up to be a busy year, with climate at the forefront. 66 percent of respondents to the World Economic Forum’s Global Risk Perception Survey ( GRPS ) identified extreme weather as “most likely to present a material crisis on a global scale in 2024.” Hello and Happy New Year from the Climate Policy Leadership Team!

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Grist

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

If the Arctic permafrost melts away, releasing all its stored methane, and if the global thermostat turns out to be especially sensitive to greenhouse gases, the world could warm to RCP 8.5 Imagining what, say, 2024 will look like is based entirely on uncertainties. Are we safe or are we doomed? degrees,” Fransen said.

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