Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 21, 2024

Komatsu is aiming to reduce its global emissions by a whopping 50% by 2030, with a further goal to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. On the other hand, GM has set a target to achieve full carbon neutrality in both its products and operations by 2040. The mining industry is no exception.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The European Union has clearly laid out its position: Climate neutrality, the Council of the EU stated last month, will require “a global phase-out of unabated fossil fuels and a peak in their consumption in this decade.” But more stands between COP28 and concrete steps forward for our climate.

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Business Green

MARCH 5, 2021

The bank announced this week it would establish interim business-related climate targets by the end of 2021 and would achieve carbon neutrality across its supply chain by the end of this decade.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

The waste management sector bears an essential role in the EU’s ambition to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, the group explained in a statement in early February. It is likely to trigger more landfilling of non-recyclable waste and more use of fossil fuels.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 29, 2020

Shell is chasing carbon neutrality by 2050 or sooner and the project in the Netherlands offers a glimpse of how it hopes to get there. “It will also be another important next step in our ambition to become a net-zero emissions energy business by 2050 or sooner, in step with society.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Yet just as efforts toward that goal are finally scaling up — via the EU’s amplified climate targets, China’s new carbon-neutral target for 2060, and other examples — the coronavirus pandemic has introduced a massive dose of uncertainty. can get to net-zero emissions by 2050. China takes a big step.

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Business Green

JULY 6, 2021

The Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) has teamed up with the World Economic Forum (WEF) to launch a new collaborative coalition today aimed at guiding the industry's path towards delivering 'carbon neutral' concrete by 2050.

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Business Green

AUGUST 10, 2021

Less than one per cent unabated fossil fuels and at least 80 per cent wind and solar in the power mix required to meet UK climate targets, according to Ember's Tom Harrison. This year's edition updates its predecessor's pathways to reaching economy-wide net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Zero carbon power by 2035.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 26, 2021

Carbon is one specific area that the sector is struggling with, with 71% stating that the industry is unable to comply with the government regulations. 70% say customers are demanding sustainable alternatives to traditional energy products and 38% are concerned that failure to become sustainable will turn customers to their competitors.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

The European Investment Bank (EIB) will stop backing fossil fuel energy projects in 2021, except those using carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology or offsets to cancel out their emissions. Natural gas may burn with less carbon and with fewer pollutants than coal but Browne said that could prove insufficient.

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Business Green

APRIL 25, 2022

Two reports out this week have highlighted how developments across 2021 are set to catalyse policy and technological trends that could catalyse the retreat of fossil fuels across the global energy system. At times the fossil fuel economy can seem indefatigable.

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 27, 2021

On Thursday the 19 th of August, the Climate Council in partnership with the law firm Shearman & Sterling, hosted an intriguing panel to discuss a major topic in the energy industry: Will low-carbon hydrogen be the silver bullet in APAC? But the question remained, “how low carbon is low-carbon hydrogen?”

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Business Green

JULY 17, 2020

A group of exciting start-ups are exploring whether the world's trash mountains could become a valuable source of low carbon hydrogen fuels. One novel spin on emerging hydrogen fuel options is "clean hydrogen" made from trash. Combined with a push for decarbonization, these economics could drive demand, project energy experts.

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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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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

On the plus side, the pact reaffirmed the central importance of 1.5C (our best chance to avoid the worst impacts of climate change), mentions coal and fossil fuels for the first time, and calls for countries to “revisit and strengthen” 2030 climate pledges by the end of 2022 instead of waiting another five years. of warming.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

"Purchasing 100 per cent renewable electricity from Total sends a strong signal that renewables are important to the UK and today's announcement underpins our commitment to climate action and in becoming a net zero carbon emissions business by 2045.".

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 15, 2023

Cynics made some mileage from the almost The Thick Of It -style title juggling, with the event undergoing a hasty re-christening from “green day” to “energy security day” (as Carbon Brief noted ), as it became clear that future oil and gas exploration remained a key component of the government’s plans.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

But while solar and wind have an obvious role to play in helping miners control their carbon emissions, the mining industry faces steep decarbonization challenges, analysts say. Rio Tinto, for example, says that 71 percent of its energy now comes from renewables, yet it has only set a goal of “substantial decarbonization” by 2050.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 12, 2019

On Wednesday the European Commission presented a sweeping 50-point plan centered around achieving net zero status in Europe by 2050. The proposals include a new climate law to be drafted within 100 days and stronger carbon taxes including the creation of so-called carbon borders. ” Electrification.

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Fairsnape

JANUARY 22, 2020

Once again Great Thunberg has shaken our thinking on carbon with her speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos. With our focus on “net zero emissions” “low carbon economy” and “carbon neutrality” are we cheating and fiddling around with numbers? We don’t need a “low carbon economy.” Let’s be clear.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 12, 2022

The voluntary carbon offset market is rocketing, with the Ecosystem Marketplace reporting an annual market value of ~$1 billion in 2021, which was an all-time high. This can make things difficult for business leaders like you, looking to reduce their carbon footprint through purchasing offsets. The rules of carbon offsetting.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 9, 2020

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. The Global CCS Institute, a carbon capture think tank based in London, called the EU's strategy ambitious, but warned against picking winners.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Hanson UK teams up with Swansea University for research into replacing fossil fuels in cement production. With demand for cement and cement replacement products predicted to increase by a quarter by 2030, researchers and industry are working hard to reduce the level of carbon emissions associated with production.".

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

The plan will please the EU’s two most powerful nations: France is reliant on nuclear power, which raises concerns about long-term impact on the environment, and Germany depends on gas, a a fossil fuel many consider a bridge to renewables. Germany, Europe’s largest economy, demanded that gas be part of the plan.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

GW of new long duration pumped hydro storage, with 90 GWh of storage, could save up to £690 million per year in energy system costs by 2050, as the UK transitions to a net-zero carbon emission system. A new study by independent researchers from Imperial College London has found that just 4.5

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Business Green

AUGUST 3, 2021

Oxfam warns many net zero goals rely too heavily on forestation to offset carbon emissions, providing a potential threat to agricultural land. It estimates that, if land alone was used to remove the world's greenhouse gas emissions in order to achieve net zero by 2050, it would require at least 1.6

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 28, 2023

A Pathways’ advertisement on a Bixi docking station read “Le captage du carbone est une étape importante vers des activités d’exploitation carboneutre,” or “Carbon capture is an important step towards carbon neutral resource extraction.” Toronto’s subways and streetcars run on electricity.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 24, 2022

While the world is at a decisive cross-road in its journey to tackle the climate crisis, reaching net zero by 2050 and limiting the rise in global temperatures to 1.5 °C, The country’s pioneering new model of economic development that avoids the carbon-intensive approaches, provides a blueprint for other developing economies.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

As a result of these fossil fuel expansions, there is a very real chance that Suncor will completely fail to meet the aggressive climate targets that it’s been promoting at COP27 through the Pathways Alliance: “Planned growth projects to meet global energy demand may increase Suncor’s absolute emissions in the next decade.”.

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Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2021

The carbon credit system needs an overhaul to effectively help in reducing climate change, according to a UCL study. French global energy giant Total recently announced it had delivered its first shipment of ' carbon neutral liquid natural gas '. Natural gas is, of course, a fossil fuel and so can't itself be carbon neutral.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

They have legislated a carbon neutrality goal for 2050, adopted a long-term strategy and advanced the phase-out of coal by 2025 among other key indicators. The major priorities for Hungary’s climate and energy policies relate to energy security, reducing fossil fuel use and keeping energy prices affordable.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The campaigning organisations claim that BNP Paribas - Europe's biggest bank and a major global investor in fossil fuels - has failed to comply with France's duty of vigilance law, which demands large companies take appropriate measures to protect human rights and the environment across their value chains.

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Green Market Oracle

DECEMBER 3, 2019

degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, reach carbon neutrality by 2050 and cut greenhouse gas emissions by 45 per cent from 2010 levels, by 2030. The key missing ingredient is a lack of political will he said: “Political will to put a price on carbon. Global average levels of carbon dioxide reached 407.8

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Business Green

MARCH 19, 2021

Oil major announces intention to build major hydrogen plant just days after government grants funding for carbon transportation and storage network in region. Roughly two million tonnes of carbon dioxide emitted during the production process will be captured and sent for storage from the project annually by 2030, it added.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 11, 2020

IEA estimates that global steel sector can reach net zero emissions by 2070 and argues that the carbon-intensive sector must halve its emissions by mid-century to meet global climate goals. billion tonnes of CO2 emitted by the steel industry every year needs to be reduced by 54 per cent by 2050 to meet Paris Agreement goals.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

CBI, Make UK, Institute of Directors, the Federation of Small Businesses, and the British Chamber of Commerce call for joined-up approach to decarbonisation that manages impact on high carbon industries.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 18, 2022

This low-carbon image is out of step with the reality of fleet production figures – both current and projected – which reveal a business model out of step wedded to sales of fossil-fuel powered vehicles. These sales fall far below the 70 percent of car adverts that promoted lower-carbon electric vehicles and hybrid vehicles.

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