Greentown Labs

JANUARY 4, 2023

Piles of decomposing cow manure emit methane and nitrous oxide, in addition to polluting water and contaminating soil. While the demand is primarily in Europe and Asia currently, Lignium Energy’s team says that the United States is expected to meaningfully shift from relying on coal to utilizing biomass. “We

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EDF + Business

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Several speakers highlighted how a large cause for declining US emissions since the early 2000s has been switching from dirty coal to “clean” natural gas, and that such coal-to-gas switching could enable further emission reductions in Asia. We need to address global energy poverty – but the climate impacts of gas undermine this effort.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

of the global fertilizer nutrient demand could be supplemented by full nutrient recovery from wastewater. of global agricultural demand for them. billion m3 methane – enough to provide electricity for up to 158 million households, or 474 million to 632 million people, assuming an average of three to four persons per household.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The gas crunch gripping Europe is directly caused by volatile international gas markets that expose the UK to demand surges in Asia and political manipulation by Putin. However, fossil fuel enthusiasts are actually suggesting the opposite, by demanding that the UK should revisit its unsuccessful dalliance with fracking for shale gas.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Hydrogen derived from methane — usually from natural gas, but also coal and biomass — was pioneered in World War II by Germany, which has no petroleum deposits. But CO2 is emitted in manufacturing hydrogen from methane and so it’s not climate friendly; hydrogen manufactured this way is known as gray hydrogen.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 15, 2020

Could trash-to-energy technology feed hydrogen demand? The annual demand could reach 19,120,458,891 tons by then, representing a tenfold increase from 2015 to 2050. Combined with a push for decarbonization, these economics could drive demand, project energy experts. Is this the best second life for trash?

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

“But aggressive targets in East Asia and increased interest from major international stakeholders will drive deployment in the near term.” “All the electricity generated would either meet consumer demand [or be sent] to electrolyzers.” In research published last month, Wood Mackenzie said more than 3.2

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 9, 2020

Cooley agrees with the Commission’s position that by 2030 green hydrogen will be cost-competitive with grey forms of hydrogen, produced via steam methane reformation, but he believes it could even happen sooner in markets with cheap solar power. There are some blue hydrogen projects aiming to come online sooner than the late 2020s.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 17, 2023

LNG boom threatens to release vast amounts of methane, a powerful climate pollutant that is the main component of natural gas. even as EU demand for the fuel declines. Credit: Edward Donnelly Environmental groups on both sides of the Atlantic warn that the U.S. LNG production is projected to increase dramatically in the U.S.,

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 29, 2024

As an example of an emerging application, he cited Microsoft’s use of Copilot in the area of permitting and licencing of small modular reactors with the potential to reduce an over $100 million, multi-year process in time by 70 to 90%, while another is using the generative AI to tackle fugitive methane emissions. Image: World Energy Congress.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 19, 2022

“Once completed, the Trans Mountain Expansion will allow more responsibly-produced Canadian oil to reach key markets in Asia and beyond,” claimed one ad from the Canadian Energy Centre, which according to Facebook analytics reached an estimated audience size of over one million people. But certain facts were left conveniently unstated. .

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 6, 2021

Cheap renewables were favored on the grid last year, which caused coal use to fall as energy demand plummeted amid the economic slowdown. With power demand expected to triple by 2040 as India’s population continues to achieve upward mobility, fossil fuels are poised to see continued growth even as the clean energy market thrives.

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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. natural gas pipeline construction through 2026.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The statement also calls for governments to step up efforts to tackle methane pollution, enhance climate adaptation and resilience, and scale up climate finance for developing countries.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Rearing livestock is a major contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions, in part because it contributes to deforestation as land is cleared either to rear animals or to grow crops to provide animal feed and in part through methane emissions from cattle. And that's where the seaweed comes in.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

methane) from animal and land management and land-use change, which make the biggest warming contributions in the agricultural sector.”. These come from deforestation, changes in soil carbon, methane emissions, emissions from fertilisers, manure, farm machinery, and animal feed production.

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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.

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Charged

MAY 8, 2023

During the recent California heat wave, Nuvve helped to reduce peak demands on the grid through the Emergency Load Reduction Program, using bidirectional-capable school buses to feed energy back to the grid. A regular demand response program, you go down to zero and then that’s it. Charged : Does SB 233 address commercial vehicles?

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 8, 2021

Part of the reason behind China’s coal expansion is it’s growing demand for power. While China may be rapidly building out renewable energy for power generation , and has made commitments for emissions reductions in the future, the country’s power demand is outpacing its rate of renewable power expansion. China’s Coal Expansion.

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Business Green

JUNE 10, 2022

Flanders moves to ban gas boilers, GFANZ launches new Asia-Pacific network, and New Zealand steps up efforts to tackle agricultural emissions. China tops EV market league table, as global demand continues to surge. GFANZ launches new Asia-Pacific Network. California unveils new Methane Accountability Program.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 22, 2020

In recent years, seaweed has been quite a catch for health-conscious consumers, in turn, making kelp, a brown macroalgae, one of the more in-demand types of seaweed offerings. Related: Eating seaweed could reduce cows’ methane production Why is kelp a good idea for food sustainability? based ocean farmers,” Myers said.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Hydrogen derived from methane — usually from natural gas, but also coal and biomass — was pioneered in World War II by Germany, which has no petroleum deposits. But CO2 is emitted in manufacturing hydrogen from methane and so it’s not climate friendly; hydrogen manufactured this way is known as gray hydrogen.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Yeb Saño, Executive Director at Greenpeace Southeast Asia and Head of the Greenpeace delegation attending the COP, hailed the deal on a Loss and Damage Finance Fund as "a new dawn for climate justice". Well into overtime these negotiations have been marred by attempts to trade adaptation and mitigation against loss and damage.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

The WGHI plans a regional approach "that's taking a page from the playbook" of green hydrogen plans being put f orward in Europe and Asia, said Laura Nelson, executive director of the Green Hydrogen Coalition advocacy group. How do you aggregate that demand to create sufficient momentum in the market to drive investment?".

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Lucy Maxwell, co-director of the Urgenda Foundation’s Climate Litigation Network, told DeSmog this is only the third time any court has “order[ed] a government to close the ambition gap between its weak [greenhouse gas] target and what science demands.” In late March, the Strasbourg-based court heard two climate cases. KlimaSeniorinnen v.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 8, 2024

The three representatives all said there had been widespread recognition at the Dubai summit that agriculture was a “solution” to climate change, despite livestock accounting for over 30 percent of anthropogenic methane emissions. The long-awaited FAO Global roadmap followed. This is especially true in the U.S,

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Other demands include cutting methane emissions by 30 per cent between 2020 and 2030, working to tackle other damaging pollutants, and taking more ambitious action to decarbonise transport such as aviation and shipping. The climate threatened nations have everything at stake here in Glasgow.".

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Business Green

JUNE 13, 2022

National policies to promote the conservation of energy and restraint of demand. In recent months, the group has advocated for governments to enact a string of measures that reduce energy demand in order to prevent the risk of energy rationing this winter. Some 45 years later, the organisation is in many senses back where it started.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 9, 2024

Entire sections of wetlands are being filled in and paved over to build LNG export terminals, which will ship fracked gas to Europe and Asia. have become increasingly intertwined and inextricably linked to markets in Europe and Asia. However, the LNG buildout is now in limbo. gas prices closer to those other, costlier regions.

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Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 30, 2020

The Rise of City Zero Emission Zones (Panel Discussion): Following cities in Europe and Asia, some U.S. With an ever increasing demand to deliver products to market with speed, effectively evaluating and prioritizing these attributes is a critical yet challenging hurtle. These are immediate challenges but not new issues.

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Elemental Excelerator

JANUARY 28, 2020

Our portfolio companies are working on everything from expanding access to solar power in frontline communities and slashing methane emissions by feeding cows seaweed to deploying portable water quality sensors and mapping equity into street infrastructure. There are still major inefficiencies in personal vehicle ownership and usage.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 24, 2021

Analysts saw demand for LNG in Asia rising in both a steady and unrelenting fashion, expanding for years or even decades into the future. That risk is compounded by the fact that future demand growth is no longer rock solid. The IEA specifically singled out LNG, despite previously forecasting decades of demand growth. “No

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Unsustainable

MAY 1, 2019

While CO 2 may be the greatest contributor to climate change, other gases such as methane and nitrous oxide are also responsible for creating the greenhouse effect, therefore, solutions must also focus on the reduction of these gases. The severity of those impacts is tied directly to the amount of carbon dioxide we release.” Chinese citizens?who

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

From President Biden to methane pledges, BusinessGreen explores the biggest developments on the fifth full day of the pivotal climate talks in Sharm EL Sheikh. Biden's address also set out his administration's plans to crackdown on methane leaks in the US' fossil fuel industry.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Whether or not the move indicates a softening of China's long term support for decarbonisation is contested, but it has highlighted how the transition away from fossil fuels is likely to lead to significant price volatility and energy security concerns, as economies battle to match supply and demand.

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Business Green

MARCH 26, 2021

Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and and Blue Horizon Corporation have this week published a new report suggesting that the rapid expansion of the plant-based foods sector could result in demand for meat peaking as early as 2025 in European and North American markets.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 9, 2022

Launching a new PR offensive, oil and gas executives and lobbyists are denouncing climate policy and also demanding more lenient policies to allow the buildout of more fossil fuel infrastructure. The American Petroleum Institute had similar demands , while also calling for more offshore oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.

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