Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 18, 2024

However, some sectors remain difficult to decarbonize using such methods, including heavy industry, heating, and certain transport sectors, such as aviation and shipping. Analogous to the oil & gas sector, the hydrogen value chain comprises upstream (production), midstream (storage & transport), and downstream (end-use) segments.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

OCTOBER 13, 2023

billion Gulf Coast Hydrogen Hub (HyVelocity) State Involved: Texas Key Features: Large-scale hydrogen production from natural gas with carbon capture and renewables-powered electrolysis Job Creation: Approximately 45,000 direct jobs (35,000 construction jobs and 10,000 permanent jobs) Funding: Up to $1.2

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Business Green

AUGUST 14, 2020

The options include biodiesel, renewable electricity, renewable natural gas, solar thermal, geothermal, thermal storage and hydrogen. Making natural gas renewable. But for now, renewable natural gas (RNG) may offer a fix soonest. Covering the U.S. The urgency is growing.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 26, 2020

Thursday’s letter from PG&E vice president Robert Kenney to the California Energy Commission is a notable concession by the state’s largest utility to the constraints its natural gas operations will face under California’s push to attain zero-carbon emissions by 2045. Southern California Gas Co.,

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Hydrogen Fuel News

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The diversity in their approach – from leveraging natural gas with carbon capture to harnessing renewable and biomass energy sources – showcases the multifaceted potential of hydrogen. These hubs are set to revolutionize the way we produce, store, and use hydrogen, paving the way for its commercial-scale deployment.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The acquisition will extend Fabrum’s manufacturing capability to support its rapid growth, driven by growing demand for its end-to-end hydrogen systems and other technologies for aerospace, heavy transport and heavy industries. Details of the cash-only purchase were not disclosed.

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Business Green

JULY 17, 2020

It is energy-efficient, abundant and an environmentally friendly alternative to natural gas. Clean hydrogen could cut greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel by up to 34 per cent, reported Bloomberg New Energy Finance. The annual demand could reach 19,120,458,891 tons by then, representing a tenfold increase from 2015 to 2050.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The ninth edition of the Sustainable Energy in America Factbook tells the story of American energy efficiency, natural gas and renewable energy in a volatile year. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Source: BloombergNEF estimate. The economic disruption caused a massive drop in national greenhouse gas emissions. Figure 1: U.S.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

It also would significantly decrease demand for natural gas, diesel and other fossil fuels, helping to accelerate California’s and the region’s climate and clean air goals.

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Business Green

JULY 13, 2021

In this scenario, there would be close to no unabated natural gas generation from 2035 onwards. The report notes that to reach net zero, solutions will be required to remove emissions from the atmosphere produced by hard to abate sectors such as aviation and waste.

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Business Green

JULY 2, 2021

Shell said it also intends to use the site - which is located in the Rheinland, near Cologne - to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) using renewable power and biomass in the future. In addition, a plant for liquefied renewable natural gas, known as bio-LNG, is also in development, the company said.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 15, 2020

Could trash-to-energy technology feed hydrogen demand? Clean hydrogen could cut greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel by up to 34 percent, reported Bloomberg New Energy Finance. The annual demand could reach 19,120,458,891 tons by then, representing a tenfold increase from 2015 to 2050. There are other ways to make hydrogen.

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 27, 2021

The debate began with an audience poll that posed a controversial position: Hydrogen produced from natural gas should NOT be part of APAC’s energy mix as it distracts from a renewable hydrogen economy – Do you agree or disagree? 58% of the audience agreed, edging out the 42% that disagreed.

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Business Green

AUGUST 12, 2021

UK government urged to avoid backing blue hydrogen after US study finds its production could be worse for climate than natural gas. So natural gas supply chain emissions would need to be reduced and carbon capture rates improved to reduce emissions further. Full paper is here: [link].

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Mission Possible Partnership publishes fresh plans to help decarbonise production of aluminium, ammonia and steel across aviation, shipping, and trucking industries. Similarly, MPP forecast demand for ammonia could increase six-fold by 2050, driven my new markets for green ammonia as a marine fuel and for power generation.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

As DeSmog explains, “there are several ways to produce hydrogen, but almost all of it currently in production uses methane (natural gas) as the feedstock, with non-renewable energy powering that production.” In the interim, blue hydrogen can help create the demand and transport networks for hydrogen whilst green hydrogen costs fall.”.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

A new report argues that with demand for clean hydrogen set to boom, the nascent mocular reactor industry could have a key role to play in meeting surging demand. Highly productive shipyards can manufacture hundreds of units to power up the clean hydrogen economy and rapidly replace fossil fuels in shipping, aviation, and industry.".

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Business Green

OCTOBER 4, 2021

However, the report warns that despite this welcome focus from policymakers, governments still face a major challenge if they are to close the price gap between low-carbon 'green' and 'blue' hydrogen and the carbon intensive hydrogen produced from natural gas that currently dominates the market.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

The trucks need energy, whether diesel, gasoline, natural gas, electricity, hydrogen, propane, etc. Utilities such as Duke Energy are getting engaged as well, forecasting major growth in demand for electricity, whether that's for charging battery electric vehicles or for producing fuels such as hydrogen for fuel cell electric vehicles.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Specifically, the firms plan to develop a range of technical assessments and concepts that would detail how hydrogen production, storage, demand, and distribution could provide heat for an entire town.

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Clean Energy Trust

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The First Movers Coalition is committing to buying volumes of climate friendly solutions in steel, trucking, shipping, and aviation. we’ve probably seen this the most in sustainable aviation fuels so far. this technology could chip away at and then eventually replace industry standard combined cycle natural gas plants.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

They found that in order to have a 50 percent chance of achieving this target, 58 percent of known oil reserves, 59 percent of natural gas reserves, and 89 percent of coal reserves cannot be extracted. This means that global oil and gas production must decline 3 percent on average every year until 2050. “I Nature (2021).

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Understanding the role of hydrogen Hydrogen is attracting much attention for its decarbonisation potential because it is a clean alternative to natural gas and petroleum. In the longer term, hydrogen - or hydrogen-derived fuels - are likely to play a key role decarbonising aviation and shipping. methane - CH4).

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Low Carbon Prosperity

MAY 21, 2023

The plan also includes $1 billion to reduce the carbon footprint of buildings, which are responsible for almost 10 percent of the province’s greenhouse gas emissions About $215 million of that money will help fund projects for thermal waste treatment — methods that transform waste into energy that can be used for such things as heating.

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Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2021

However, the study warns that despite such falling production costs, hydrogen produced using clean power remains significantly more expensive than hydrogen produced using natural gas.

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Business Green

AUGUST 31, 2021

Despite the rapid electrification of the power sector and shrinking demand for fossil fuels, DNV GL warned the energy transition is not happening fast enough to deliver on global climate goals, predicting that global emissions will shrink by just nine per cent by 2030.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

JUNE 1, 2022

A fuel supplier with deficits must generate or acquire an equivalent number of LCFS Credits on an annual basis, creating demand for low-CI fuels in California. aviation fuels); and providing capacity crediting for hydrogen and electricity used for heavy-duty vehicle fueling. [5].

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R-Squared Energy

MAY 23, 2021

Minimizing energy demand growth through improvements in energy efficiency makes a critical contribution in the NZE. loaded in the NZE, and they play their largest role in curbing energy demand and emissions in the period to 2030.”. The demand for liquid biofuels shifts to shipping and aviation after 2030. based fuels.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

In the near-term, the additional demand for clean electricity is met predominantly by solar PV, which provides over half of additional renewable generation in 2030. In the longer term, offshore wind emerges as a key source of low-carbon electricity, meeting 45-60 percent of the demand increase in 2050.”.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Climate targets were under threat from all sides with climate science deniers, politicians and media platforms exploiting the war in Ukraine and ensuing energy crisis to demand an increase in fossil fuel extraction. The Dangers of Liquified Natural Gas Lock-In. It was a tough year for the green transition.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Demand looks set to rise as costs fall. While renewable electricity will solve a significant chunk of the global emissions puzzle, an energy source with greater power density and the appropriate chemical properties will be required to decarbonise activities such as heavy industrial processes, manufacturing and aviation.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

. “The last 15 percent of the economy is hard to clean up — aviation, shipping, manufacturing, long-distance trucking,” Fakhry said in an interview. hydrogen is a lot more expensive than other fuels such as natural gas. Alone, though, hydrogen is an odorless and tasteless gas, and highly combustible.

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Business Green

AUGUST 31, 2021

Despite the rapid electrification of the power sector and shrinking demand for fossil fuels, DNV GL warned the energy transition is not happening fast enough to deliver on global climate goals, predicting that global emissions will shrink by just nine per cent by 2030.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 24, 2022

The Brigg plant, which is fired up during times of high demand on the electricity grid, typically operates for less than three hours a day. Greg McKenna, managing director of Centrica Business Solutions, said the trial would explore the role hydrogen could play in reducing the climate impact of the UK's "back-up" gas power plants.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

During COP26, close to 30 companies coordinated by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and the Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI) pledged to drive demand for - and the supply of - hydrogen produced using renewable energy, rather than the natural gas-powered methods that dominate the market today for "grey" hydrogen.

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Business Green

APRIL 27, 2022

The group, which included Transport & Environment, Transform Scotland, the Aviation Environment Federation, Milieudefensie, and the Campaign for Better Transport, argued countries should introduce a tariff or levy on Russian fossil fuel exports ahead of a complete embargo of fossil fuel imports from Russia.

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Business Green

JULY 19, 2022

Technically, National Grid ESO's remit is "networked energy" - the electricity, natural gas and future hydrogen networks that share a grid network and are considered part of one overarching system. ESO's report details how day-ahead wholesale gas prices have shot up from an average of around 50p per therm (1.7

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