Greentown Labs

JANUARY 8, 2024

Nth Cycle ’s circular refining method extracts high-purity critical metals of any type, in any state, using just electricity and water. VIA BioFuels produces and sells premium drop-in fuels and chemical feedstocks—based on bio-produced molecules—to the international transportation, aviation, and chemical industries.

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Startups Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Innovation 113

Grist

AUGUST 11, 2022

It’s packed with energy; per unit of weight, at least 60 times as much as the lithium-ion batteries used to propel electric cars. In the presence of the sun’s rays, nitrogen molecules set of a chain of reactions that produce ozone and destroy free-floating atmospheric methane. It’s also terrible for the climate. Others warm it.

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Carbon Carbon-neutral Aviation Energy Monitor 115

DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 29, 2022

Blue hydrogen’s supporters have argued that the world needs the gas-dependent fuel until it could scale up affordable clean hydrogen (known as “green hydrogen,” which uses renewable energy and does not produce any carbon dioxide or methane emissions). per million British thermal units (MMBtu). Air Liquide has plans to build a $4.5

Building Energy Monitoring 96

Building Energy Monitoring Hydrogen Energy Monitor Natural gas 96

Business Green

AUGUST 14, 2020

High-temperature industrial heat, over 932 degrees F, poses a particular challenge because that's the point at which fuels beyond electricity become the mainstay. The options include biodiesel, renewable electricity, renewable natural gas, solar thermal, geothermal, thermal storage and hydrogen.

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Aviation Carbon Natural gas Cooling 92

Business Green

AUGUST 6, 2021

Joe Biden signs sweeping executive order aimed at accelerating the transition to electric cars and vans, as Brazil looks to spark development of electric aircraft. Electric plane start up announces $1bn Brazilian deal. Biden administration confirms clean car goals. There's no turning back". There's no turning back".

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Electricity Fossil fuels Climate change Resilience 78

GreenBiz

APRIL 15, 2021

Mango Materials has developed a technology that transforms methane into biodegradable plastic pellets that can be implemented in any supply chain and eventually decompose on their own. 43 — Aviation. ZeroAvia is bringing hydrogen-electric power to aviation to enable zero-emission air travel at scale. 47 — Bioplastics.

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Startups Carbon-negative Plastics Biodegradable 541

GreenBiz

JULY 15, 2020

Green hydrogen — made by splitting water’s hydrogen and oxygen using electricity produced by renewable sources — is a small fish in the "energies pond." Other technologies are in the mix, such as battery electric vehicles. Today, more than 95 percent of hydrogen is fossil-based and does not rely on renewables.

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Demand Hydrogen Technology Energy 528

R-Squared Energy

AUGUST 18, 2022

The bill provides direct consumer incentives to buy energy efficient and electric appliances, clean vehicles, rooftop-solar systems, and invests in home energy efficiency. 10 years of consumer tax credits to make homes energy efficient and run on clean energy, incentivizing heat pumps, rooftop solar, and electric HVAC and water heaters.

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Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 60

EDF + Business

JANUARY 25, 2024

On January 12, EPA took another critical step to implement the Methane Emissions Reduction Program (MERP), with a proposed structure on the methane waste emissions charge. “Emissions Gap” in 2030 by Nearly Half, if Governors Deliver on Commitments What’s new with the IRA? Check out EDF’s blog for more on MERP.

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Policy Methane Investment Aviation 52

Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The difficulty is that each type of transportation - road, rail, aviation, shipping - requires a different strategy to curb emissions. Electric vehicles (EVs) are at the forefront of the drive to decarbonise Europe's road transport and several of the continent's carmakers are transforming themselves into EV leaders.

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Transportation Europe Aviation Hydrogen 88

Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 10, 2021

Wind power contributed 25% of electricity generation, with bioenergy providing 13% and nuclear 16%. At the heart of the project, on this very space constricted site, is a new gas engine to generate electricity, augmented by electricity sourced from a local village community-operated, small hydro-electricity project.

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Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Carbon Energy Monitor 130

Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 29, 2021

RNG can also be produced via methanation, in which either synthesis gas from biomass gasification or carbon dioxide emissions from a variety of sources are converted into methane in combination with green hydrogen. . All these present ideal opportunities for the use of RNG.

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Natural gas Carbon-negative Methane Fossil fuels 93

Business Green

AUGUST 12, 2021

However, today's study estimates that emissions from the production - rather than the use - of blue hydrogen "are quite high", and that resulting greenhouse gas emissions, including both CO2 and methane, are "more than 20 per cent greater than burning natural gas or coal for heat, and some 60 per cent greater than burning diesel oil for heat".

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Hydrogen Fossil fuels Natural gas Methane 93

Business Green

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

It comes amid growing pressure on airlines to tackle their climate impact, with the global aviation sector estimated to account for between two and 3.5 Both projects are certified by the Verified Carbon Standard, according to Wizz Air. per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions.

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Methane Aviation Carbon Technology 72

Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

VS: Traditionally, hydrogen has been industrially produced from the methane contained in natural gas, releasing carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide in the process. However, renewable electricity could be used for hydrogen production by powering electrolyzers that separate water into its components–hydrogen and oxygen.

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Hydrogen Europe Fossil fuels Aviation 88

Business Green

DECEMBER 15, 2020

ExxonMobil has unveiled several short term targets to tackle its carbon intensity, methane emissions, and flaring activity in a new climate plan it claims is "projected to be consistent with the goals of the Paris Agreement", despite the oil and gas giant's continuing refusal to set a long-term net zero emissions goal.

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Methane Demand Carbon-negative Climate change 99

Business Green

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The climate crisis may have stayed near the top of the political and corporate agenda, net zero commitments have come thick and fast, and renewable and electric vehicle investment may have toppled records, but there is barely a country on the planet on track to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement. pathway by 2030.

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Business Energy Monitoring Methane Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 36

Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 15, 2023

In 2022, aviation accounted for 2% of global CO2 emissions. The captured CO2 is then converted into methane (CO) and blended with the hydrogen, most commonly using a technology called Reverse Water Gas Shift (RWGS), to produce syngas. Low carbon hydrogen is created, usually using an onsite electrolyzer.

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Aviation Hydrogen Waste Waste 61

Business Green

MAY 27, 2020

The plan would see £904m invested in projects across Britain between 2021 and 2026 to prepare the gas grid for a switchover from using methane natural gas - a fossil fuel - to instead use zero carbon hydrogen and biomethane in support of the UK's 2050 net zero emissions target.

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Fossil fuels Hydrogen Methane Transportation 100

Business Green

JULY 28, 2021

Hydrogen, which has long been used in industrial processes but is currently derived largely from fossil fuels, is expected to play a major role in decarbonising a number of hard-to-electrify sectors such as heavy industry, long-haul aviation and shipping by displacing fossil fuels.

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Hydrogen Government Fossil fuels Carbon 76

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.” To understand why Big Oil is so keen on hydrogen, you need to understand the color code.

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Hydrogen Fossil fuels Technology Batteries 136

Low Carbon Prosperity

MAY 21, 2023

More than $500 million to support the construction of charging stations for electric vehicles, as the government looks to bring the number of electric vehicles on Québec roads to two million. TWh produced Quebec is the largest producer of electricity in Canada and had an estimated generating capacity of 46,380 megawatts (MW) in 2019.

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Natural gas Electric vehicle Transportation Electricity 52

GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Green hydrogen could replace methane to generate heat or power. Rob Gibson is the whole system and gas supply manager for National Grid Electricity System Operator in the U.K. It could replace high-carbon, or grey, hydrogen in a number of industrial and chemical processes. It could even be used as a fuel in heavy transport.

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Hydrogen Europe Demand Carbon 130

Business Green

AUGUST 8, 2022

It is significantly larger than the clean tech focused stimulus package the Obama administration passed in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, which played such a big role in accelerating US renewables and electric vehicle deployment. The US is set to get its first ever carbon equivalent tax - on methane. of global warming by 2050.

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Fossil fuels Methane Carbon-negative Carbon-neutral 36

Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 3, 2023

The Tank-up of Tomorrow Transportation accounts for ~16% of global GHG emissions , and while passenger vehicles have likely gone the way of EVs, cleaning up the remaining 55% of hard-to-decarbonize aviation, heavy ground transport, and maritime shipping is still—well, hard! Engines are optimized for fossil fuels.

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Transportation Carbon Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 52

DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The comparison also used two 2023 Ford F-150 pickup trucks for the modeling, as the F-150 is available in both electric and flex-fuel powered variants. The results were impressive: Compared with the flex fuel-powered F-150, the fully electric version, powered by renewable wind energy, reduced CO2 emissions by 2.4

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Carbon Government Carbon-negative Fossil fuels 114

Grist

MARCH 8, 2021

A lot of [cargo] carriers and technology providers are trying to figure out what the alternative to bunker fuel is,” said Dan Rutherford, who directs the marine and aviation programs at the International Council on Clean Transportation , or ICCT, in California. Methanol, or CH?OH, E-methanol is made by combining hydrogen with carbon dioxide.

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Carbon-neutral Carbon Natural gas Fossil fuels 135

R-Squared Energy

JANUARY 20, 2021

The company supplied a sampling of those projects: Alaska Airlines ALK : At a corporate level, we’re working to reduce carbon emissions with flights powered by sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) provided by industry leader SkyNRG. Houston Ion Building : On Dec. 17, we announced that we’re joining the Ion startup and energy transition community.

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Carbon Carbon-negative Carbon-neutral Aviation 78

Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

In either case, this wasn’t on our bingo card… In the news, the British government passed new reforms to speed up interconnection, Colombia launched a $1B biodiversity fund, the US released $6B in funding for climate resiliency, and the US and China made modest progress on methane reduction at APEC.  SPAC valuation ).

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Lithium Batteries Hydrogen Investment 72

Business Green

MARCH 9, 2022

Green hydrogen and ammonia produced using renewable electricity are becoming increasingly competitive with fossil-fuelled incumbents in many parts of the world, thanks in part to rising gas prices in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a fresh analysis has suggested.

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Hydrogen Fossil fuels Methane Carbon 40

GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Out in Utah, a coal-fired power plant supplying electricity to Los Angeles is being outfitted with natural-gas-fired turbines that will eventually be able to run on hydrogen, created via electrolysis with wind and solar power and stored in massive underground caverns for use when that clean energy isn’t available for the grid.

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Hydrogen Natural gas Lithium Batteries 130

Grist

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The new study shows that a split-second, ultra-hot flash of electricity focused on any item containing carbon — say, an old sandwich, a plastic water bottle, or a worn out rubber tire — can also produce graphene by forcing all the other elements to escape as gases, leaving behind only a two-dimensional, ultra-strong carbon lattice.

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Carbon Waste Waste Medicine 107

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. The pilot is being part-funded through a grant from an £8m competition run by the government-backed Net Zero Technology Centre (NZTC).

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Hydrogen Carbon Natural gas Methane 33

Clean Energy Trust

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

This month, we’re talking about partnerships between automakers and electric vehicle charging companies, the recent rolling blackouts in California, and why cleantech investing today may fare better than a decade ago. Credit: GM Authority Automakers Paying for Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure?—?Fool’s Well, yes and no.

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Energy Monitor Investment Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 52

Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Countries and companies have also kicked off pledges to triple investments in renewables and nuclear, drive down methane emissions, and commit loss and damage funds. In deals, major funding includes $116M for hydrogen-powered aviation, $44M for sustainability software, and $75M in project finance investment for SAFs.

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Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring 61

Business Green

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Meanwhile, the US and EU will be hoping to get more countries to sign up to their Global Methane Pledge, a deal which has already been endorsed by several nations around the world, including the UK. Its stated aim is to collectively slash methane emissions across all sectors by 30 per cent between 2020 and 2030.

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COP Government Carbon Politics 48

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. That's because its potential is huge.

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