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. Renewable energy, electrification, and battery storage are primary solutions. Hydrogen offers a promising solution for these challenging sectors.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Department of Energy’s investment of $7 billion in creating seven Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs is a testament to this burgeoning interest. 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.

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Business Green

AUGUST 14, 2020

Investment is starting to flow towards efforts to tackle one of the biggest clean energy challenges going - industrial heat. The options include biodiesel, renewable electricity, renewable natural gas, solar thermal, geothermal, thermal storage and hydrogen. Making natural gas renewable.

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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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Business Green

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Governments need to help mobilise massive investment in hydrogen infrastructure if global net zero goals are to be met, according to new IEA report. The IEA said that $1.2tr would need to be invested in hydrogen infrastructure over the next decade to put the sector on track to reach net zero by 2050 goals.

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GreenBiz

JULY 15, 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 percent, reported Bloomberg New Energy Finance. . And it could be cheaper than producing hydrogen from natural gas.

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Charged

JANUARY 21, 2021

Most automakers may have rejected hydrogen as an energy storage medium for passenger vehicles ( Toyota is the notable exception), but the technology may yet find applications for industrial processes, and in other forms of transportation such as aviation and shipping. The Strategy is supported by a federal investment of $1.5

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Hydrogen Fuel News

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Alec Farrar and its team have manufactured castings for Fabrum’s flagship cryocooler technology used with electrolysers for its hydrogen production systems and in traditional cryogenic markets of liquid nitrogen, liquid oxygen, liquid natural gas, and liquid air. This acquisition is another important milestone on our journey.

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The Verge: Energy

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Hydrogen combustion creates water vapor, unlike fossil fuels that release greenhouse gas emissions when burned. That’s seen as especially valuable for cleaning up aviation , maritime shipping, and heavy industries like steel that are more difficult to run on renewable energy and batteries.

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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. An application requesting approval to track costs related to development of the Angeles Link is now with the California Public Utilities Commission.

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Business Green

JULY 13, 2021

Detailed and joined-up policies, behaviour change, 'whole system' infrastructure investment, and holistic energy market reform are all critical to achieving net zero emissions, report warns. In this scenario, there would be close to no unabated natural gas generation from 2035 onwards.

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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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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

The trucks need energy, whether diesel, gasoline, natural gas, electricity, hydrogen, propane, etc. There is a phenomenal amount of money invested, profits made and infrastructure tied to transportation related energy. Venture capitalists also are everywhere seeking the next great investment. They know change is coming.

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Business Green

MARCH 6, 2020

US auto giant General Motors (GM) this week provided a wide-ranging update on its ambitious electric vehicle (EV) strategy, pledging to invest more than $20bn through to 2025 on its next generation all-electric and autonomous vehicles as it unveiled 11 new electric models at its annual 'EV Day'. All in': GM unveils fast-expanding EV fleet.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

AUGUST 31, 2023

The significant interest in our proven end-to-end hydrogen production and refuelling systems is being driven by increasing efforts to tackle climate change through investments in new technologies to enable decarbonisation.” This order adds to several other hydrogen refuelling projects underway in New Zealand, Australia and worldwide.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The project could draw on hydrogen produced at Equinor's proposed H2H Saltend project on the Humber, which forms part of the wider Zero Carbon Humber project, and then be distributed through Cadent's gas network in the region. We look forward to developing our plans with Equinor.".

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

He expects blue hydrogen made from natural gas via steam reforming to meet around 80 percent of the 5 GW target, with HyNet alone planning for 3.5 The private investment will come if the revenue mechanism is right. billion) of investment, previously announced. GW of blue hydrogen capacity by 2030.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Hydrogen is increasingly seen as an important component of efforts to decarbonise the global energy system, providing a potential means of eradicating emissions from "difficult to decarbonise" sectors such as aviation, shipping, heating, and heavy industries such as cement manufacture.

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Business Green

MAY 3, 2022

Commissioned by the UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance and the European Climate Foundation, the ground-breaking research by the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) develops detailed and standardised net zero pathways, giving investors an opportunity to align their investment decisions with the latest science.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Many politicians are sold on hydrogen— Canada and the UK have announced major investments with the goal of developing a “hydrogen economy.”. What’s behind the recent resurgence of hydrogen hype? One major source is the fossil fuel industry. To understand why Big Oil is so keen on hydrogen, you need to understand the color code.

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Business Green

JANUARY 21, 2021

The project, which expects to start capturing carbon emitted during the hydrogen production process from 2025, hopes to channel hydrogen produced from natural gas to a number of energy-intensive industrial plants in the region. It's about delivering meaningful choice for households, businesses and communities.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 3, 2024

Of the 64 total board members at Omnicom Group , WPP , Interpublic Group (IPG), Publicis Groupe , Dentsu and Havas , 32 have significant experience in carbon-heavy sectors such as fossil fuels, fossil fuel financing, plastics, utilities, and aviation. Twenty-two are still serving in roles at such companies.

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 27, 2021

We are pleased to have welcomed: our moderator, Dan Feldman, Partner, Shearman & Sterling ; Michael Sheng, Principal Investment Officer, IFC ; Fangfeng Xiao, Investment Director, CNIC ; Michelle Robson, AP Ventures ; Mathieu Geze, VP Asia, HDF Energy ; and Philip Jones, Commercial Director, Intercontinental Energy.

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Business Green

MAY 27, 2020

Britain's gas networks have today unveiled proposals to invest over £900m in developing net zero infrastructure over the coming five years as part of the UK's coronavirus recovery efforts, with a major focus on ramping up the use of biomethane and hydrogen for heating, cooking, industry, and transport.

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Clean Energy Trust

DECEMBER 6, 2021

So, it is not the major climate legislation that is in the potential reconciliation bill, but a sizable set of investments in its own right. The First Movers Coalition is committing to buying volumes of climate friendly solutions in steel, trucking, shipping, and aviation. For example, $7.5 The COP 26 climate conference took place!

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Under the terms of the deal, Amazon will purchase more than half of the power generated by the 759MW Holladske Kust Noord offshore wind farm from 2024 onwards, taking 250MW from Shell and 130MW of capacity from Eneco, a Dutch natural gas and clean energy company owned by Japan's Mitsubishi Corporation.

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Business Green

JULY 21, 2020

The multi-million pound investment package includes £139m towards 12 projects Scotland, Wales and the North of England to help heavy industry shift from using natural gas to clean hydrogen power, and to scale up carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology to trap emissions.

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Business Green

MARCH 25, 2021

Exclusive: Researchers have sought to calculate the external environmental, social and health costs of from fossil fuels, renewables, road transport and aviation. The case for increased UK investment in wind is strengthened when the relative low level of externalities it generates is added into the calculations," she explained. "On

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Grist

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Carbon dioxide removal doesn’t directly cut emissions from any particular industry, like agriculture or aviation. That’s why United Airlines, for example, has invested in a direct air capture plant under development in Texas. We don’t truly know what those costs are today for nature-based solutions.”.

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Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2021

Such investment has paired with state support to help drive down costs for green hydrogen in recent years, with electrolyser costs declining by 60 per cent through the past decade. The cost differential remains despite intense investor interest in the fuel, with share prices of many hydrogen stocks doubling or quadrupling during 2020.

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Business Green

JANUARY 21, 2022

Abu Dhabi clean energy giant is seeking to develop a green hydrogen hub in the UAE to support production of green shipping and aviation fuels. In addition, TotalEnergies has signed up to help develop a separate Masdar-led pilot green hydrogen project in the UAE, which will be geared towards supporting production of sustainable aviation fuels.

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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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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

JUNE 1, 2022

In addition to strengthening the CI targets, the 2018 amendments made the following major changes to the LCFS Program: Covered Fuels : The amendments expanded the fuel types covered by the LCFS Program to encourage further GHG reductions by including alternative jet fuel, propane, compressed natural gas, and renewable natural gas.

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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. Companies around the world are committed to invest at scale for a net-zero-emissions economy," she said.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 29, 2020

The energy transition isn't just about producing renewable energy - investment and earnings opportunities are spread across four different areas, explain Schroders' Mark Lacey, Alexander Monk and Felix Odey. We have identified four distinct investment areas. However, it is only one aspect of the change. Source: Schroders, October 2020.

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38 North Solutions

MAY 3, 2024

1 The credit is an investment tax credit, meaning it equals 30 percent of the qualified investment for such taxable year with respect to any qualifying advanced energy project placed in service in the taxable year. To help build more resilient, diverse and secure U.S.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

MARCH 15, 2021

This technical memo presents modelled jobs and other benefits from investments through 2030 that could be catalyzed by revenue from Substitute Senate Bill 5126 (SB5126), the Climate Commitment Act. In this technical memo, I describe methodology, modelling, and revenue and investment results. Summary of Results. billion to $4.1

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