GreenTechMedia

MARCH 1, 2021

Take the Intermountain Power Project , the coal-fired power plant in Utah converting to turbines that will use natural gas blended with 30 percent hydrogen, a proportion that will rise to 100 percent hydrogen over the coming decades. does have a few projects taking steps toward proving out the concept.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 30, 2021

From alkaline batteries for small electronics to lithium-ion batteries for cars and laptops, most people already use batteries in many aspects of their daily lives. Right now there are very few such batteries in use. Batteries work by creating a chemical reaction that produces a flow of electrical current.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Utilities operating fossil-fueled power plants, and the low-income and disadvantaged communities that face the brunt of their pollution, may have a new model for resolving their differences. More recent decisions have replaced new California gas plants with clean energy portfolios. Looking for "breakthrough technologies".

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 8, 2021

With several lithium-ion battery installations to shift solar generation into later parts of the day, Kauai has gone for as long as nine hours in a day on entirely renewable electricity production. A small battery next to the solar facility will keep the pumps running smoothly when clouds are blocking the sun.

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Business Green

AUGUST 16, 2021

Earlier this month, government figures confirmed that renewables ousted fossil fuels as the dominant source of power on Britain's grid for the first time ever in 2020, supplying 38 per cent of the island's power.

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R-Squared Energy

MARCH 1, 2020

The primary culprits that add carbon dioxide to the atmosphere are the coal, oil, and natural gas — the fossil fuels — we consume for energy. There are two drivers behind coal’s decline: Natural gas and renewables. Hence, I wouldn’t spend any of Bezos’s money on trying to replace coal with natural gas.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Some of those pathways move more dramatically toward closing coal plants or halting new natural gas power plants. This difference is mainly due to the Southeast’s reliance on electricity rather than natural gas for heating air and water in buildings, Snider explained. Why offshore wind is no slam dunk for Duke.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 9, 2019

“They are donating all of this electricity they paid highly for in subsidies to other countries, often with negative prices,” said Jussi Heikkinen, director of growth and development for the Americas at Wärtsilä, a Finnish company that manufactures battery storage and flexible gas power plants.

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Clean Energy Canada

JUNE 28, 2021

At the same time, Canada’s fossil fuel sector will see a nine per cent drop in employment. In terms of raw numbers, those 208,700 new clean energy jobs far exceed the 125,800 lost in fossil fuels. based Ballard Power and Loop Energy are supplying their hydrogen fuel cell technology to countries in Europe and Asia.

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R-Squared Energy

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

still obtained 63% of its electricity from fossil fuels. Biden’s plan calls for: Grid-scale storage at one-tenth the cost of lithium-ion batteries. Using renewables to produce carbon-free hydrogen at the same cost as that from shale gas. Battery costs have also plummeted over that time frame.

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The Verge: Energy

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Such reductions require massive infrastructural changes, especially in our homes, where water and food are often warmed with what is known as “natural gas” but is better understood as methane gas, a potent greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change. But I grow anxious just thinking about it.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

In a relatively short amount of time, this paradigm has been upended by the growth of affordable renewable energy, both utility-scale and distributed, that does not burn any fuel, and the political, regulatory, and corporate drive to cut emissions. While an improvement compared to coal, natural gas is still carbon-intensive.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 17, 2021

Today, Hydrogen is mainly produced from fossil fuels (Thermochemical) or through the electrolysis of water (Electrochemical). Mature Thermochemical technologies include steam methane reforming (SMR) which relies on natural gas as an input and coal gasification which relies on coal. How Hydrogen is produced.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

As the fossil fuel industry rages against the dying of the gas light, they continue to work to plant doubt about an economy centered around solar and wind paired with battery storage. His projections are even conservative in that they assume battery components won’t change, when of course they will.

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Clean Energy Trust

DECEMBER 6, 2021

NET Power is building a new type of natural gas power plant that uses oxy combustion (burning natural gas with pure oxygen) and supercritical CO2 instead of steam in its turbine. this technology could chip away at and then eventually replace industry standard combined cycle natural gas plants.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Six months after inking California’s largest single energy storage procurement, utility Southern California Edison has added another three massive utility-scale battery projects to its portfolio—plus a behind-the-meter battery project with Sunrun. The four-hour duration 2.63 utility record books. The four-hour duration 2.63

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

  In deals, major funding for transportation including $144M for Indian EVs, $33M for rare earth-free magnets, and $15M for battery recycling.  The US Department of Energy continues the solar streak, putting $440 million in rooftop solar and batteries in Puerto Rico.   Thanks for reading! Not a subscriber yet?

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

“The math doesn’t yet add up,” the report finds, citing “significant gaps” between the decarbonization targets of major utilities and their current plans for retiring fossil-fuel plants. electric grid relies on fossil fuels for 63 percent of its generation, and according to the U.S.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

MARCH 5, 2019

The analysis includes both a higher cost scenario and a low cost scenario – the main difference being the pace of renewable and battery storage cost declines into the 2040s. . Doing so means slightly higher costs, as existing coal can be run more economically absent a price on carbon than existing natural gas.

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Business Green

JULY 31, 2020

Advocates of nuclear fusion argue that it could be a source of clean, unlimited power that could turbocharge the energy system's move away from fossil fuels while catering to growing energy demand. The process, which relies on sea water and lithium as fuel, is carbon free and its only biproduct is helium, an inert, non-toxic gas.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 23, 2020

Fossil-fueled combined-heat-and-power systems will continue to take a back seat to distributed solar and energy storage for behind-the-meter generation — although resilience against wildfires, hurricanes and other extreme weather events will drive adoption of both. market by 2025, according to Maze-Rothstein.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

AUGUST 31, 2023

This step is viewed by many as a considerably cleaner option than the current conventional methods of H2 production in the United States, which use natural gas reforming in large central plants without any carbon emission mitigation. This will make it possible to fuel 30 MW combined cycle plant with a 27 MW net output.

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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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Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Key technologies include electrification, on-board batteries, solar panels, synthetic fuels, carbon capture and storage and possibly hydrogen. Once again, we will (and we must ) transition from fossil fuels to into a zero-emission world. All the technology that is required exists and is matured.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 8, 2021

wide transmission build-out could also slash the costs of reaching a zero-carbon grid with wind, solar and battery technologies that are cost-effective today. All of these benefits can be captured with solar, wind, existing hydropower and lithium-ion battery technologies at projected 2030 prices, he added. transmission grid.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

Less advertised around that time, the company unveiled details about its new modular vehicle platform and Ultium batteries , designed to lower EV prices and allow a 400-mile range fully charged. The company has since whipsawed between its wholesale-energy legacy of fossil fuels and greener horizons. Paul, Minnesota.

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Business Green

MARCH 31, 2023

The compronmise agreement sees the Greens back Labour's proposals for a 'Safeguard Mechanism', which promises to regulate emissions from Australia's 215 biggest polluting coal and gas facilities without outright banning new fossil fuel projects.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

To make it usable as a fuel, hydrogen must be separated from water, coal, natural gas or animal or plant waste. However, a fuel cell is much different than the giant lithium-ion battery you find in electric cars. The problem comes when separating out the hydrogen. This process releases greenhouse gases. .

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Grist

AUGUST 6, 2020

But today, 175 years after the creation of that first “gas battery,” the technology has yet to reach its full potential. But with more and more cars using lithium-ion batteries instead — and airlines developing sustainable fuels made from cooking oil and mustard seed — it’s probably not going to happen anytime soon.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

Less advertised around that time, the company unveiled details about its new modular vehicle platform and Ultium batteries , designed to lower EV prices and allow a 400-mile range fully charged. The company has since whipsawed between its wholesale-energy legacy of fossil fuels and greener horizons.

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 16, 2024

In other news, Hertz shifts gears on its EV strategy, Kerry steps down from his climate envoy post, and AI helps discover promising new battery materials.  The current Haber Bosch process relies on fossil fuels (~ 70% natural gas, 30% coal) and emits 2.4 in Seed funding from NextGen Battery Chem Ventures.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Solar and wind power are already cheaper than electricity generated by coal and natural gas-fired power plants, according to the International Energy Agency. It would also depend on shifting 130 million homes from natural gas or oil heating to electric heat pumps. In the U.S.,

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Mr. Sustainability

JANUARY 25, 2021

It contains natural gas, helium, and carbon dioxide. Most of these carbon-capture projects are run by fossil fuel companies. Big Oil likes to celebrate the technology: By putting carbon back in the ground, the industry can provide consumers with the benefits of fossil fuel without the full climate impact. “If

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Mr. Sustainability

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Don’t agree on the assessment or the different pathways to get rid of fossil fuels? This is a review of an article from the Financial Times , which first appeared in February 2020 just before the fossil fuel industry had its worst year ever. Comment down below. The article was called ‘can the world kick its oil habit?’.

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R-Squared Energy

AUGUST 18, 2022

manufacturing of solar panels, wind turbines, batteries, and critical minerals processing. $10 A Methane Emissions Reduction Program to reduce the leaks from the production and distribution of natural gas. Fossil Fuel Provisions. The bill includes over $60 billion to maintain clean energy manufacturing to the U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Most of its IRP scenarios call for building new natural-gas plants, which critics say will lock in carbon emissions from resources that may end up as stranded assets as renewables backed by energy storage become more cost-effective solutions.

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Mr. Sustainability

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Fossil-fuel producers are being forced to confront their vulnerabilities. Our current energy system is dirty and volatile Today fossil fuels are the ultimate source of 85% of energy. Fossil fuels cause economic volatility, too. Oil and coal use will drop, although cleaner natural gas will remain central.

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