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Study: Europe and Japan lead boom in low carbon hydrogen patents

Business Green

Latest EPO-IEA report reveals hydrogen production technology patents have shifted towards low-emission methods such as electrolysis. Researchers analysed global patent data to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of innovation in the hydrogen field.

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PNNL researchers announce waste-to-hydrogen conversion process

Renewable Energy World

A research team at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has developed a system capable of converting waste from sewage, food crops, algae and other renewable carbon sources into hydrogen fuel. It then removes carbon from wastewater, allowing the clean water to be reused.

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From social housing to custom builds, government eyes green homes boost

Business Green

The paper said the strategy will include proposals for a new emissions trading scheme along with reforms to electricity and fossil fuel levies. Crucially, it also reported that the government has concluded it is only fair households that rely on fossil fuels should contribute to the cost of moving to new solutions.

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Mapped: The Network of Powerful Agribusiness Groups Lobbying to Water Down the EU’s Sustainable Farming Targets

DeSmogBlog

The use of these chemicals also damages the environment in other ways; much of the fertilizer used in the world today is the product of methane gas, a fossil fuel, while the wide-scale use of pesticides has been linked to the damage of ecosystems and vital populations of pollinators.

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5 Government Initiatives from Around the World That Are Helping Reduce the Impact of Climate Change

Green Tech Challenge

Sweden’s Pledge to be Carbon-Neutral Despite uncertainties in global leadership, Sweden promised to honour the Paris Agreement made by the United Nations and cut all its greenhouse gas emissions by 2045. Meet one of our alumni startups Zemission, which has developed, tested, and patented a zero-emission solution for mobile use.

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Under development: Top 5 cleantech innovations to watch in 2020

Envirotec Magazine

Accounting for eight per cent of the world’s carbon emissions, the current process for making cement is far from eco-friendly. Rather than using intense heat in kilns, powered by fossil fuels, electrochemistry allows for limestone to be converted into a key ingredient of cement, at room temperature. Hydrogen as a fuel source.

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Eye-Catching Stories from 2021

Andrew Winston

Building New Renewables Is Cheaper Than Burning Fossil Fuels… here. Alibaba Group Announces Carbon Neutrality Goal by 2030… here. Maersk Seeks $150-a-Ton Carbon Tax on Shipping Fuel… here. JPMorgan Shares Patents to Spur Low-Carbon Technology Development… here.