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Global Briefing: NATO confirms carbon neutral mission

Business Green

Military alliance announces target to cut emissions 45 per cent by 2030, Australia explores carbon pricing plans, and all the big green stories from around the world this week. However, military emissions are often exempted from countries' official carbon targets.

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The world’s first ‘carbon-neutral’ cargo ship is already low on gas

Grist

When shipping giant Maersk announced last month it would operate a “carbon-neutral” vessel by 2023, the Danish company committed to using a fuel that’s made from renewable sources, is free of soot-forming pollutants — and is currently in scarce supply.

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On the road to carbon neutrality

Business Green

We began our sustainability journey over 25 years ago, and since then have made good progress, particularly in cutting carbon emissions. By 2030, Dow will reduce its net annual carbon emissions by five million metric tons versus its 2020 baseline.

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Italian gas giant Snam targets carbon neutrality by 2040

Business Green

Europe's biggest gas pipeline company unveils multi-billion Euro investment plan to transition to hydrogen and biomethane. In addition €150m has been set aside in the plan to expand distribution infrastructure with a focus on LNG, and to launch the firm's first hydrogen distributors. "We

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South Korea to push for carbon neutrality by 2050

Business Green

South Korea will set its sights on becoming a carbon neutral country by 2050, President Moon Jae-in announced today, making it the latest major economy committed to ending its contribution to climate change as crucial momentum towards net zero gathers pace ahead of COP26.

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Neste sets sights on 'carbon neutral' production

Business Green

Leading developer of jet biofuels builds on emissions reduction target with new pledge to deliver 'carbon neutral' production by 2035. A leading manufacturer of biodiesels and low carbon jet fuels has committed to become 'carbon neutral' across its production activities by 2035.

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Southern California Edison’s Vision for How the State Achieves Carbon Neutrality

GreenTechMedia

Natural-gas consumption is set for a sharp drop in California as the state pushes to achieve carbon neutrality by midcentury, according to utility Southern California Edison. Stubborn remaining carbon.

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Nature based solutions: Shell Energy debuts new 'carbon neutral' tariffs

Business Green

Energy giant launches new carbon offset tariffs, as polling shows majority of public think lockdown has made them more aware of climate impacts. Over two thirds of respondents said they will seek out products with a lower carbon footprint as a result of the pandemic

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Could green hydrogen be key to a carbon-free economy?

GreenBiz

Could green hydrogen be key to a carbon-free economy? The Saudis are going big on something called green hydrogen — a carbon-free fuel made from water by using renewably produced electricity to split hydrogen molecules from oxygen molecules. Green hydrogen?

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Could trash-to-energy technology feed hydrogen demand?

GreenBiz

Could trash-to-energy technology feed hydrogen demand? One novel spin on emerging hydrogen fuel options is "clean hydrogen" made from trash. . Today, more than 95 percent of hydrogen is fossil-based and does not rely on renewables. There are other ways to make hydrogen.

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'More than affordable': Aviation could offset its way to 'carbon neutrality' with minimal impact on profitability

Business Green

Analysis from Thrust Carbon urges aviation sector to make up front investments that rapidly scale the carbon offsetting market to the scale needed to cover its emissions. We need a white-hot focus on boosting the supply and demand for voluntary carbon offsets across the world.

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Liquid Wind and Carbon Clean partner to produce 'carbon neutral' shipping fuel

Business Green

UK carbon capture specialist Carbon Clean and Swedish fuel start-up Liquid Wind have announced they are to work together to produce e-methanol for the shipping industry using carbon dioxide captured from industrial plants.

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Aberdeen City Council rolls out UK’s first hydrogen fuel cell waste truck

Envirotec Magazine

What appears to be the UK’s first hydrogen-fuelled waste collection vehicle was revealed on 17 February in Aberdeen, seemingly running on green hydrogen from existing refuelling infrastructure in the city. Hydrogen Fuel Transport & Equipment

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Lancashire County Council partners trial hydrogen-powered fuel cell generator

Envirotec Magazine

Lancashire County Council’s delivery partner, Costain, and hydrogen industry start-up, Hydrologiq, have successfully trialled the use of a hydrogen-powered fuel cell generator at the Preston Western Distributor Road project’s M55 compound.??. Hydrogen Fuel

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BP and Ørsted Launch Green Hydrogen Partnership

GreenTechMedia

BP and Ørsted will partner on a 50-megawatt electrolyzer in Germany in the first stage of a green hydrogen partnership. The project is BP’s first full-scale commercial hydrogen venture. BP uses the terminology clean, rather than green hydrogen.

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Europe’s Green Hydrogen Revolution Is Turning Blue

GreenTechMedia

Green hydrogen may get all the headlines, but the prospect of it fueling Europe's future hydrogen economy on its own looks increasingly questionable. Blue hydrogen is produced from natural gas, with carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology scooping up the resulting CO2.

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Liveblog: Hydrogen Pilot Heerema @Calandkanaal

Mr. Sustainability

Summary - As part of Heerema’s ambition to be carbon neutral , the potential of hydrogen for Heerema fleet and equipment is currently being investigated. To acquire knowledge on hydrogen usage and its supply chain, a small-scale pilot is performed in the Calandkanaal.

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Coventry University and Severn Trent partner to convert waste ammonia into hydrogen

Envirotec Magazine

The project will look to capture waste ammonia from the utility’s sewage treatment facility and turn it into hydrogen. A consortium of 24 organisations leads REWAISE, providing expertise across the water management and academic sectors with the aim of developing a carbon-neutral water cycle.

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Energy giants launch ‘world’s largest’ clean hydrogen infrastructure fund

Renewable Energy World

Global energy companies TotalEnergies and Air Liquide have partnered with French construction firm VINCI and a group of international companies to launch what they are calling the world’s largest clean hydrogen infrastructure fund.

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California Air Resources Board Releases Draft Scoping Plan Update

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

Subsequently, Senate Bill 32 strengthened the state’s GHG emissions reductions target to at least 40% below 1990 levels by 2030 and former Governor Jerry Brown’s Executive Order B-55-18 established a second statewide goal to achieve carbon neutrality as soon as possible, and no later than 2045.

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MAN Energy Solutions, ANDRITZ Hydro to produce hydrogen from hydropower

Renewable Energy World

MAN Energy Solutions and ANDRITZ Hydro have completed a strategic framework agreement to jointly develop international projects for the production of green hydrogen from hydropower. Hydropower News hydrogen

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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.

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Will low-carbon hydrogen will be the silver bullet in APAC?

Renewable Energy World

On Thursday the 19 th of August, the Climate Council in partnership with the law firm Shearman & Sterling, hosted an intriguing panel to discuss a major topic in the energy industry: Will low-carbon hydrogen be the silver bullet in APAC? The controversy around blue hydrogen.

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GKN Hydrogen, SoCalGas, and NREL Collaborate on Innovative Hydrogen Storage Solution

CleanTech San Diego

On June 29, 2022, Cleantech San Diego member company GKN Hydrogen and Southern California Gas Co. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory ( NREL) on an innovative green hydrogen storage solution.

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Super-Hybrid: Dutch Offshore Wind Farm to Include Floating Solar, Batteries and Hydrogen

GreenTechMedia

Shell is chasing carbon neutrality by 2050 or sooner and the project in the Netherlands offers a glimpse of how it hopes to get there. CrossWind plans to have the 759-megawatt offshore wind farm up and running in 2023 with solar, storage and hydrogen elements thrown into the mix.

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Saudi Arabia’s Plan to Rule the $700 Billion Hydrogen Market from a Marine Perspective

Mr. Sustainability

All of the zero-carbon fuel it produces will be shipped to international buyers in the form of ammonia. Helios should be fully operational by 2025 and produce 650 tons of hydrogen a day by means of electrolysis – enough for conversion to 1.2 The hydrogen plant is part of that vision.

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Most innovative energy start-ups recognised in German awards

Envirotec Magazine

No carbon-neutral, cost-competitive and easy-to-integrate solution currently exists. Energy Energy Saving & Storage Heat Hydrogen Fuel Hydropower Solar Wind

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How Siemens Energy Is Targeting the US Green Hydrogen Opportunity

GreenTechMedia

Green hydrogen is both an untested and a potentially vital way for renewable-energy-powered grids to store their intermittent power for later use, not just for hours at a time, but for days, weeks or even seasons ahead. green hydrogen market landscape.

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Hydrogen Powered Propulsion for an Offshore Crane Vessel

Mr. Sustainability

Three options are identified as feasible hydrogen carriers: liquid hydrogen (1), ammonia (2) and methanol (3). Given the boundary conditions of this thesis, an ammonia-fueled drive train with hydrogen co-combustion is the most preferred method to power the Sleipnir.

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Project Manager – Hydrogen

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

Project Manager – Hydrogen | San Diego Gas & Electric | San Diego, CA. SDG&E announced a climate pledge of reaching Net Zero GHG emissions by 2045, and supports California’s aggressive sustainability goals, that call for statewide carbon neutrality by 2045. SDG&E believes hydrogen will be a critical piece of that future and has announced two hydrogen pilot projects — one at Borrego Springs and the other at its Palomar Energy Center.

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Hydrogen Commercial Development Manager

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

Hydrogen Commercial Development Manager | San Diego Gas & Electric | San Diego, CA. SDG&E announced a climate pledge of reaching Net Zero GHG emissions by 2045, and supports California’s aggressive sustainability goals, that call for statewide carbon neutrality by 2045. SDG&E believes hydrogen will be a critical piece of that future and has announced two hydrogen pilot projects — one at Borrego Springs and the other at its Palomar Energy Center.

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Senior Engineer – Hydrogen

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

Senior Engineer – Hydrogen | San Diego Gas & Electric | San Diego, CA. SDG&E announced a climate pledge of reaching Net Zero GHG emissions by 2045, and supports California’s aggressive sustainability goals, that call for statewide carbon neutrality by 2045. SDG&E believes hydrogen will be a critical piece of that future and has announced two hydrogen pilot projects — one at Borrego Springs and the other at its Palomar Energy Center.

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Honda pulls the plug on Clarity hydrogen car

Business Green

Japanese car maker confirms it is to discontinue its pioneering fuel cell model, but insists hydrogen models are still part of its future plans. Since debuting in 2016, Honda has sold just 1,900 units of the hydrogen sedan worldwide, according to a report from news agency Nikkei Asia.

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'Our future lies in hydrogen': Siemens and Uniper forge green hydrogen partnership

Business Green

Collaboration will investigate uses for hydrogen at Uniper's retiring coal plants as it takes aim at becoming carbon neutral by 2035. Moreover, the firms are looking to explore opportunities to produce 'green' hydrogen at wind turbines, according to Reuters.

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Budweiser to power Lancashire's largest brewery with green hydrogen

Business Green

The Samlesbury Net Zero project will see Protium fund, build, and operate an electrolyser, associated plant, and refuelling station at the plant, providing Budweiser with enough green hydrogen to meet the brewery's thermal demand, heating, and transport needs.

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How Carbon Pledges Are Driving a UK Offshore Wind Hub to Switch to Green Hydrogen

GreenTechMedia

A port and fabrication yard in Scotland is planning to convert to green hydrogen as it looks to serve the carbon-conscious offshore wind sector. Now GEG is partnering with Iberdrola-owned Scottish Power to convert Nigg Energy Park to green hydrogen. Green hydrogen on the ground.

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Who Will Own the Hydrogen Future: Oil Companies or Power Utilities?

GreenTechMedia

Within the span of a week, major utilities Iberdrola, Uniper and NextEra all made moves into the hydrogen market, in a reminder that the miracle molecule is not the sole domain of the oil and gas sector. Questions about the utility hydrogen model.

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JetBlue invests in Universal Hydrogen to help advance carbon-free flight

Renewable Energy World

JetBlue Technology Ventures (JTV), the venture capital subsidiary of JetBlue Airways announced that it is one of the investors in Series A funding for Universal Hydrogen through which the company raised $20.5 Universal Hydrogen says it is fueling carbon-free flight and that the money will allow it to accelerate the development of its hydrogen logistics network and regional aircraft conversion kits, and also boost its burgeoning commercial activities. Hydrogen News

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Bloom Energy Charts a Future in Hydrogen Fuel Cells, Electrolysis and Carbon Capture

GreenTechMedia

Bloom announced its first fuel cells that can run on hydrogen in June 2019. Last summer it expanded its scope to making electrolyzers — essentially reversing a typical fuel cell’s conversion of hydrogen into electricity and water.

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Saudi Arabia’s Plan to Rule the $700 Billion Hydrogen Market from a Marine Perspective

Mr. Sustainability

All of the zero-carbon fuel it produces will be shipped to international buyers in the form of ammonia. Helios should be fully operational by 2025 and produce 650 tons of hydrogen a day by means of electrolysis – enough for conversion to 1.2 The hydrogen plant is part of that vision.

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Green hydrogen trialled at Port Talbot cement factory

Business Green

A green hydrogen unit has been installed at an industrial factory for construction materials in Port Talbot, as part of a research project to explore how the zero carbon technology could be used to replace fossil fuels in concrete and cement production.

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Europe Should Focus On Hydrogen For A Reliable And Flexible Energy Future

Forbes Green Tech

On June 25, ArcelorMittal, the world’s largest steel manufacturer, announced that it is investing in two routes to lower emissions by 30% by 2030 and become carbon neutral by 2050.

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Global Briefing: Germany cuts ribbon on hydrogen steel project

Business Green

Industrial consortium begins operation of wind-powered hydrogen plant at Saxony steelwork. The project, which is the only one of its kind in Germany, will produce green hydrogen by harnessing local wind power capacity. EU ETS carbon price hits record €41.