DeSmogBlog

MAY 22, 2024

and other fossil fuel companies are urging the European Union to relax targets to boost climate-friendly “green” hydrogen, hoping to win greater support for projects to manufacture the fuel using natural gas. The target builds on a pre-existing goal of producing or importing 20 million tonnes of green hydrogen by 2030.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 22, 2023

The European Commission is facing calls to assess the climate impact of scores of proposed hydrogen projects after data revealed that 90 percent of them could be used to prolong the use of planet-warming natural gas. Climate change is accelerating and droughts and floods are hitting our continent,” she said.

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Clean Energy Canada

AUGUST 19, 2021

government’s recently released hydrogen strategy—a thoughtful plan to create and use clean hydrogen—contains an implicit acknowledgement: the world is moving away from fossil fuels and toward low-carbon alternatives. isn’t the only jurisdiction to see clean hydrogen as the new natural gas. s natural gas industry?

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

It seems everyone wants to get in on the ground floor when it comes to green hydrogen. Utilities and oil majors both have a head start with their mixture of renewable power capacity, gas transmission assets and an existing set of end users. But chemical manufacturers could be a third class of big green hydrogen players.

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Business Green

JULY 2, 2021

Shell this afternoon began operations of Europe's largest PEM hydrogen electrolyser at its Energy and Chemicals Park in south west Germany, pledging to deliver up to 1,300 tonnes of green hydrogen a year from the trail-blazing facility. We are a hydrogen region," said Armin Laschet, North Rhine-Westphalia's Minister-President.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Incentivizing Green Hydrogen: The CBAM could incentivize the production of green hydrogen , which is produced using renewable energy sources and emits no carbon dioxide. It ensures that all hydrogen producers, regardless of their location, face similar production costs in terms of carbon pricing.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 19, 2024

The hydrogen industry is undergoing a transformative journey driven by the immense potential of hydrogen as a clean, efficient, and versatile energy carrier. The hydrogen industry is undergoing a transformative journey driven by the immense potential of hydrogen as a clean, efficient, and versatile energy carrier.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

As the European Union sets its sights on a green hydrogen boom as part of its plans to meet decarbonization pledges and rebuild economies ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic, North Africa has emerged as a possible source for a significant chunk of Europe’s future hydrogen supply.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The promise of a hydrogen economy to replace fossil fuels is commonly centered on the potential for ‘green hydrogen,’ generated via electrolysis of water with carbon-free electricity. But natural gas can also be converted to hydrogen without the carbon emissions, via another spectrum of the hydrogen palette.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 11, 2022

Gasunie, HES International and Vopak will be working together to develop an import terminal for green ammonia as a hydrogen carrier. Energy network operator Gasunie, bulk handling company HES and Vopak, which handles chemicals, oil, gases and liquified natural gas (LNG), have signed a head of terms. Have you read: E.ON

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 29, 2022

Gas transmission system operator OGE and energy company RWE have unveiled ‘H2ercules’ as a national hydrogen infrastructure concept. Green hydrogen to decarbonise Europe’s largest steelmaking site German government agrees on national hydrogen strategy. Have you read? billion (US$3.8 Project roles.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The largest natural gas infrastructure firm in Europe has launched a new hydrogen business and increased its financing for low carbon projects. Snam, which runs the Italian gas grid and is active in France, Greece and the U.K., The company is also looking at the potential for geological hydrogen storage.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 9, 2020

The European Union this week set ambitious 2024 and 2030 targets for green hydrogen, a big step for the emerging sector. At the same time, Brussels signaled that it will also encourage the development of "blue" hydrogen produced from fossil fuels paired with carbon capture, at least for the time being. Blue vs. green.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 25, 2020

Falling costs and growing project pipelines will ensure the 2020s are the “decade of hydrogen,” according to new research from Wood Mackenzie. Over the past 10 months, the global green hydrogen project pipeline has swelled from 3.5 Check out GTM's green hydrogen explainer here.).

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Coordination between hydrogen projects and electric and gas grid developments is needed to ensure compatibility and optimality at the energy system level, a new review from ETIP SNET indicates. This means having enough storage elements both in the power system and in the hydrogen system. Have you read?

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Cornwall Insight have released a report assessing the potential of hydrogen in the challenging task of decarbonising residential heating in Ireland. The process, which involves blending up to 20% hydrogen with natural gas in the gas network, provides a non-disruptive solution to the consumers and generates substantial CO 2 savings.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Hydrogen has shot up the European legislative agenda in recent years, with politicians of all stripes touting its potential to help countries meet their climate goals. The fuel comes in a variety of “colours”, depending on how it is produced, with almost all hydrogen currently created using fossil gas and termed “grey”.

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Business Green

JULY 17, 2020

A group of exciting start-ups are exploring whether the world's trash mountains could become a valuable source of low carbon hydrogen fuels. One novel spin on emerging hydrogen fuel options is "clean hydrogen" made from trash. Today, more than 95 per cent of hydrogen is fossil-based and does not rely on renewables.

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Business Green

JANUARY 7, 2022

Fresh funding provides boost to UK firm's plans to build Europe’s first plastic to hydrogen plant. Waste-to-energy firm Hydrogen Utopia has raised £3m in an initial public offering (IPO) on the Aquis Stock Exchange (AQSE) on Thursday, which valued the London-based business at approximately £28.8m.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 2, 2020

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. Prolonging the lifespan of multi-billion dollar gas infrastructure investments makes for another compelling incentive.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 7, 2020

Shell Nederland and Dutch energy company Eneco have confirmed they entered last week’s Dutch offshore wind tender as part of a joint effort to create a record-breaking hydrogen cluster in the Netherlands. The hydrogen will be used by a Shell refinery. They hope to develop a “European Hydrogen Valley” cluster.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 4, 2023

In the second special Enlit Europe 2023 edition, Nimbus and Globy – the new hydrogen and electricity smart meters, a new fast network deployment partnership and digitalising smart secondary substations are on the week’s technology radar. Following adoption in Europe, the next target is to have the solution adopted globally.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 5, 2020

needs a massive green hydrogen industry to decarbonize its electricity, transportation and industrial sectors, and major investments and policy changes today to enable it to grow to its full potential in the decades to come. million metric tons of hydrogen per year, with an estimated value of about $17.6 The “Roadmap to a U.S.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Dual boost for emerging hydrogen economy as key trade bodies launch new initiative and Hyundai and Ineos ink agreement to advance fuel cell technology development. To fully decarbonise energy in Europe we need renewable hydrogen," said Giles Dickson, CEO of WindEurope. And it needs to be 'made in Europe'.

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Mr. Sustainability

JANUARY 16, 2021

Summary - BP and Ørsted have partnered to develop zero-carbon ‘green hydrogen’ at BP’s Lingen Refinery in north-?west hydrogen per hour - almost 9,000 tonnes a year - starting in 2024. The project could be expanded to up to 500 MW at a later stage to replace all of Lingen’s fossil fuel-based hydrogen.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Analysis published by Aurora Research notes that UK could become hydrogen leader but warns regulatory issues must be tackled in forthcoming hydrogen strategy.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 23, 2021

As global efforts to ramp up the hydrogen industry gain support with big government subsidies, new research casts increasing doubt on the climate credentials of the main recipient of that support, so-called “blue” hydrogen, which is extracted from natural gas and paired with carbon capture technology.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 9, 2021

ExxonMobil, SGN, and Green Investment Group are exploring the potential for a major new hydrogen production and carbon capture facility on the south coast. Hydrogen production could commence as early as 2030, according to ExxonMobil, once the technical and commercial feasibility of the plans are confirmed.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Capital Hydrogen, a partnership of GB gas network operators, has set out how hydrogen can help London become net carbon zero by 2030. This would be well covered with the estimated 100-170TWh per year of potential hydrogen production and 200TWh of storage potential in the region. million homes and 200,000 businesses.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Following earlier announcements of new electricity, water and hydrogen meters another pair of new meters are launched and the US Department of Energy launches an office to focus on emerging technologies in the week’s technology radar. Currently, the hydrogen is supplied in bottles from a local farm. Have you read?

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

So it is with hydrogen, says Mark Gainsborough, executive vice president at Shell who heads up the New Energies unit. In addition to the power sector, Shell New Energies is responsible for the company's activities in new fuels, namely hydrogen and biofuels. We've had a lot of supply-side subsidies in renewables.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

With so many future energy possibilities, where should you focus your attention - and why should hydrogen be part of your decarbonisation plan? Understanding the role of hydrogen Hydrogen is attracting much attention for its decarbonisation potential because it is a clean alternative to natural gas and petroleum.

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Business Green

AUGUST 17, 2021

BusinessGreen rounds up all the reaction from politicians, green business figures, NGOs, investors and think tanks to the government's long-awaited Hydrogen Strategy. Business and Energy Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said: "Today marks the start of the UK's hydrogen revolution. It has finally arrived.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 15, 2020

Could trash-to-energy technology feed hydrogen demand? Arlene Karidis Wed, 07/15/2020 – 01:00 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.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 18, 2022

Hydrogen is considered key in the energy transition and could lead to significant geoeconomic and geopolitical shifts, according to IRENA. IRENA estimates that hydrogen could cover up to 12% of global energy use by 2050 with almost one-third traded across borders – a higher share than natural gas today. Have you read?

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 18, 2022

Energy companies Equinor and SSE Thermal have awarded two key contracts for work on a proposed hydrogen storage facility in England. The project will see low carbon hydrogen stored either within an existing natural gas storage facility or at a new hydrogen storage site adjacent to it. Have you read?

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Business Green

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Pall Corporation's Maria Anez-Lingerfelt sets out some of the challenges and benefits of building up a supply chain for widespread green hydrogen production. With most of the world's energy demand being supplied by fossil fuels, we are facing the harsh reality of climate change. Hydrogen is inherently a green fuel.

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