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. But the oil and gas industry is pushing hard for increased use of “blue” hydrogen. ExxonMobil Corp.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 17, 2023

billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in her Pennsylvania hometown, she will be facing off against some of the most powerful fossil fuel interests in the United States. Texas and Louisiana produced record amounts of shale gas last year, which U.S. LNG companies shipped to Europe at soaring premiums.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 16, 2023

fossil fuel firms are pushing to build more than 2,900 miles of natural gas pipelines to feed liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facilities in Louisiana, Texas, and Alaska, in a bid to send more of the fuel to Asia and Europe, a new analysis by Global Energy Monitor shows. Enough is enough.

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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. It’s fracked methane.”.

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Business Green

JANUARY 7, 2022

The company is aiming to build Europe's first plastic to hydrogen plant in Poland, before rolling out its technology globally as part of a plan to become a global leader in recycling mixed waste plastic into carbon-free fuels and new materials, while also providing distributed renewable heat. It said it expects to see an output of up to 2.7

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Business Green

JULY 17, 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 per cent, reported Bloomberg New Energy Finance. The annual demand could reach 19,120,458,891 tons by then, representing a tenfold increase from 2015 to 2050.

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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. Underestimating Europe’s renewables potential.

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Business Green

MARCH 3, 2022

It calls for EU members to not sign new gas supply contracts with Russia, while simultaneously taking steps to invest in clean energy, energy efficiency, heat pump technology, and grid flexibility technologies that will reduce demand for fossil fuel for heat and power. This is clear to everyone in the world.".

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 9, 2020

European policymakers have determined that hydrogen will be an essential tool to decarbonize industry and transport as Europe aims for a net-zero economy by 2050. Europe's gas sector strikes upbeat tone. Read GTM's green hydrogen explainer here.). and the company is already thinking about additional plants. "We

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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

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Both the World Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development have stopped backing coal projects, but still support gas. “The EU bank has been Europe’s climate bank for many years. The EIB's new financing criteria will make lending to gas projects very difficult.

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Business Green

MARCH 18, 2020

Green gas specialist CNG Fuels has opened two further refuelling stations for heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) in the UK this week, in anticipation of surging demand for renewable biomethane over the next year and beyond.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Transport & Environment research finds trucks running on natural gas are no better for the climate than diesel trucks. The Graz University of Technology tested a conventional diesel truck manufactured by Italian transport firm Iveco, and compared its greenhouse gas and other emissions to that of an LNG Iveco truck.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 10, 2021

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”. Experts dispute this climate-friendly branding, however, given the problem of methane leakages through the production and transportation process, and doubts about the efficacy of CCS.

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R-Squared Energy

APRIL 19, 2022

In the initial phase, 25 terawatt-hours (TWh) per year of green methane, from which more than half a million metric tons of hydrogen can be produced, will be imported into Wilhelmshaven. In the current volatile situation, I understand that you have brought forward the timelines for the project to help address the security crisis in Europe.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

This story is part of a DeSmog series on the influence wielded by the gas lobby in Europe and was developed with the support of Journalismfund.eu. Now, the city is at the forefront of the country’s dash to break its dependence on Russian gas. Up to three onshore equivalents will boost import capacity further.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 15, 2020

Could trash-to-energy technology feed hydrogen demand? Clean hydrogen could cut greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel by up to 34 percent, reported Bloomberg New Energy Finance. The annual demand could reach 19,120,458,891 tons by then, representing a tenfold increase from 2015 to 2050. There are other ways to make hydrogen.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 12, 2022

The global stampede to develop clean energy sources has prompted a demand for ammonia analysers from the developers of engines that will be capable of using ammonia as a fuel. In November 2021 the European Commission published a report entitled: ‘Hydrogen: Europe’s Industry rolling out hydrogen projects on massive scale’.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

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. methane - CH4). Hydrogen gas can be extracted via several methods, the most common of which is steam methane reformation.

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Business Green

JUNE 11, 2020

Chris Train of the Gas Goes Green campaign argues the time is right to scale up the UK's green hydrogen industry. As we've seen from the range of hydrogen-related announcements across Europe in the last two weeks, it's clear that the international race to develop hydrogen economies has now well and truly begun.

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Business Green

JULY 16, 2020

The OGCI said the range was "consistent with the reduction needed across the oil and gas industry by 2025 to support the Paris Agreement goals" and would result in a reduction of between 36 and 52 million tonnes of CO2e per year by 2025, assuming constant levels of marketed oil and gas production.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 21, 2023

Rolfes was speaking during a visit last month to the German port of Wilhelmshaven, site of a new terminal to unload liquefied natural gas (LNG) — natural gas supercooled for shipping on specialized tankers. German banks like Deutsche Bank are funding this export of gas from the United States,” Rolfes told DeSmog.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Companies are piloting systems across Europe that use hydrogen in furnaces in lieu of coal. Hydrogen doesn’t emit greenhouse gases when burned and can be made by using renewable electricity to bust up water molecules (although most hydrogen today is made with natural gas, through a process called steam methane reforming).

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

” Europe, which has an economy saddled with high energy prices and is heavily dependent on Russian natural gas, is embracing green hydrogen by providing funding for construction of electrolysis plants and other hydrogen infrastructure. hydrogen is a lot more expensive than other fuels such as natural gas.

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Grist

MARCH 6, 2024

energy mix is heavily reliant on natural gas. has also become the world’s leading exporter of natural gas , building out extensive infrastructure to convert the fuel into a form that’s easier to store and transport — liquefied natural gas, or LNG — and ship it to markets in Europe.

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Business Green

MARCH 9, 2022

"This has opened the door for green hydrogen and ammonia produced from renewable electricity to compete with unabated natural gas-based processes," the report states. Want to find out more about how the net zero transition will impact your business?

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Industry voice: Emissions from transport are growing, but innovative companies can help Europe meet its climate targets, according to Schroders. Greenhouse gas emissions in the EU fell by 3.8 Road travel makes up around 70 per cent of Europe's total greenhouse gas emissions from transport.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 3, 2021

The companies analyzed were selected to represent a range of scale and location across Europe. He continued: “The millions spent on sophisticated marketing and advertising campaigns are about shaping public opinion and maintaining demand for fossil fuels.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

US Department of Energy “We are committed to building out hydrogen networks in the United States and Europe,” said Plug Power CEO Andy Marsh in a recent Forbes interview. “We can generate green hydrogen out of the electrolyzer at $2 per kilogram — similar to grey hydrogen using natural gas.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 20, 2022

Proposed by New Fortress Energy (NFE), the planned facility will be a floating offshore export terminal that would treat, liquefy, and store methane gas before loading it onto ships headed abroad. While natural gas burns cleaner than coal, the advantage of using it can be negated by the methane emitted in its production and transport.

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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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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The report also calls into questions plans by a company called Drax, one of the largest sources of CO2 emissions in Europe, to eventually capture up to 16 million tons of CO2 annually using Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS). “So If emissions had peaked back in 2000 we would be skiing down a bunny slope toward 1.5C.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Natural gas’s notorious price volatility has been making a comeback — in a big way. The UK is experiencing a natural gas price surge so severe that the government stepped in to prevent a cascade down the supply chain that threatened to create food shortages. In the U.S., In the U.S.,

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Mr. Sustainability

APRIL 18, 2021

Shell - Gas to liquids (GTL) | Shell Natural Gas. Rotterdam refineries are among the biggest polluters in Europe Rotterdam has the dubious title of being the absolute leader in the throughput and storage of crude oil in northwest Europe. This is the practice where natural gas is separated into hydrogen and CO2.

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Mr. Sustainability

APRIL 18, 2021

Rotterdam refineries are among the biggest polluters in Europe Rotterdam has the dubious title of being the absolute leader in the throughput and storage of crude oil in northwest Europe. The race is on to create the first ever cross-border, open-source CO2 transport and storage infrastructure network in Europe.

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Energy Innovation

MAY 9, 2022

Using New York City as a case study, the authors evaluated household energy demand and air conditioning use, taking into account weather projections and spatial differences in urban climate change. Such district heating and cooling systems have been used for decades in Europe, though they pose some challenges. Ortiz et al.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Top of her agenda: how to stop a Houston-based oil and gas company from building a $10 billion project to export liquefied natural gas on a nearby stretch of coast. NextDecade did not respond to multiple requests for comment. “Carbon capture is like trying to put a Band-Aid on a bullet hole.”

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