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

AUGUST 15, 2022

A new advance opening the way for Mg-ion batteries, protections for birds around networks, Enel Green Power’s Sicily hydrogen lab and a plan to power Bitcoin mining with methane from landfills are in the technology radar. Sicily hydrogen innovation lab. Landfill methane for Bitcoin mining. Now with funding of $4.3

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Hydrogen Fuel News

APRIL 2, 2024

  The adoption of hydrogen as a fuel is a key aspect of the net zero initiative. According to 2022 statistics, global hydrogen use touched 95 million tonnes, a year-on-year increase of nearly 3%. As a fuel, hydrogen supports applications like heavy industries , seasonal energy storage, and long-haul transport.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Green Hydrogen is the trendiest clean energy source around, touted for its ‘simple’ ability to turn water into a highly combustible energy source capable of replacing our demand for oil and gas. However, the costs of green hydrogen are significant and unviable from a commercial perspective, at this point in time.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Among other things, that shall remain nameless, 2020 has been notable for the rush of activity in the green hydrogen space. Using renewable-powered electrolyzers to create low-carbon hydrogen can squeeze emissions out of sectors where direct electrification isn’t going to cut it. Driving demand. This is how it began.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Hydrogen fuel cells are controversial—several automakers, including Daimler , Honda , GM and Volkswagen , have abandoned the technology, while Toyota continues to pursue it. Hydrogen opponents cite its inefficiency relative to batteries, and question the wisdom of building a complex and costly new infrastructure.

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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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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 10, 2022

The UK government has been accused of appointing a “cheerleader for climate-wrecking blue hydrogen” as its hydrogen champion while claiming to support clean energy. However, Toogood is a chief executive at Johnson Matthey , a FTSE 250 multinational which markets technology that can produce blue hydrogen “from natural gas at scale”.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 17, 2024

Among the most promising frontiers is the advent of cryo-compressed hydrogen, a powerful energy carrier poised to revolutionize the aviation industry. This approach ingeniously combines two hydrogen storage methods: cryogenic storage and high-pressure storage.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 17, 2021

Countries are slowly diversifying their energy portfolio by including hydrogen in their future roadmap towards a low carbon economy. Today, several global trends and activities distinguish the renewed focus on hydrogen from what has been observed in the past. International certification scheme for hydrogen.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The International Energy Agency’s (IEA’s) latest World Energy Outlook (WEO) report finds that, as the world moves towards a more electrified and renewables-based energy system, which will be needed to prevent costs associated with potentially volatile fuel prices, investment in robust, digitalised grid systems will need follow suit.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Can carbon-free hydrogen augment, or even replace, the fossil natural gas running through pipelines to fuel furnaces, boilers, stoves and other building applications today? “We’ve got hydrogen in 20 percent blend already going into one very small network in the U.K., “That’s a good sign.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The soaring hype surrounding green hydrogen reached new heights this week, as a seven company-strong consortium unveiled plans for a fiftyfold scale-up in production capacity by 2026. Green hydrogen could supply up to 25 percent of global energy needs by 2050, it added. Aligning green hydrogen production with climate goals.

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Renewable Energy World

MAY 5, 2021

As the industry reckons with its role in a decarbonized future, advocates, utilities and regulators alike are calling for a carefully-managed transition that avoids costly long-term investments. This first-of-its-kind tool has the power to transform natural gas utility investment decisions.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

government is looking to get a leg up on its European rivals with a flurry of new funding for hydrogen projects, including one linked to an Ørsted offshore wind farm. 's first green hydrogen using 100 megawatts of electrolyzers. 's first green hydrogen using 100 megawatts of electrolyzers. million in funding.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Partner Content: For financially constrained local authorities, deciding where to invest public money to achieve net zero carbon targets is increasingly complex. With so many future energy possibilities, where should you focus your attention - and why should hydrogen be part of your decarbonisation plan? methane - CH4).

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R-Squared Energy

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Today, I want to discuss the role of hydrogen as a way of improving ESG metrics. The Role of Hydrogen. Hydrogen is increasingly being viewed as an important tool for reducing carbon emissions, because the use of hydrogen for energy generates no direct carbon dioxide emissions. Not All Hydrogen is Created Equally.

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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

AUGUST 12, 2021

UK government urged to avoid backing blue hydrogen after US study finds its production could be worse for climate than natural gas. It concludes that "there really is no role for blue hydrogen in a carbon-free future". Even if true though, the use of blue hydrogen appears difficult to justify on climate grounds.".

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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. Pipelines or pipe dreams?

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 8, 2021

Over €8 billion is being invested in hydrogen and “renewable gas” projects in southern Europe using EU Covid-19 recovery funds, thanks to extensive lobbying by the fossil fuel industry, a new report has found. . Hydrogen Placed ‘at the Centre’ of the Recovery. This is almost 50 percent more than the €1.1

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

HiiROC’s new technology produces zero carbon “turquoise” hydrogen. Zero-carbon technology company HiiROC this week announced it has attracted around £26m in fresh investment, in the latest vote of confidence in the fast-expanding hydrogen sector.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

A new report argues replacing the gas grid with hydrogen is unrealistic for many buildings in the short term, but net zero heating has few easy solutions. It also announced plans for 5GW of low carbon hydrogen production capacity and systems capable of capturing 10 million tonnes of CO2 by the end of the decade.

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Clean Energy Canada

MARCH 25, 2024

s proposed LNG projects would come online in a global LNG market anticipated to see export capacity increase by 43 per cent by 2030, but there is no consensus from governments or industry on future global demand. Many of B.C.’s Adding further uncertainty to B.C.’s currently proposed or under construction.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

The European Investment Bank (EIB) will stop backing fossil fuel energy projects in 2021, except those using carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology or offsets to cancel out their emissions. It's targeting €1 trillion of climate action and sustainability investments between 2021 and 2030.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

So called blue hydrogen plants, which produce hydrogen by steam reforming methane with the resulting emission captured for storage or recycling, must be "designed to maximise carbon capture efficiency", the Enviroment Agency said.

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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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Business Green

AUGUST 18, 2021

The UK's first ever Hydrogen Strategy finally arrived this week - what does it reveal about the government's net zero agenda? Hydrogen has been described as the "monkey wrench" of the net zero transition, owing to its versatility as a potential tool for decarbonising a raft of different 'hard to reach' areas of the economy.

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Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2021

Oil and gas giant signs up several more potential customers for hydrogen produced at its Teesside fossil fuel and CCS facility. The energy giant said the prospective deals announced today would take the government a major step closer towards its target for 5GW of hydrogen production capacity across the UK by 2030.

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Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2021

Oil and gas giant signs up several more potential customers for hydrogen produced at its Teesside fossil fuel and CCS facility. BP said the prospective deals announced today would take the government a major step closer towards its target for 5GW of hydrogen production capacity across the UK by 2030.

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Business Green

AUGUST 3, 2021

The battle for dominance of the emerging green heating market continued to intensify last week, as businesses await the government's long-promised strategies for building a UK hydrogen industry and decarbonising homes and buildings, both of which are expected to land this summer.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 26, 2020

Maintain energy security : The need to meet rising energy demand and protect industry jobs means that fossil fuels will remain part of the global energy mix for some time to come. Incentivize decarbonization : While technically feasible, eliminating flaring, methane leakages and other emissions requires additional investment.

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Many climate activists and clean energy enthusiasts warn against the continued use of, and investment in, natural gas infrastructure, insisting it isn’t a substitute for clean energy. Given current investment and technological limitations, the transition to all renewable energy will need to be gradual and multi-phased. .

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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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GreenBiz

AUGUST 13, 2020

The options include biodiesel, renewable electricity, renewable natural gas, solar thermal, geothermal, thermal storage and hydrogen. As consumer and corporate demand for renewables grew, the value of the RECs rose, thereby incenting new wind and solar projects. Today, RNG is held back in part by a Catch-22 financial trap.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Centrica is set to start injecting hydrogen into a back-up gas-fired power station in Lincolnshire as part of a pioneering trial to understand how the low carbon fuel can bring down the overall carbon intensity of so-called 'peaker plants' in the UK.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 21, 2021

UN backs green hydrogen as it publishes seven principles designed to guide policymakers and business leaders approach to scaling the low carbon fuel. Fossil-based hydrogen must turn to credible, independent lifecycle emissions monitoring and regulation to meet a "high burden of proof" for inclusion in 1.5C energy sector pathway".

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