DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The fracked natural gas industry has never been the most responsible or efficient consumer of resources. Drillers are using ever-increasing amounts of water and sand in order to produce the same volume of gas, with a corresponding rise in the levels of solid and liquid waste created. But what does RSG really mean? What Is RSG?

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 27, 2022

In recent years, the industry shifted from persistent science denial to presenting itself as a leader of climate solutions, embodying Merriam-Webster’s word of the year “gaslighting.”. Industries reliant on methane gas continue to expand their footprint, despite bipartisan discussions about the need to develop climate solutions.

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Business Green

MARCH 18, 2020

Green gas specialist planning nationwide network of renewable biomethane refuelling stations for trucks and heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) as firms seek alternatives to diesel for their fleets. Our customers ordered hundreds of new biomethane fuelled trucks in 2019 and that trend is only set to accelerate over the next decade.".

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 25, 2023

The preliminary route shown follows an existing natural gas pipeline owned by the Navajo Nation, running from near Shiprock, New Mexico, to a spot north of Flagstaff, Arizona. The federal government will fund up to 10 such projects , at least one of which will make hydrogen from fossil fuels, like natural gas.

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R-Squared Energy

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

carbon hydrogen produced globally in 2030 will come from coal and natural gas with carbon sequestration. Demand will come from industry, refineries, power plants, and the transportation sector. Hydrogen will be increasingly blended into natural gas for distribution to homes and industry. According to the U.S.

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The Environmental Blog

JUNE 8, 2022

There are a handful of potential alternatives, such as ammonia, methane, and methanol, but current technology is still incapable of making them viable for larger-scale use. Among the alternatives being considered is liquefied natural gas (LNG), which is still a fossil fuel, despite being considered the cleanest.

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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. So natural gas supply chain emissions would need to be reduced and carbon capture rates improved to reduce emissions further. Full paper is here: [link].

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Clean Energy Canada

AUGUST 17, 2021

BloombergNEF estimates that clean hydrogen could meet up to a quarter of the world’s energy demand by 2050. New research on blue hydrogen (produced from natural gas with carbon capture and storage), published by scientists at Cornell and Stanford, finds that its carbon intensity may be higher than previously thought.

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R-Squared Energy

APRIL 19, 2022

At present, the EU receives around 40% of its gas, 46% of its coal, and 30% of its oil from Russia — and has no easy substitutes if supplies are disrupted. Do they need green gas energy sources such as hydrogen to meet these aims? “As Therefore, imported green gas and hydrogen are a necessity.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

As DeSmog explains, “there are several ways to produce hydrogen, but almost all of it currently in production uses methane (natural gas) as the feedstock, with non-renewable energy powering that production.” To understand why Big Oil is so keen on hydrogen, you need to understand the color code.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Attendees are present from some of the world’s largest agribusiness firms – such as meatpacker JBS , fertiliser giant Nutrien, food giant Nestlé and pesticide firm Bayer – and powerful industry trade groups. It also contributes roughly two percent of all global greenhouse gas emissions.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

where natural gas prices are expected to remain low for the foreseeable future. At present, around 99 percent of the roughly 130 million tons of hydrogen a year used for industrial processes — mostly oil refining and ammonia production — is made using coal or lignite gasification processes, or steam methane reformation.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Now, the city is at the forefront of the country’s dash to break its dependence on Russian gas. On Saturday, a newly built jetty is due to welcome the Norwegian-flagged Höegh Esperanza, a 280-metre vessel capable of offloading cargoes of natural gas supercooled into liquid form, then shipped across the ocean in specialised tankers.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 2, 2023

Gas stoves emit an array of air pollutants , including nitrogen oxides (nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxide), carbon monoxide, and particulate matter when in use. New research shows that they also leak methane , a powerful greenhouse gas, and benzene , a known human carcinogen , even when turned off.

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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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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. Historically, this process has been employed to manufacture agricultural fertilizers using natural gas (fossil fuel) as the source of hydrogen.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 19, 2024

As we navigate the intricacies of biomass conversion processes and their impacts on our planet, we encroach upon a dialogue pivotal for the present and future of energy consumption. Pyrolysis Pyrolysis heats biomass in the absence of oxygen, breaking it down into a liquid called bio-oil, alongside small amounts of gas and char.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 4, 2020

These facilities can present a variety of potential hazards to human health. Gas powered equipment may be a source of carbon monoxide; carbon dioxide enrichment systems may be utilised; air conditioning systems can potentially leak refrigerants, and propane or natural gas furnaces may be employed for heating purposes.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Now a report today from a diverse group of built environment professionals in London - including developers, engineers, planners, academics, sustainability professionals, architects and facilities managers - has waded into the debate, arguing that for the majority of homes, swapping out methane for hydrogen remains largely a pipe dream.

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Business Green

AUGUST 3, 2021

They also claim any boiler primed to run on low carbon hydrogen but installed initially to run off methane would require "no more than one hour's labour" to convert it to run on hydrogen, should higher volumes of H2 get blended into the gas grid or even replace methane altogether in future.

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Business Green

JANUARY 5, 2022

But Goodyear's new tire features three different carbon blacks that are produced from methane, carbon dioxide, and plant-based oil. The micro delivery space presents a different set of needs as it relates to the tire, and our NPT technology is ideal to meet those needs to help enable a maintenance-free and long-lasting experience.".

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EDF + Business

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Climate change poses a systemic risk to the financial world, which demands systemic solutions. Net zero commitments aren’t just a momentum story; they’re backed by fundamental drivers of customer demand, shareholder pressure, and risk management. Drive climate policy forward. New leadership for a new decade.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Nearly two thirds of social media posts put out by six major European fossil fuel and energy companies since the end of 2019 present a “green” image of the company, despite the majority of their business activity remaining in fossil fuels, reveals new analysis by Desmog. Credit: Sam Whitham. Controversial Ideas.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

MAY 2, 2024

Another pressing issue is methane leakage. During the drilling and fracking processes, methane, a potent greenhouse gas, can escape into the atmosphere. This contributes to climate change and negates some of the benefits of using natural gas, which has lower carbon emissions than coal or oil.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The findings present a picture of a world that has made significant progress on climate action, powered by the rapid roll-out of clean energy technologies, the acceleration of the electric vehicle (EV) transition, and a growing understanding of the economic and geopolitical benefits ending reliance on coal, oil, and gas.

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Business Green

APRIL 7, 2020

Shell has today reiterated its commitment to slashing its carbon footprint, despite the challenges presented by the coronavirus crisis and plunging oil price with CEO Ben van Beurden stressing that the company must "further step up efforts on all fronts, from climate change to ethical leadership to greater transparency".

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 17, 2024

As a cornerstone of the quest for renewable energy solutions, cryo-compressed hydrogen has the potential to make sustainable energy storage a reality, particularly in fields demanding high energy density and efficiency such as transportation sectors and beyond.

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Business Green

MAY 4, 2020

Instead, it "presents a picture of a world that could be, a clear-eyed reality check on how far we are from achieving it, and a road map to help business leaders and policymakers better understand and navigate, the challenges and choices ahead". The amount of electricity generated by natural gas must also shrink by 20 to 35 per cent.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

IEA warns that methane emissions from the global energy sector fell only fractionally last year, despite projects to cut methane leaks providing hugely attractive returns on investment By rights methane emissions from the fossil fuel industry should be one of the easiest climate problems to fix. This is a significant problem.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

At the very least, utilities will need plans that can get them most of the way there, while rushing ahead with next-generation technologies: long-duration energy storage, small modular nuclear reactors or green hydrogen and methane to fuel natural gas peaker plants. Here's a look at the five largest U.S. Dominion Energy.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Each still plans to build new natural gas power plants in the near term, despite the additional emissions they will cause. And each relies on as-yet-uneconomical technologies such as long-duration energy storage, net-carbon neutral fuels to replace fossil natural gas, and carbon capture and storage (CCS), to reach the final goal.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Credit: Julie Dermansky Air Products plans to build a manufacturing complex near Burnside, a small town in Ascension Parish, that will transform the methane in natural gas into ammonia and blue hydrogen while using technology to capture up to 95 percent of the CO2 emissions created in the process. Retired Lt. Howarth and Mark Z.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 31, 2022

Flaring — or the burning of stranded natural gas directly at an oil well — is one of the drilling industry’s most notorious problems, often condemned as a pointlessly polluting waste of billions of dollars and trillions of cubic feet of natural gas. How does ExxonMobil plan to reach that goal?

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 8, 2020

If it works, the unusual combination of a newly formed municipal utility, large electricity customers as anchor tenants, and a microgrid developer to fund and manage the solar, battery and natural gas-powered system could provide a new statewide model for towns and cities looking for reliable, clean energy options. MW of solar, 27.5

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

But Cooper feels it was wrong for the CPRA to deny a representative like himself to be present, so at least the media would have been able to easily hear from one of the stakeholders the CPRA referenced. Both are reliant on a steady stream of cheap natural gas.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Hydrogen is also present in compounds like methane and coal. This gas could be a potent source of clean energy , and, according to the U.S. To make it usable as a fuel, hydrogen must be separated from water, coal, natural gas or animal or plant waste. produces annually comes from methane via steam reforming.

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Energy Innovation

MAY 9, 2022

The clean energy transition presents an opportunity to work toward alleviating such harms. 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. Ortiz et al. Ramsebner et al. Gamarro, J.E.

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