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Can the US Catch Up in the Green Hydrogen Economy?

GreenTechMedia

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

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Hydrogen as part of Canada’s energy transition

Clean Energy Canada

Hydrogen has made headlines globally as a vital component of future energy systems. This media brief summarizes some of the existing information about hydrogen use in Canada, while identifying key uses, technologies and Canadian companies involved. What is hydrogen? Hydrogen is an energy carrier rather than an energy source.

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A 21st-century reinvention of the electric grid is crucial for solving the climate change crisis

Renewable Energy World

The original foundation was a combination of “base load” coal plants that operated 24 hours a day and large-scale hydropower. Beginning in 1958, these were augmented by nuclear power plants, which have operated nearly continuously to pay off their large capital investments. However, new nuclear plants in the U.S.

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Global Briefing: EU and US launch Joint Task Force on Energy Security

Business Green

But it also stressed that such measures would be "in alignment with climate objectives" and would include work to curb methane emissions, boost renewables capacity, and ensure new gas infrastructure is hydrogen-ready. China latest mega-hydropower plant comes online. UN sets new target to deliver global climate warning system.

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New Report Shows Gap Between Utility Carbon Pledges and Climate Change Imperatives

GreenTechMedia

The same challenges hold true for other utilities that don’t already get a significant share of their energy from hydropower or nuclear power, the two primary carbon-free resources in the country. Wind and solar power accounted for just above 10 percent of U.S.

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The Future(s) of Fossil Fuels - 2020

Mr. Sustainability

We should discuss how the industry should create true value , economic, social and environmental.Granted that we undeniably need the products and services provided by the oil and gas industry, we should put our efforts into pivoting the industry towards biofuels, synthetic fuels and hydrogen. + How could the industry recover?

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Inflation Reduction Act: 10 ways it will turbocharge US climate action (and one way it won't)

Business Green

It is significantly larger than the clean tech focused stimulus package the Obama administration passed in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, which played such a big role in accelerating US renewables and electric vehicle deployment. And advanced nuclear power production tax credits of 1.5