DeSmogBlog

JULY 22, 2021

Former UK Energy Minister and original COP26 President Claire O’Neill has been cleared to take up a role at a business consultancy known for running “astroturf” campaigns for fossil fuel companies, despite warnings from the body that approves such appointments. Oil and Gas Industry Groups.

Fossil fuels 98

Fossil fuels Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring 98

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. This could lead to breakthroughs in areas such as electrolysis efficiency, carbon capture, and storage, or the use of alternative energy sources for hydrogen production.

Europe 83

Europe Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 83

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.

Building Energy Monitoring 98

Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Natural gas Home Energy Monitoring 98

Smart Energy International

MAY 18, 2022

Today’s state-of-the-art gas meters measure the volume of gas that has been consumed. Consumers, on the other hand, are billed based on the energy they consume. First, the variability in the gas composition will significantly increase due to the blending of natural gas with liquid natural gas (LNG), hydrogen, and biogas.

Home Energy Monitoring 98

Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Natural gas 98

Business Green

MARCH 10, 2023

The text, which has been approved by ministers from all 27 EU nations , states that the bloc will "systematically promote and call for a global move towards energy systems free of unabated fossil fuels well ahead of 2050", alongside pushing for a peak in fossil fuel consumption in the near term.

Fossil fuels 36

Fossil fuels Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 36

GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

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. “It is clearly our ambition to produce hydrogen, preferably with alkaline water electrolyzers and renewable energy,” Bleukx said in an interview with GTM.

Hydrogen 244

Hydrogen Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring 244

Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

The IEA has released its annual review of Hungary’s energy policy, stating that energy efficiency needs to be central in the coming years for the European country to reach its net zero targets, The Hungary 2022 Energy Policy Review states how Hungary has significantly increased its climate ambitions since the last review.

Energy Monitor 52

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Policy 52

Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Results from an electric vehicle (EV) charging trial – which used a flexible charging speed at public charging points for electric cars in Amsterdam, the Netherlands – have shown the potential of flexible charging to open up space on the busy electric grid for EVs. Charging security for electric drivers.

Energy Monitor 52

Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Electric vehicle Electricity 52

Business Green

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The company said its new gas-powered Volvo FH and FM trucks would boast 500 hp, an upgrade on its previous biogas models, and feature "major technical upgrades" which would make them up to four per cent more fuel efficient. Our efficient gas-powered trucks have a performance comparable to their diesel equivalents.

Energy Monitor 40

Energy Monitor Fossil fuels Natural gas Europe 40

Business Green

AUGUST 24, 2022

BP, Shell, Total Energies, and Equinor were all found to be investing the vast majority of their profits back into fossil fuel projects. per cent of its £17.1bn profits into low carbon energy, while it invested more than three times more into oil and gas. per cent of its £12.2bn profits.

Energy Monitor 69

Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Investment 69

Business Green

APRIL 27, 2022

The data has been released on the same day that the EU accused the Kremlin of blackmail after it moved to halt gas exports to Poland and Bulgaria, fuelling fears that Russian energy supplies could be further weaponised in the coming months. That's 2,000 innocent deaths largely funded by fossil fuels.

Fossil fuels 36

Fossil fuels Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring 36

GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Prospects for carbon capture received a boost in September when the International Energy Agency (IEA) said the emerging technology is “ critical ” to a clean-energy transition. CCUS could go a step further by using sequestered carbon as a feedstock for industrial processes or synthetic fuels. The answer is unclear.

Carbon 130

Carbon Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 130

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 21, 2023

“I am here to sound the alarm alongside my German colleagues: This is destruction masked as economic development, and we will do everything we can to protect our homes and to stop it,” said Anne Rolfes, director of the Louisiana Bucket Brigade , a New Orleans nonprofit working with communities affected by the fossil fuel industry.

Building Energy Monitoring 80

Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Fossil fuels 80

Business Green

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Additional €100bn for renewables, heat pumps, energy efficiency, and biomethane needed as EU faces 'sterner' gas supply test next year, IEA warns. Moreover, the think tank predicted EU member states would recoup the investment in as little as two years due to savings garnered from the resulting reductions in expensive gas imports.

Business Energy Monitoring 36

Business Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring 36

Climate Tech VC

JULY 7, 2023

Most industrial facilities use fossil-fuel burning boilers to generate that heat, and while there are options to electrify or fuel-switch in order to decarbonize the process, most market-ready solutions are still more expensive than current GHG-emitting equipment.

Building Energy Monitoring 52

Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 52

DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

These companies are connected through their various trade group memberships, and have deployed many tools — from networking events to lawsuits — in order to counter Europe’s push to phase-out pesticides and reduce fertilizer use. Read more about the industry’s climate lobbying at DeSmog’s agribusiness database.

Building Energy Monitoring 98

Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 98

DeSmogBlog

JULY 20, 2023

An energy trade association that represents and promotes gas boilers and manufacturers is behind a barrage of negative press attacking heat pumps, DeSmog has learned. Much of the media coverage about heat pumps features Mike Foster, a former Labour MP and the chief executive of the Energy and Utilities Association trade body.

Home Energy Monitoring 75

Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor 75

Mr. Sustainability

JANUARY 2, 2021

Summary - 2021 will be the first year in which investments in European offshore wind will equal investments in oil and gas. Investors in the energy sector are increasingly opting for companies with a green profile. The pressure on fossil companies to limit their CO? emissions is now called an 'investment risk'.

Solar Energy Monitor 78

Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Investment 78

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 5, 2023

If you take Shell’s word for it, the oil giant’s growing petrochemical operations are indicative of its “commitment” to a cleaner energy future. It’s an apt welcome to a place where the realities of everyday life seem to be in stark contrast to the green illusion marketed by the fossil fuel and petrochemical industries.

Sustainability 93

Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Fossil fuels 93

AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

And what energy product will be used both to power this city and sell to the world? The Saudis are going big on something called green hydrogen — a carbon-free fuel made from water by using renewably produced electricity to split hydrogen molecules from oxygen molecules. This summer, a large U.S. This summer, a large U.S.

Hydrogen 36

Hydrogen Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 36

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’.

Energy Monitor 246

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Demand 246

Business Green

MARCH 31, 2020

Energy Networks Association and National Grid reveal plans to harness green and flexible energy technologies through latest innovation strategies. The coronavirus crisis reminds us of electricity's indispensable role in our lives," he wrote in a blogpost.

Home Energy Monitoring 52

Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 52

Business Green

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The energy industry's interest in low carbon hydrogen is building fast, and the nuclear industry reckons it could yet have a crucial role to play. There may be on-going debates about how best to use hydrogen - should it be deployed to heat buildings, provide energy storage, decarbonise heavy industry, or fuel trains and planes?

Building Energy Monitoring 58

Building Energy Monitoring Hydrogen Solar Energy Monitor Energy Monitor 58

R-Squared Energy

MARCH 4, 2022

and Germany will continue to rapidly deploy renewable power and electric vehicles. Fossil fuel usage will plummet. No need for Germany to rely on Russian gas. Of course, renewables and electric vehicles will help alleviate this dependence over time. But, in the real world so can American energy.

Energy Monitor 60

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Natural gas Energy 60

GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S. As electric vehicles drive toward the mainstream, General Motors has come full circle as well. It mass-produced the first electric car in the 1990s, then literally crushed most of them in 2003. and globally by 2040. Company profile.

Sustainability 520

Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 520

Mr. Sustainability

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

How to divert energy flows from fossil to renewable using electricity and biomass Summary - Up to 20% of our energy needs could be met by sustainably harvested biomass, in particular food and agricultural waste, as well as manure. In part II we learned that the world needs 435 TWh of energy per day. Or is there?

Building Energy Monitoring 78

Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring 78

Business Green

DECEMBER 14, 2020

After several delays spanning at least a year, the government has finally unveiled vision for a future net zero energy system - here are the eight things you need to know about the long-awaited Energy White Paper. To describe autumn 2020 as a busy period for green economy policy in the UK would be an understatement.

Building Energy Monitoring 84

Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 84

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. If realized, the terminal could export up to the equivalent of 145 billion cubic feet of the fossil fuel per year.

Building Energy Monitoring 95

Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Fossil fuels Natural gas 95

Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Once again, we will (and we must ) transition from fossil fuels to into a zero-emission world. That is because the fuel generally used by the marine industry is the most toxic substance imaginable: Heavy Fuel Oil, commonly referred to as HFO or IFO. All the technology that is required exists and is matured.

Solar Energy Monitor 78

Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 78

DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 30, 2023

What looks like scaffolding turns out to be the legs of a discarded North Sea fossil fuel platform. Nearby, Mieras’ colleagues — workers dressed in protective suits — are busy with the steps involved in demolishing an offshore oil or gas platform: cutting pipes in half, smashing apart blocks of concrete. billion euros.

Building Energy Monitoring 88

Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Fossil fuels Energy Monitor 88

DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 13, 2021

Under growing pressure to rein in greenhouse gas emissions, developers of liquefied natural gas (LNG) are turning to questionable claims about “carbon neutrality,” “net-zero,” or “green LNG,” in order to pass muster with governments, investors, and society, who are becoming increasingly anxious about the climate crisis.

Carbon-neutral 98

Carbon-neutral Methane Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 98

Climate Tech VC

JULY 17, 2023

deal on Thursday, ExxonMobil acquired Denbury , a Texas-based energy company focused on carbon capture and storage (CCS) and enhanced oil recovery (EOR) that controls the largest network of CO2 pipelines in the US. CCS is basically the only path for an O&G company to decarbonize while continuing its fossil fuels business.

Building Energy Monitoring 52

Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring 52

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 4, 2021

The fossil fuel industry and its investors have financially benefited from tax policies and subsidies designed to reduce the emissions from oil, gas, and coal — sometimes without taking the action required to tackle climate change. This makes them incredibly popular with the fossil fuel industry.

Fossil fuels 97

Fossil fuels Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 97

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Accelerating the build-out of clean energy will reduce costs and make the UK more secure, write Josh Freed and Isabelle Chan of US think tank Third Way, which released a new policy paper on the topic on 29 September. For example, the UK has the Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy Department. Why industrial strategy?

Building Energy Monitoring 130

Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 130

AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S. As electric vehicles drive toward the mainstream, General Motors has come full circle as well. It mass-produced the first electric car in the 1990s, then literally crushed most of them in 2003. and globally by 2040. and Canadian cities.

Sustainability 28

Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 28

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 22, 2021

And since 1997 about one million barrels worth of oilfield waste has been brought to Lotus’s disposal site, situated off a dusty desert road located 19 miles west of Andrews, Texas (and just several miles from a massive solar array financed by Facebook and which provides energy to Shell’s fracking operations). Credit: Justin Hamel ©2021.

Waste 98

Waste Waste Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 98

DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) was high on the agenda at New York Climate Week last week, where critics of the technology raised concerns it would be used to extend the life of the fossil fuel industry. Terrell Natural Gas Processing Plant (“Val Verde”) Operator: Occidental Petroleum, 1972-present Location: Southeast of Ft.

Fossil fuels 145

Fossil fuels Carbon Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 145