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Most innovative energy start-ups recognised in German awards

Envirotec Magazine

Fifteen start-ups deemed to have the most innovative business models in the field of energy transition and climate protection were celebrated at an award ceremony in Berlin on 28 March – recipients of The Start Up Energy Transition Award (SET Award) administered in part by the German Energy Agency ( dena ).

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‘They’re Destroying Our Coastline’: Activists at the Americas Energy Summit Protest Fossil Fuel Expansion

DeSmogBlog

Morial Convention Center, a small but dedicated group of environmental activists affiliated with Sunrise Movement New Orleans protested the start of the 20th edition of the Americas Energy Summit & Exhibition. The conference was originally scheduled for the end of October of 2023. It’s not new.”

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Fuel and energy research conference hits Sheffield in September

Envirotec Magazine

A standout even in the calendar of those with an interest in fuelspresent and future – is the 2nd FERIA Conference , the European Conference on Fuel and Energy Research and Its Applications, taking place at the University of Sheffield from 4th to 6th September 2023.

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New Evidence Reveals Fossil Fuel Industry Sponsored Climate Science in 1954

DeSmogBlog

Keeling’s findings would lead him to conduct a separate series of experiments from the top of the Hawaiian volcano Mauna Loa resulting in the famous Keeling Curve — a visual depiction of rising atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) caused by the burning of fossil fuels. His work underpins our understanding of manmade climate change.

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Fossil Fuel Companies Made Bold Promises to Capture Carbon. Here’s What Actually Happened.

DeSmogBlog

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.

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Rush to clean energy prompts demand for ammonia analysers

Envirotec Magazine

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. The two predominant sources of renewable energy are wind and solar. However, ammonia has a higher energy density (12.7 Background.

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Leading Think Tank Met With Minister Over North Sea Energy While Funded by Fossil Fuel Interests

DeSmogBlog

Policy Exchange, one of Westminster’s most prominent think tanks, engaged in a high-level influencing campaign over the UK’s North Sea oil and gas policies while being funded by fossil fuel interests, DeSmog can reveal. The International Energy Agency has stated that new oil and gas exploration is incompatible with net zero.