DeSmogBlog

JUNE 12, 2024

A liquified natural gas import terminal that could become one of Europe’s largest such facilities has received financing from a dozen European and Asian banks, many of which have existing climate pledges. In March, Hanseatic Energy Hub secured $1.8 billion in funding for the land-based Stade LNG.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

New IEA analysis reveals methane emissions from the energy sector are 70 per cent higher than official reports, but could high gas prices finally prompt operators to tackle the problem. It is one of the biggest and most worrying mysteries in the field of climate science: where are all the methane emissions coming from?

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 2, 2020

Few energy-related topics are getting as much attention at the moment as green hydrogen. Europe's biggest natural-gas infrastructure firm recently launched a new hydrogen business. Based on International Energy Agency figures, 38.2 Energy storage. A hydrogen economy in the U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 17, 2023

billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in her Pennsylvania hometown, she will be facing off against some of the most powerful fossil fuel interests in the United States. Texas and Louisiana produced record amounts of shale gas last year, which U.S. LNG companies shipped to Europe at soaring premiums.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

But the vast majority of today’s industrial hydrogen production is ‘grey,’ made from natural gas via steam methane reforming — a process that emits carbon dioxide, but at a low cost that electrolysis will struggle to beat over the coming decades. On Tuesday the Santa Barbara, Calif.-based

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The Verge: Energy

JANUARY 26, 2024

In this marshy coastal region between Texas and Louisiana, the proliferation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal projects, massive facilities that receive and liquefy gas from pipelines, then transfer the LNG to ships for export, unsettles residents, who consider the plants to be a threat to their coast.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

2 This led to investment in new biomethane production infrastructure, which the world critically needs to cut methane emissions from organic wastes and generate green gas, biofertilisers and bioCO2, but this will no longer be possible under the proposed new guidance. using fossil fuels); scope 2 are from the purchase of energy (e.g.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 22, 2024

and other fossil fuel companies are urging the European Union to relax targets to boost climate-friendly “green” hydrogen, hoping to win greater support for projects to manufacture the fuel using natural gas. Spanish and Portuguese energy companies are beginning to shift into green hydrogen production. ExxonMobil Corp.

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Business Green

JUNE 14, 2022

Report argues promised 30 per cent cut in methane emissions will be extremely difficult to achieve without tackling livestock numbers. A new report has today warned the EU "cannot deliver" on the commitments it has made under the Global Methane Pledge without cutting livestock numbers. per cent by 2030.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 10, 2024

With the installation of the first 20,000 Nimbus units, the energy transition towards green gas is further accelerated,” Italgas stated in a Linkedin announcement. The meter utilises thermo-mass-based technology for measurement of natural gas and methane or hydrogen blends up to 23%.

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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. Enough is enough.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 23, 2021

As global efforts to ramp up the hydrogen industry gain support with big government subsidies, new research casts increasing doubt on the climate credentials of the main recipient of that support, so-called “blue” hydrogen, which is extracted from natural gas and paired with carbon capture technology. Environmental Protection Agency.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 16, 2023

This story is part of a DeSmog series on the influence wielded by the gas lobby in Europe BERLIN, Germany — Germany’s push to achieve climate neutrality by 2045 could, by some projections , soon turn the vast network of natural gas pipelines powering the country’s homes and industry into one of Europe’s biggest stranded assets.

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R-Squared Energy

APRIL 19, 2022

The ongoing conflict in Ukraine and the subsequent sanctions against Russia have highlighted Europe’s vulnerability when it comes to energy security. 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. What does this entail?

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Desert energy is back. 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.

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Business Green

JANUARY 7, 2022

Fresh funding provides boost to UK firm's plans to build Europe’s first plastic to hydrogen plant. Waste-to-energy firm Hydrogen Utopia has raised £3m in an initial public offering (IPO) on the Aquis Stock Exchange (AQSE) on Thursday, which valued the London-based business at approximately £28.8m.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 29, 2020

Far more unusual was the step taken last month by 10 major European energy companies and two of the continent's top renewable industry bodies, which joined up to launch a campaign touting a product that none of them actually sell. Interest in green hydrogen is skyrocketing among major oil and gas firms.

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Business Green

MARCH 3, 2022

There have been growing calls for European nations to end imports of Russian gas altogether, given the millions of dollars paid by European countries for Russian fuels each day are directly funding Moscow's brutal attack on its neighbour. But curbing European energy markets' reliance on Russia is easier said than done.

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Charged

MARCH 7, 2023

A new study adds to the literature by comparing the lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of electric, hydrogen, natural gas and diesel trucks and buses in Europe. This is not the case for hydrogen trucks, which can become a promising option in the future if hydrogen is produced from a 100% renewable energy source.

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Smart Energy International

JULY 12, 2022

Italian gas distribution operator Italgas has introduced Picarro for methane emission detection and reduction in its networks. With carbon dioxide emissions effectively under management, the focus is shifting to other greenhouse gases, notably methane, which also contains carbon and is even more potent. Have you read?

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 4, 2022

And while it took over 40 years to bring solar and wind power to cost parity with legacy energy sources, those banking on hydrogen (everyone, it seems) are hoping to squeeze that development work into a much shorter timeframe. Envirotec surveys recent progress. Safety is particularly a concern during transport and storage.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 4, 2023

In the second special Enlit Europe 2023 edition, Nimbus and Globy – the new hydrogen and electricity smart meters, a new fast network deployment partnership and digitalising smart secondary substations are on the week’s technology radar. Following adoption in Europe, the next target is to have the solution adopted globally.

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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. Both the World Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development have stopped backing coal projects, but still support gas.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 14, 2020

The path to a fully decarbonized energy system in Europe could depend on technologies that are out of bounds in today’s market, a consultancy forecast suggests. Afry modeled two possible avenues to decarbonize Europe's power, heat and transport sectors.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 10, 2021

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”. Experts dispute this climate-friendly branding, however, given the problem of methane leakages through the production and transportation process, and doubts about the efficacy of CCS.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 9, 2020

European policymakers have determined that hydrogen will be an essential tool to decarbonize industry and transport as Europe aims for a net-zero economy by 2050. Europe's gas sector strikes upbeat tone. “The strategies adopted are a step-change for the gas sector," the Eurogas trade group said in a statement.

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Smart Energy International

JUNE 26, 2022

For Germany to be able to store sufficient amounts of energy to achieve greenhouse gas neutrality, additional hydrogen storage facilities with a capacity of up to 41TWh must be built, a new study finds. Current gas storage facilities can be converted and used to store around 32TWh of hydrogen. billion ($13.3

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 24, 2021

Leaking methane from oil and gas infrastructure is widespread across the European continent, reveals an investigation of more than 150 sites in seven countries. This is the first large investigation of methane leakage from oil and gas sites in Europe. CATF is based in Boston but recently launched a European office.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

This story is part of a DeSmog series on the influence wielded by the gas lobby in Europe and was developed with the support of Journalismfund.eu. Now, the city is at the forefront of the country’s dash to break its dependence on Russian gas. Up to three onshore equivalents will boost import capacity further.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The Clean Energy States Alliance recently released a new report that looks at the development of green hydrogen (H2) from offshore wind. GT: How might green H2 fit into the energy system? Hydrogen is an energy carrier rather than a renewable energy technology. Courtesy: Equinor). VS: There are several.

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Business Green

JULY 17, 2020

Early pioneers of these hydrogen-from-waste technologies such as Ways2H, SGH2 Energy (SGH2), and Standard Hydrogen say not only are they making carbon-free, energy-rich fuel, their approaches also will divert mountains of trash from landfills and waterways, cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The gas can be produced either through the electrolysis of water using renewable power to create green hydrogen or through its extraction from methane, a process that produces carbon dioxide as a by product that can then be captured and stored resulting in so-called blue hydrogen.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 17, 2022

Leading the charge is Canada Proud, a right-wing Facebook page with close ties to the Conservative Party, which made post after post in the early days of the invasion urging the country to export more hydrocarbons to Europe. Shouldn’t the world be buying Canadian oil and gas instead?”. Actual climate experts disagree. is up to 2.2

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 22, 2023

Civil society and courts in Europe are pushing back. JBS, the world’s largest meat company — whose methane emissions exceed the combined livestock methane emissions of France, Germany, Canada and New Zealand — has also claimed to be on a net zero pathway based on offsets. The airline has pulled certain ads from the market.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 21, 2023

Rolfes was speaking during a visit last month to the German port of Wilhelmshaven, site of a new terminal to unload liquefied natural gas (LNG) — natural gas supercooled for shipping on specialized tankers. German banks like Deutsche Bank are funding this export of gas from the United States,” Rolfes told DeSmog.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 3, 2023

Salmon is fed on other fish — small, oily, and nutritious pelagic species — which are harvested by the tonne off the West African coastline and pulverized into fishmeal and fish oil for export to Europe and Asia. Burning wood to raise energy security? – Hazel Healy, DeSmog’s UK editor. Phoebe Cooke, DeSmog UK’s senior reporter.

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Business Green

JULY 16, 2020

The OGCI said the range was "consistent with the reduction needed across the oil and gas industry by 2025 to support the Paris Agreement goals" and would result in a reduction of between 36 and 52 million tonnes of CO2e per year by 2025, assuming constant levels of marketed oil and gas production.

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