DeSmogBlog

JUNE 22, 2023

The European Commission is facing calls to assess the climate impact of scores of proposed hydrogen projects after data revealed that 90 percent of them could be used to prolong the use of planet-warming natural gas. However, the data showed that many of the proposals contained no mention of green hydrogen at all.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Thanks to converging forces — including supportive policies, dropping battery costs and aggressive climate goals — transportation leaders at large and small organizations are increasingly turning to new zero-emission and low-carbon options that decarbonize fleets and in some cases save money. Media Authorship. Close Authorship.

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GreenBiz

JULY 15, 2020

It is energy-efficient, abundant and an environmentally friendly alternative to natural gas. Clean hydrogen could cut greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel by up to 34 percent, reported Bloomberg New Energy Finance. . And it could be cheaper than producing hydrogen from natural gas. locations in 2021.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

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. Underestimating Europe’s renewables potential.

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Charged

MAY 30, 2023

As the International Council on Clean Transportation explains, city buses (not including coaches and interurban buses) make up about 60% of all heavy-duty passenger vehicle sales. The targets will increase to 33-65% in 2026, so diesel’s days in Europe are clearly numbered. Source: International Council on Clean Transportation

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2023

According to the research, Europe is leading the charge in the development of clean hydrogen, with Germany home to 25 of the total already operational projects (equal to 27%); the U.S. Since 2021, when the map was first published, the number of tracked production projects at any stage of development has increased by almost 50%.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 15, 2023

. “This represents the largest number of commercial scale green hydrogen production projects announced at once anywhere in Europe, helping to place the country at the forefront of this emerging industry.” Ministers have decided not to proceed with a hydrogen trial in Redcar, as the main source of hydrogen will not be available.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The EU’s Connecting Europe Facility financing mechanism has announced new funding for the Gabreta smart grids project, located between Czechia and Germany. million) of EU funds in eight cross-border energy infrastructure projects under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for Trans-European Networks for Energy. million ($2.73

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 4, 2022

Leaks from generation and distribution facilities have provided one of the embarrassing backstories to the story of natural gas, something that – it has become clear – is far more widespread than was always claimed. Safety is particularly a concern during transport and storage.

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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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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

That term incorporates hydrogen produced from natural gas with carbon capture technology in place, or so-called blue hydrogen. Ørsted already has several green hydrogen projects underway covering industry and transport. BP uses the terminology clean, rather than green hydrogen.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 7, 2021

billion from South Korea’s SK Group, to be used for boosting hydrogen fuel cells and green hydrogen electrolyzers as a cleaner source of energy for transport and industry throughout Asian markets. and Europe. Plug Power has raised $1.5 that will allow it to produce 1.5

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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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Business Green

APRIL 30, 2020

The North West Hydrogen Alliance - a regional trade body backed by several local councils and leading gas companies such as Shell, Cadent, and INEOS-owned Inovyn - today launched a roadmap setting out "quick and easy steps" to deliver a rollout of hydrogen technology across the UK transport sector.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

million cubic meters of natural gas, reducing the greenhouse gas load of Szeged by 4,482 tons of CO2 annually. The completion of the project was announced by the Hungarian Ministry of Construction and Transport. The project displaces more than 2.2 The project required a budget of HUF 2.354 billion (approx. EUR 6 million).

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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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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. The study found that natural gas vehicles have lifecycle emissions ranging from 4% to 18% lower than their diesel counterparts.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The largest natural gas infrastructure firm in Europe has launched a new hydrogen business and increased its financing for low carbon projects. Snam, which runs the Italian gas grid and is active in France, Greece and the U.K., By using renewable power to create hydrogen it can be used for heating, transport and industry.

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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

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.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 1, 2021

Most of the early-stage work on hydrogen’s grid storage potential is happening in Europe and Asia, but the U.S. That project envisions turning excess solar into hydrogen to augment the natural-gas supply for FPL’s 1.75-gigawatt does have a few projects taking steps toward proving out the concept.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 13, 2020

Current conversations around the energy transition often focus on the power and transportation sectors. Heat makes up 35 percent of global energy consumption, and when it comes to space heating, direct combustion of fossil fuels in buildings plays a dominant role across the globe and is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 11, 2022

Energy network operator Gasunie, bulk handling company HES and Vopak, which handles chemicals, oil, gases and liquified natural gas (LNG), have signed a head of terms. It aims to make a vital contribution to the import of hydrogen, an essential link in the hydrogen chain, alongside hydrogen production, transport and storage.

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R-Squared Energy

JULY 26, 2021

About three-fourths of the decline came from oil, as the pandemic dramatically impacted the world’s transportation systems. Small declines were also reported in coal, natural gas, and nuclear consumption, while renewables and hydropower recorded gains. Natural Gas. Europe contributed 0.7

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 29, 2022

OGE’s role in the initiative is to ensure that the green hydrogen can reach customers by converting existing natural gas pipelines for hydrogen transport and building new pipelines. Project roles. RWE will construct the new electrolysers to produce green hydrogen and in addition, is planning to import large volumes of hydrogen.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 8, 2021

Hydrogen can be produced from a variety of resources, such as natural gas, nuclear power, biomass, and renewable power like solar and wind. These qualities make it an attractive fuel option and input for transportation, electricity generation and industrial applications, such as in trucks, buildings, and manufacturing.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Also on the radar are a €140 million ($150 million) financing round for investor EIT InnoEnergy as Europe is set to update energy policy, and a triple acquisition of US gas utilities by Canada-based Enbridge. Earlier this year the company announced increased capacity of its German VPP at 250MWh , marking the largest in Europe.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

and around the world, comes from steam reforming of natural gas, which carries a significant carbon emissions footprint. lags behind Europe and Japan in public investment in green hydrogen, but several large-scale efforts have been launched to develop production capacity for use in electricity generation.

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Charged

JANUARY 21, 2021

Most automakers may have rejected hydrogen as an energy storage medium for passenger vehicles ( Toyota is the notable exception), but the technology may yet find applications for industrial processes, and in other forms of transportation such as aviation and shipping.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 29, 2020

And while it's not a central concern today for those companies (Enel, EDP, BayWa and others) or industry groups (SolarPower Europe and WindEurope), all see green hydrogen playing a vital role in achieving deep decarbonization of the energy system. Interest in green hydrogen is skyrocketing among major oil and gas firms.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

The trucks need energy, whether diesel, gasoline, natural gas, electricity, hydrogen, propane, etc. Embedded in the price you pay for goods are things such as vehicle maintenance, insurance, driver labor, warehouse labor, packaging labor, fuel energy, transport tolls, packaging disposal and, of course, profit margin.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 19, 2024

Mobile Fuel Stations: Innovative Solutions Bridging Infrastructure Gaps ANGI has conducted an analysis indicating that a minimum of 1,000 hydrogen refueling stations is necessary across the United States and Europe to effectively meet the growing demand for hydrogen fuel.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Both the World Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development have stopped backing coal projects, but still support gas. “The EU bank has been Europe’s climate bank for many years. The EIB's new financing criteria will make lending to gas projects very difficult.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Moreover, blending should only be a transitional option with its reliance on an extensive natural gas network being available to blend into, which will reduce with progress to net zero. of the estimated costs of producing, transporting and storing the total hydrogen volumes in the range of the proposed production volumes.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Of course, and just for your information, the number one energy sources are currently still the mighty polluters, oil and natural gas. Hydrogen shipments at sea – a first Freight transportation: On the cusp of a hydrogen-powered future The blind spots in the race for an electrified road transport sector. Have you read?

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 7, 2023

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 Produced using the butane and propane derived as a by-product of oil refining, LPG is used to heat about four percent of Europe’s 197 million homes, according to Liquid Gas Europe.

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