DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 6, 2022

billion into fossil fuel projects around the world since the Paris Climate Agreement was signed in 2015, undercutting global efforts to combat the worsening climate crisis. The Big Shift Global report called on the World Bank to definitively rule out support, both direct and indirect, for fossil fuel projects, which it has yet to do.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

They found that they were able to convert more than 85% of the organic material to biogas, which can be used to produce electricity or upgraded to renewable natural gas (RNG) for the natural gas grid or for local use. The approach was detailed in the journal Waste Management. “It

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

While the focus is usually on fossil fuel emissions as the main climate change culprit, a new analysis by the nonprofit Energy Vision concludes that reducing emissions from organic waste would more steeply reduce methane. This includes raising livestock and methane leaks from natural gas facilities.

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TechXplore

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Burning of natural gas at oil and gas wells, called flaring, is a major waste of fossil fuels and a contributor to climate change. But to date, capturing the flared natural gas, estimated at some 140 billion cubic meters per year by the International Energy Agency, has not been economically feasible.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union on February 2 proposed including nuclear energy and natural gas in its plans for building a climate-friendly future, dividing member countries and drawing outcry from environmentalists as “greenwashing.” By Samuel Petrequin. degrees Celsius (2.7 F) above pre-industrial times.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 6, 2024

The project aimed to capture and sequester up to 3 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions from the Genesee Power Plant, located southwest of Edmonton, Alberta, a plant that’s in the process of being converted from coal to natural gas. Rather, natural gas is a destructive fossil fuel.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Nearly two thirds of social media posts put out by six major European fossil fuel and energy companies since the end of 2019 present a “green” image of the company, despite the majority of their business activity remaining in fossil fuels, reveals new analysis by Desmog.

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Business Green

JANUARY 7, 2022

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. Fresh funding provides boost to UK firm's plans to build Europe’s first plastic to hydrogen plant.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

While the fuel is barely on the radar in the United States, around the world a green hydrogen rush is underway, and many companies, investors, governments and environmentalists believe it is an energy source that could help end the reign of fossil fuels and slow the world’s warming trajectory. "It Green hydrogen can do that.".

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GreenBiz

JULY 15, 2020

One novel spin on emerging hydrogen fuel options is "clean hydrogen" made from trash. . Today, more than 95 percent of hydrogen is fossil-based and does not rely on renewables. Hydrogen from waste is an even smaller fish than hydrogen from renewable energy. And it could be cheaper than producing hydrogen from natural gas.

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Clean Energy Canada

AUGUST 11, 2023

The global transition away from fossil fuels is accelerating, and Canada’s newly announced Clean Electricity Regulations and Powering Canada Forward framework will help ensure the country successfully navigates that transition while protecting affordability and grid reliability. Already, the U.S. Clean power is cheap.

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Global Renewable News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Highlights Collaboration will offset fossil fuels, seek to reduce more than 120,000 tons of greenhouse gas emissions and help fulfill the growing demand for renewable fuel Projects will he.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 26, 2021

Inadequate bonding requirements means there is a serious gap in available funding to properly clean up after the fossil fuel industry. million MCF of natural gas in 2020. This record production is fueling New Mexico’s economic recovery and providing $2.8 According to the report, it could cost as much as $8.38

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Global Renewable News

AUGUST 24, 2023

OPAL Fuels Inc. Nasdaq: OPAL), a vertically integrated producer and distributor of renewable natural gas (RNG) and renewable electricity, announced its New River RNG facility, which was created thro.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

A regional cooperation for a greener beer brewing process and a greener regional gas network. This sustainable alternative for fossil natural gas will supply gas which is equivalent to the gas needs of approximately 700 households. A sustainable gas with the same properties as natural gas.

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

In May 2023, wind and solar produced more electricity than fossil fuels in the European Union for the first full month on record. Almost a third of the EU’s electricity that month was generated from wind and solar (31%), while fossil fuels generated a record low of 27%. Analyses for the U.S. Analyses for the U.S.

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GreenBiz

JULY 30, 2020

According to Diageo, it should avoid more than 117,000 metric tons of annual carbon emissions by switching to renewable electricities compared to operating using a traditional natural gas facility. . Moving away from fossil fuels for this heat production was the first step and the first big obstacle for Diageo. .

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

A research team at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has developed a system capable of converting waste from sewage, food crops, algae and other renewable carbon sources into hydrogen fuel. And it generates its own heat and fuel to keep it running. The cell itself is divided in half by a membrane.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 13, 2020

The world’s kilns, reactors, chillers and furnaces are powered mostly by fossil fuels. . High-temperature industrial heat, over 932 degrees F, poses a particular challenge because that’s the point at which fuels beyond electricity become the mainstay. Making natural gas renewable . Pull Quote. Energy & Climate.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

GE Renewable Energy announced a plan Tuesday to produce zero waste wind turbine blades by 2030. Nearly a third of LM Wind Power's carbon footprint comes from waste disposal. Follow @EngelsAngle. Industry-wide, 20-25% of materials purchased by turbine blade manufacturers do not go into the final product, the company added.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 24, 2024

But what nobody really knows is at the other end of a building known as Le V, on the northeast side of the city, is a portal that leads to a secret pile of fracking waste from the woods of West Virginia. But unfortunately this is the same thing the oil and gas industry’s shadow network of radioactive waste workers have often been told.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 31, 2021

Those processes use a lot of energy and largely come from fossil fuels; one-third of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions come from industry. A key route to industrial emissions reductions is electrification (replacing industrial fossil fuels with electric alternatives). Hydrogen also can be used as a fuel or a feedstock.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 22, 2022

The study, published in the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) journal The Geographical Journal , highlights that global demand for sulphuric acid is set to rise significantly from ‘246 to 400 million tonnes’ by 2040 – a result of more intensive agriculture and the world moving away from fossil fuels.

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R-Squared Energy

FEBRUARY 6, 2021

Mr. Rockall highlighted a major global problem in which the fossil fuel solution is clearly better than the status quo. LPG is produced because they want something else, whether that’s natural gas, with over 60 percent of LPG is coming as a result of natural gas processing. But not always.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 18, 2024

Hydrogen economy: Status vs ambition Currently, over 98% of global hydrogen originates from fossil fuel-based grey and black hydrogen, produced using steam methane reforming and coal gasification. These methods significantly contribute to CO2 emissions. Several technologies can produce blue hydrogen.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

The patented Hazer Process, a pioneering technology developed by Hazer Group , marks a significant departure from conventional methods by transforming natural gas into hydrogen and graphite, with the ingenious use of iron ore as a catalyst.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

However, challenges in establishing alternatives to fossil fuels include costs, technology gaps, as well as accessibility and reliability. Advantages include renewability and waste utilization, but also increased stability in the energy supply of developing countries and rural regions. is expected. [2]

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Policies such as California's Advanced Clean Truck rule are forcing organizations in the state to phase in zero-emission trucks and phase out fossil fuel-based ones. Progressive cities, many in Europe, are building zones in downtown centers that are banning fossil-fuel vehicles and incentivizing zero-emission models.

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Greentown Labs

APRIL 5, 2023

While innovations are necessary—and are currently being developed—to reduce the sector’s reliance on fossil fuels, we can take immediate action through waste-heat-to-power (WHP) technology. Kanin Energy works with facilities focused on cement, iron, steel, natural gas, biomass, and more. households.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

The promise of renewable natural gas is a sustainability win that has been financially and logistically out of reach for even the largest companies. The Massachusetts-based recycler uses anaerobic biodigesters to create renewable natural gas from food waste. The gas can then be used for energy purposes.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

homes are built with air-source heat pumps instead of fossil-fuel burning systems. The next hurdle is to start electrifying buildings in parts of the country where it's been difficult to eliminate fossil fuel-burning building systems. Already, more than 40 percent of new U.S.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

In the absence of dedicated recycling channels, this type of fuel is mostly made up of waste wood, paper, cardboard and plastic resulting from economic activities. The tests carried out using SRF show that we now know how to produce renewable gas from this type of waste.”.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Some of the energy products with supply and demand mapped include electricity, natural gas, heat, renewables and biofuels, solid fossil fuels and oil and petroleum products. The same methodology used to break down national energy balances to the 1km square cells is applied to the energy scenarios.

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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. LNG boom threatens to release vast amounts of methane, a powerful climate pollutant that is the main component of natural gas.

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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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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 19, 2024

This exploration into the realm of biomass energy untangles the complexities and delves into its multifaceted nature, uncovering the potential of plant-based and waste-derived materials as alternative sources of power. Biomass energy harnesses organic matter, including wood, agricultural crops, and waste by-products, as fuel.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The fracked natural gas industry has never been the most responsible or efficient consumer of resources. Drillers are using ever-increasing amounts of water and sand in order to produce the same volume of gas, with a corresponding rise in the levels of solid and liquid waste created. But what does RSG really mean?

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