Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2022

The phase one feasibility study will allow the consortium to assess the performance of various biogas samples in a small-scale LOOP system located at the Levidian Technology Centre in Cambridge and carry out detailed analysis to optimise the hydrogen output. United Utilities will lead the project.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

APRIL 2, 2024

Sustainability has become a global goal these days, with increasing awareness regarding the banes of pollution.   The adoption of hydrogen as a fuel is a key aspect of the net zero initiative. According to 2022 statistics, global hydrogen use touched 95 million tonnes, a year-on-year increase of nearly 3%.

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TechCrunch: Climate

AUGUST 24, 2023

When people talk about hydrogen these days, they almost always mention transportation. But from a practical perspective, transportation is not a great use for hydrogen. Hydrogen is really terrible to store and to transport,” said Chad Mason, founder and CEO of Advanced Ionics. But they’re not perfect.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

It exhibits bioaffinity for the relevant methanogens during the anaerobic digestion and methanation of corn stover (which comprises the leaves, stalks, and cobs of corn). The experimental results showed that methane production increased 44.71% at a 2.82g L-1 TiO2-FNi concentration and with a 11.4mT magnetic field.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The next stage of the ‘Project Union’ hydrogen network project has kicked off with the award of the pre-Front End Engineering Design (pre-FEED) activities. Have you read?

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EDF + Business

JUNE 15, 2023

Natural gas pipelines are ubiquitous throughout the United States and pipeline leaks are a safety risk, a waste of a valuable energy resource, and a source of methane pollution that accelerates climate change. Methane emissions pose urgent and material risks to oil and gas companies, the financial sector, and capital markets.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 17, 2024

As humanity stands at the crossroads of technological innovation and environmental imperatives, new solutions for sustainable mobility are paramount. Among the most promising frontiers is the advent of cryo-compressed hydrogen, a powerful energy carrier poised to revolutionize the aviation industry.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 10, 2021

When it comes to decarbonising the UK economy, many suggest the use of hydrogen for hard-to-electrify transport applications as indispensable. It also looked at the implications of using biomethane in place of fossil gas and hydrogen derived entirely from biogenic waste.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 3, 2022

is eyeing the import of up to 5Mt per annum of green renewable hydrogen from Australia to Europe by 2030. The German energy giant has inked agreements with Australian green energy company Fortescue Future Industries for the supply of the hydrogen and with the Belgium headquartered Tree Energy Solutions to develop the value chain.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

has secured a landmark $13 million amidst their ground-breaking innovation, which revolutionizes the production of hydrogen and graphite—a move that could significantly shift the energy landscape towards sustainability.   Perth-based Hazer Group Ltd. The technology offers a cleaner alternative to conventional methods.

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Smart Energy International

JUNE 20, 2022

GB’s National Grid is leading a project to gain a greater understanding of hydrogen transport in the national transmission system. Britain’s Northern Gas Networks tests hydrogen distribution grid How hydrogen can help decarbonise the UK’s energy system. Have you read? Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed.

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Energy Central

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

Methanol Methanol (one oxygen, one carbon, and four hydrogen atoms) emits CO2 on combustion, so ‘green methanol’ requires an offsetting lifecycle pathway in order to be sustainable. Thus, it needs to use ‘green’ hydrogen and air-captured CO2 as feedstocks, or to use 100% bio-sourced methane.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 8, 2024

Biogas itself is made up of primarily methane (CH4) and carbon dioxide (CO2) as well as small amounts of other gases such as nitrogen (N2), hydrogen (H2) and hydrogen sulfide (H2S). There, bacteria break down the organic compounds and produce methane gas and other products.

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Smart Energy International

JULY 7, 2022

implement a sustainable energy supply for the new Estrel Tower and investigate the possibilities of a CO2-neutral energy supply for the existing Estrel hotel complex as part of a real laboratory. The produced hydrogen can in turn be used for CO2-neutral power and heat generation. The partnership will see E.ON

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 10, 2022

The UK government has been accused of appointing a “cheerleader for climate-wrecking blue hydrogen” as its hydrogen champion while claiming to support clean energy. However, Toogood is a chief executive at Johnson Matthey , a FTSE 250 multinational which markets technology that can produce blue hydrogen “from natural gas at scale”.

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Greentown Labs

JULY 20, 2022

Hydrogen and carbon capture are both critical technologies in the fight against climate change and the road to economy-wide decarbonization. The post Osmoses Enables Hydrogen Separation, Carbon Capture, and More with Molecular Filtration appeared first on Greentown Labs. Photo credit: Tony Luong.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 17, 2021

Countries are slowly diversifying their energy portfolio by including hydrogen in their future roadmap towards a low carbon economy. Today, several global trends and activities distinguish the renewed focus on hydrogen from what has been observed in the past. International certification scheme for hydrogen.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Three agreements signed by the companies will enable billions of dollars to be invested to create low-carbon hydrogen hubs, green jobs and help the two countries move closer to decarbonization goals. This will enable the decarbonization of hard-to-abate industries and help the UK achieve its goal to develop 5GW of low-carbon hydrogen by 2030.

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Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Sixteen startups joined our climatetech community during some of the hottest days of the summer in Q3 2023, working on breakthroughs such as reliable energy storage , detection of green-hydrogen gas leaks , and carbon-footprint reductions in the trucking industry.

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Greentown Labs

APRIL 1, 2024

Third, it’s creating a sustainable replacement for other problematic materials—acrylonitrile is the sole feedstock for carbon fiber, a hugely useful substance that can serve as a substitute for steel and other materials. Enabling the widespread proliferation of carbon fiber is a large part of our vision. and fast-growing acrylamide market.

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The Environmental Blog

MARCH 21, 2024

Climate Change Carbon dioxide and methane contribute to global warming. Sticking to sustainable manufacturing practices is essential to avoid the economic and social impact of sanctions and government-backed legal hiccups on your doorsteps. We must do everything possible to protect the coming generations.

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Business Green

AUGUST 12, 2021

UK government urged to avoid backing blue hydrogen after US study finds its production could be worse for climate than natural gas. It concludes that "there really is no role for blue hydrogen in a carbon-free future". Even if true though, the use of blue hydrogen appears difficult to justify on climate grounds.".

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 12, 2021

While hydrogen, electric and renewable fuels (produced from waste-based feedstocks) can all radically cut emissions compared with their diesel-powered counterparts, there are major variations in their effectiveness and efficiency in terms of cutting emissions depending on choices made over the full well-to-wheel life cycle.

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Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2022

A flurry of funding rounds have underscored how many big corporates are keen to turbocharge the fledgling hydrogen market. Its pitch: the approach uses 80 per cent less electricity than electrolysis, another "clean" hydrogen approach. Electrolyser technology can generate large amounts of hydrogen cheaply.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 10, 2023

LIVERPOOL – A senior executive at the UK’s largest gas distributor has been accused of lobbying to slow down climate action after pushing for the use of hydrogen in heating at a Labour Party conference panel on net zero. It is one of over 40 studies that find hydrogen should only ever play a “limited and complementary role” in heating.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 15, 2020

In the latest addition to its 'green recovery' package, the European Commission yesterday unveiled a flurry of crucial green strategies, targets, and policies, ranging from new green building and renewable energy programmes, to tighter rules governing chemical use and methane emissions.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

A new report argues replacing the gas grid with hydrogen is unrealistic for many buildings in the short term, but net zero heating has few easy solutions. It also announced plans for 5GW of low carbon hydrogen production capacity and systems capable of capturing 10 million tonnes of CO2 by the end of the decade.

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Greentown Labs

MAY 24, 2023

Ambient Fuels , a developer of green hydrogen projects, received an investment from Generate Capital and an agreement from the company to fund up to $250M of green hydrogen infrastructure. SmartAC.com raised a $22M Series B to ramp up sales of its HVAC monitoring system.

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Low Impact

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

2, electric flight , and this one covers the promise of hydrogen flight. There are plans to use hydrogen as a power source for aircraft instead of kerosene. WHAT THE AVIATION INDUSTRY TELLS YOU WHAT THEY DON’T TELL YOU Happening soon New aircraft propelled by hydrogen could enter into service by 2035. C heating limit.

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EDF + Business

APRIL 19, 2024

Consolidation might even be better for the environment Something else we know is that industry urgently needs to eliminate methane emissions. All the largest western oil and gas companies have joined OGMP 2.0 , committing to significantly reduce methane intensity and flaring.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Trade body RenewableUK outlines a series of policy recommendations to enable the UK to become a global leader in the development of green hydrogen. Driving down the price of renewable hydrogen will be critical to delivering on its potential, the study adds.

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Clean Energy Canada

MARCH 25, 2024

If the federal and provincial governments live up to their climate commitments (namely on methane reduction, industrial carbon pricing, an emissions cap and ensuring that new LNG projects reach net zero on scope 1 and 2 emissions), over eight Site C’s worth of additional electricity would be required to electrify the six LNG projects in B.C.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

MAY 2, 2024

Environmental Impact of Fracking Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is a controversial method of extracting oil and gas that has raised concerns over its environmental sustainability. Another pressing issue is methane leakage. During the drilling and fracking processes, methane, a potent greenhouse gas, can escape into the atmosphere.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 6, 2021

The report, A Sustainable Flame: The Role of Gas in Net Zero , states that gas has a significant part in both the near-term and long-term energy decarbonization targets owing to the ability of existing infrastructure to be converted to carry low-carbon fuels including ammonia, hydrogen, synthetic methane, and renewable natural gas.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Meat emits around a third of global emissions of methane, and action to cut this greenhouse gas has been identified by the UN and world leaders as the quickest route to slowing global heating. Several Aim4C “innovation sprints” are based on regenerative agriculture, including one on “sustainable beef”.

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Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2021

Oil and gas giant signs up several more potential customers for hydrogen produced at its Teesside fossil fuel and CCS facility. The energy giant said the prospective deals announced today would take the government a major step closer towards its target for 5GW of hydrogen production capacity across the UK by 2030.

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Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2021

Oil and gas giant signs up several more potential customers for hydrogen produced at its Teesside fossil fuel and CCS facility. BP said the prospective deals announced today would take the government a major step closer towards its target for 5GW of hydrogen production capacity across the UK by 2030.

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