Envirotec Magazine

MAY 28, 2021

Hazer Group produces fuel-cell grade hydrogen from methane, with high-quality graphite as a by-product rather than CO2. Green hydrogen – and how the water sector can engage with this ‘green, clean fuel source’ – was the focus of a recent webinar hosted by water technology firm Isle on 20 May. Capturing carbon.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Could green hydrogen be key to a carbon-free economy? The Saudis are going big on something called green hydrogen — a carbon-free fuel made from water by using renewably produced electricity to split hydrogen molecules from oxygen molecules. Green hydrogen? Green hydrogen can do that.". Jim Robbins.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Leading the charge in this green revolution is Hazer Group, an innovative company poised to redefine the dynamics of hydrogen production. The CDP has begun production of low-cost, low-emission hydrogen and graphitic carbon , marking a pivotal moment for the company.

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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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Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 3, 2024

By diving into the science behind capturing carbon dioxide directly from the environment or emission sources, we unpack the foundation of a method that not only helps reduce greenhouse gases but also plays a key role in producing a cleaner form of energy – hydrogen. The CO2 is then separated from the hydrogen before combustion occurs.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Resource management firm says it is advancing its programme to create a hydrogen gas supply infrastructure, a potentially important step towards decarbonising the UK energy supply. Future use of the hydrogen could include both replacing the use of fossil fuel on the gas grid and alternative zero carbon fuel for commercial vehicles.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 15, 2022

A new advance opening the way for Mg-ion batteries, protections for birds around networks, Enel Green Power’s Sicily hydrogen lab and a plan to power Bitcoin mining with methane from landfills are in the technology radar. Sicily hydrogen innovation lab. Landfill methane for Bitcoin mining. Now with funding of $4.3

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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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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Collin Hamilton, COO and Chief Engineer at Verano Energy, one of the largest renewables independent power producers (IPP) in Latin America, shares his vision of the key role that ammonia is going to play in “the green hydrogen revolution” The US-born engineer’s firm is developing over 30GW of hydrogen projects in Chile and Peru.

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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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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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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 25, 2022

Danish researchers say they have demonstrated that it is possible to remove most of the carbon dioxide (CO2) from the emissions of a waste incinerator. The Amager Bakke waste-to-energy plant in Copenhagen: Standout features include a rooftop artificial ski slope. Instrumentation firm Vaisala writes.

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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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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 24, 2023

The document highlights the extremely high global warming potential of largely unrecorded methane leakages along the whole natural gas supply chain. Methane emissions have a lifetime in the atmosphere of only about 10 years, which is ten times shorter than that of carbon dioxide. We can’t argue our way out of drastic changes.

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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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Charged

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Hydrogen fuel cells are controversial—several automakers, including Daimler , Honda , GM and Volkswagen , have abandoned the technology, while Toyota continues to pursue it. Hydrogen opponents cite its inefficiency relative to batteries, and question the wisdom of building a complex and costly new infrastructure.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 11, 2022

Moreover, biomethane and hydrogen are highly complementary – each gas can be converted to the other – and together, they can deliver a net zero gas sector. In fact, converting biomethane to green hydrogen can be net negative. Finally, biomethane is generated by recycling methane emitting organic wastes.

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R-Squared Energy

MAY 4, 2021

Hydrogen was thrust into the spotlight as a promising clean energy source by President George W. President Bush touted the potential for a “hydrogen economy” that would greatly slow the release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Hydrogen’s appeal is obvious. Hydrogen’s Dirty Secret. 50 Shades of Hydrogen.

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Business Green

MAY 17, 2022

Levidian says its LOOP devices can cut emissions from gas by 40 per cent instantly by using plasma technology to separate methane into its constituent atoms: carbon, which is locked into graphene, and hydrogen, which can either be used immediately or stored for future use. We can't wait to get started.".

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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 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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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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R-Squared Energy

JUNE 14, 2020

Hydrogen is the lightest and most abundant element in the universe. When hydrogen is combusted, it forms water. Therefore, hydrogen can be used as a low-carbon fuel source. Hydrogen can be combusted directly, or it can be used in a fuel cell to produce electricity. Hydrogen Production. President George W.

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Business Green

JULY 17, 2020

A group of exciting start-ups are exploring whether the world's trash mountains could become a valuable source of low carbon hydrogen fuels. One novel spin on emerging hydrogen fuel options is "clean hydrogen" made from trash. Today, more than 95 per cent of hydrogen is fossil-based and does not rely on renewables.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 14, 2021

Adopting best management practices for environmental improvements, Butler Farms chose to cover its pig waste lagoon in 2008 so that as well as significantly reducing odours, methane could be safely flared off. Three years later it began to use that methane to run a biogas engine. It’s a never-ending learning process”, says Tom.

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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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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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Business Green

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

So called blue hydrogen plants, which produce hydrogen by steam reforming methane with the resulting emission captured for storage or recycling, must be "designed to maximise carbon capture efficiency", the Enviroment Agency said.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 25, 2022

Good progress is already being made – biomethane plants are already feeding into the gas network, and the Energy Networks Association recently announced that the UK’s gas grid will be ready to blend up to 20% hydrogen into gas networks across the country from 2023. However, this is easier said than done.

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R-Squared Energy

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

My previous article — How Blue Hydrogen Can Help Decarbonize The Econom y — generated a lot of feedback and discussion on social media. Today I had intended to provide specific examples of how some companies are using hydrogen to improve Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) metrics.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 19, 2021

Food waste could be instrumental in producing sustainable aviation fuel, according to a recent study. Plenty of food waste ends up in landfills, where it generates methane gas, one of the most dangerous greenhouse gases. “If Original post: Turning food waste into aviation fuel could greatly reduce emissions.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 4, 2022

The race is on to develop the technology to exploit hydrogen fuel, widely regarded as offering the most promising pathway to a zero-carbon economy. On numerous levels, the planned roadmap to hydrogen seems to involve a hopeful crossing of fingers, that many of the blunders that accompanied past technology rollouts won’t happen this time.

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Renewable natural gas (RNG) derived from biogas, landfill gas, woody biomass and waste sources of carbon dioxide could provide a near-term solution while the world seeks to minimize or eliminate more carbon-intense energy sources such as coal and oil. .

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The Environmental Blog

JULY 14, 2020

The state of our environment today is due to the broadening issues arising from loss of biodiversity, inappropriate means of disposing of waste , overpopulation, the depletion of natural resources, and increased deforestation. A report published by the United Nations environmental program estimates the amount of solid waste matter is at 11.2

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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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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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Business Green

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Under the programme, Glasgow-based hydrogen vehicle develop HVS is to receive £30m to support the development of a hydrogen fuel cell-powered HGV cab and tractor unit, while Toyota is to receive £11.3m to accelerate development of a hydrogen-fuel cell version of its Hilux pickup truck.

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