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Can the US Catch Up in the Green Hydrogen Economy?

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needs a massive green hydrogen industry to decarbonize its electricity, transportation and industrial sectors, and major investments and policy changes today to enable it to grow to its full potential in the decades to come. million metric tons of hydrogen per year, with an estimated value of about $17.6 The “Roadmap to a U.S.

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Major hydrogen initiatives underway at US Department of Energy

Renewable Energy World

DOE announces 52M for 31 hydrogen projects; issues RFI for projects to which Avangrid responds. million to fund 31 projects to advance next-generation clean hydrogen technologies and support DOE’s recently announced Hydrogen Energy Earthshot initiative. Connecticut — Electrolyzer and Hydrogen Storage .

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Arizona Utility APS Charts 15-Year Plan on Its Way to Zero-Carbon Energy by 2050

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Arizona Public Service released its plan for reaching zero-carbon by 2050 , with multiple options to balance the costs and carbon benefits of switching from coal and natural gas to renewables, batteries, distributed energy resources and as-yet-untested technologies. ” Short-term goals: Lots of new renewables, no new natural gas.

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How Should Europe Decarbonize? Depends Who You Ask

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Shell's much-discussed Sky scenario from 2018, which charts a path to meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement, forecasts nuclear and fossil fuels each accounting for roughly 11 percent of Europe's mix in 2050. “In some hard-to-abate sectors, like heavy-duty transport, we see a role for gases, namely hydrogen.".

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These 3 energy storage technologies can help solve the challenge of moving to 100% renewable electricity

Renewable Energy World

For example, concentrated solar power plants use mirrors to concentrate sunlight, which heats up hundreds or thousands of tons of salt until it melts. This molten salt then is used to drive an electric generator, much as coal or nuclear power is used to heat steam and drive a generator in traditional plants.

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A Nordic energy giant shows how a carbon turnaround happens

Business Green

The company recorded profits of $2.74bn in 2020, with many new projects in the pipeline in the coming decade - including large developments in solar power, onshore wind and green hydrogen. "I France built nuclear power. Denmark looked to offshore wind. Iceland tapped geothermal.

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Could UK gas power stations still play a role on a net zero grid?

Business Green

Aurora Energy Research contends thermal power generation equipped with hydrogen and CCS offers most cost-effective pathway to a net zero power system. Power sector decarbonisation is frequently characterised as the low hanging fruit of the UK's net zero transition.