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Gas Companies Accused of Using Hydrogen to ‘Greenwash’ Boilers

DeSmogBlog

Gas companies are misleading the British public by marketing “hydrogen ready” boilers as a climate-friendly alternative despite widespread doubts the technology will help curb emissions, according to a new report. At recent trade fairs , some firms have also had “100 percent hydrogen boilers” on display.

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Revealed: Media Blitz Against Heat Pumps Funded by Gas Lobby Group

DeSmogBlog

WPR’s campaign also explicitly promotes hydrogen as a viable fuel for domestic heating. With targets now set for the phase-out of gas boilers in countries across Europe, in recent years, gas companies in the UK and the EU have lobbied hard for hydrogen over heat pumps – the model which offers the least disruption to their business model.

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Gas Company in PR Offensive Ahead of Decision on Hydrogen Trial

DeSmogBlog

A gas company has been accused of “greenwashing” in a North Yorkshire community ahead of a crunch decision on the UK’s first ‘hydrogen village’. Northern Gas Networks (NGN) is bidding to host a two-year government-funded trial in Redcar, Teesside, to replace gas with ‘green’ hydrogen in around 2,000 homes.

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Amazon plans to make its own hydrogen to power vehicles

The Verge: Energy

A worker drives a Powered Industrial Truck at the Amazon fullfillment center May 3, 2018 in Aurora, Colorado. Wilking/Getty Images Amazon is making plans to produce hydrogen fuel at its fulfillment centers. This is the first time Amazon has tried to make its own hydrogen on site, and it’s not likely to be the last. “On-site

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How to Build a Green Hydrogen Economy for the US West

GreenTechMedia

Out in Utah, a coal-fired power plant supplying electricity to Los Angeles is being outfitted with natural-gas-fired turbines that will eventually be able to run on hydrogen, created via electrolysis with wind and solar power and stored in massive underground caverns for use when that clean energy isn’t available for the grid.

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Fossil Fuel Firms Flock to Conservative Party Conference

DeSmogBlog

Dozens of organisations will be running stalls at the Tory conference, including a number of fossil fuel firms and major polluters. The CPS The Centre for Policy Studies (CPS), a Tufton Street think tank, is hosting two separate events at the conference in partnership with gas companies.

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Interview – Harnessing the potential of geothermal to scale up by 2030

ThinkGeoEnergy

As one example, we are working on developing green hydrogen or green ammonia using geothermal-powered electrolyzers. Another idea: in the same way that solar PV is helping geothermal plants, onshore wind plants could be supported by geothermal power from deep sedimentary basins—for example, in the wind belt of west Texas.