EDF + Business

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Decarbonizing Oil and Gas Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas, responsible for more than one quarter of the warming we are experiencing today, and global oil and gas production is a major source of methane emissions. 19 of the top 20 publicly traded companies have set methane targets. can open the door.

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Planet Pulse

APRIL 15, 2021

In addition, the Carbon Mapper consortium announced its plan to deploy a ground-breaking hyperspectral satellite constellation with the ability to pinpoint, quantify and track point-source methane and CO 2 emissions. In short, if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it. . In short, if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it. .

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Business Green

JULY 5, 2021

Growing demand for natural gas will start to be curbed in the coming years, but more needs to be done to meet net zero goals, IEA report warns. Natural gas demand is expected to rise by 3.6 The annual increase in global demand for natural gas is teh expected to hit an average of 1.7

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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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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 23, 2024

The event aims to bring together policymakers and liquified natural gas (LNG), natural gas, and hydrogen players to explore new avenues for fossil fuel expansion. A coalition of environmental groups opposed to the expansion of the liquified natural gas export capacity along the Gulf Coast.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 15, 2024

After conducting a series of experiments, they obtained synthetic gas (aka syngas) with a high abundance of hydrogen. Gasification allows huge amounts of waste to be converted to syngas, which is composed of several gases including hydrogen, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and methane.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

As the oil and gas industry achieves success in pushing the world towards widespread adoption of methane-based blue hydrogen, some unexpected voices are calling out the industry on its deception of selling blue hydrogen as an affordable and clean source of energy. . Image: Slide from Zapantis presentation.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 9, 2019

For example, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and SoCalGas launched a new bioreactor in 2019 that turns renewable power into renewable methane. Power-to-gas involves using excess renewable power to manufacture carbon-neutral synthetic methane.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 9, 2023

Gas leak measurement is germane to the realisation of goals such as the Global Methane Pledge. Originally proposed by the US and EU in September 2021, the Global Methane Pledge will see countries acting to cut methane emissions by 30 percent by 2030. C limit set by the 2015 Paris Agreement. How do leaks occur?

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Given water is the main feedstock for hydrogen production, the boom in the hydrogen market presents a range of opportunities for water and wastewater businesses, a report from BlueTech Research has found. Conventionally, hydrogen has been produced via steam methane reforming (SMR) using natural gas as the feedstock.

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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? What Is RSG?

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

This is much sooner than what the blue hydrogen industry is estimating when advocating for the natural gas-based fuel to be widely adopted — essentially eliminating the only viable argument to invest in blue hydrogen. . “ Blue hydrogen was a way for the gas industry to continue for decades. CCS is carbon capture and storage.).

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 12, 2023

In an effort to gain federal approval for a natural gas storage project in south Louisiana, Sempra LNG lobbyists crafted letters for Louisiana elected officials to send to federal regulators in support of the project. billion cubic feet of natural gas. billion cubic feet of natural gas.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

A session called Funding the New Energy Paradigm: Innovative Financing Mechanisms & Clever Capital Structures will be presented during the POWERGEN Leadership Summi t in Dallas, Texas on January 28, 2022. . The push and pull of supply and demand. of total global emissions. Stepping back and taking a breath.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 27, 2022

In recent years, the industry shifted from persistent science denial to presenting itself as a leader of climate solutions, embodying Merriam-Webster’s word of the year “gaslighting.”. Industries reliant on methane gas continue to expand their footprint, despite bipartisan discussions about the need to develop climate solutions.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 16, 2023

This story is part of a DeSmog series on the influence wielded by the gas lobby in Europe BERLIN, Germany — Germany’s push to achieve climate neutrality by 2045 could, by some projections , soon turn the vast network of natural gas pipelines powering the country’s homes and industry into one of Europe’s biggest stranded assets.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 4, 2022

Leaks from generation and distribution facilities have provided one of the embarrassing backstories to the story of natural gas, something that – it has become clear – is far more widespread than was always claimed. In the UK, the blending of hydrogen into the gas grid is starting to appear on the horizon. Generating a stir.

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Smart Energy International

JULY 12, 2022

Italian gas distribution operator Italgas has introduced Picarro for methane emission detection and reduction in its networks. With carbon dioxide emissions effectively under management, the focus is shifting to other greenhouse gases, notably methane, which also contains carbon and is even more potent.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 25, 2023

The preliminary route shown follows an existing natural gas pipeline owned by the Navajo Nation, running from near Shiprock, New Mexico, to a spot north of Flagstaff, Arizona. The federal government will fund up to 10 such projects , at least one of which will make hydrogen from fossil fuels, like natural gas.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Oil and gas companies have for years marketed fracked gas from B.C. But an impending flood of liquefied natural gas exports from western Canada to Asia could make it harder for countries there to achieve their national climate targets and contribute to tens of thousands of additional deaths due to air pollution.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 17, 2022

The signing of the Global Methane Pledge at last year’s COP26 marks a vital step in reducing the impact of industrial activities on the environment. Originally proposed by the US and EU in September 2021, the Global Methane Pledge will see countries acting to cut methane emissions by 30 percent by 2030.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Of course, the whole issue can be sidestepped by running a ship on liquefied natural gas (LNG), but more recently a problem of “methane slip” has been identified, with the difficulties arising from unburnt methane. A typical system comprises a stack-mounted analyser, an integral calibration module and a control unit.

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R-Squared Energy

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

carbon hydrogen produced globally in 2030 will come from coal and natural gas with carbon sequestration. Hydrogen will be increasingly blended into natural gas for distribution to homes and industry. Around 95% is produced via the steam methane reforming (SMR) process, and another 4% comes from partial oxidation (POX).

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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. So natural gas supply chain emissions would need to be reduced and carbon capture rates improved to reduce emissions further. Full paper is here: [link].

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 25, 2022

Some sections included safety information and tips on energy conservation, but many others promote natural gas, describe its benefits, or position gas as a clean alternative to dirtier fuels. NW Natural knows that teachers possess the power to enlighten students. Answer: a bus that runs on natural gas.).

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Clean Energy Canada

AUGUST 17, 2021

New research on blue hydrogen (produced from natural gas with carbon capture and storage), published by scientists at Cornell and Stanford, finds that its carbon intensity may be higher than previously thought. The latest research also demonstrates that clean electricity can substantially reduce the carbon intensity of blue hydrogen.

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The Environmental Blog

JUNE 8, 2022

There are a handful of potential alternatives, such as ammonia, methane, and methanol, but current technology is still incapable of making them viable for larger-scale use. Among the alternatives being considered is liquefied natural gas (LNG), which is still a fossil fuel, despite being considered the cleanest.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 12, 2022

The airplane-mounted sensor used by the researchers to detect methane leaks from oil and natural gas production in the New Mexico half of the Permian Basin. Each chemical, including methane, has a unique pattern – an optical fingerprint. With these sensors, methane is quite easy to spot. The EPA puts leaks at 1.4

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Transitioning from a fossil fuel economy to a renewable one undoubtedly presents challenges. Traditionally, this has meant coal, nuclear and natural gas. Grey hydrogen is currently the most common form of hydrogen, and this is generated from natural gas or methane through a process called steam reforming.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Attendees are present from some of the world’s largest agribusiness firms – such as meatpacker JBS , fertiliser giant Nutrien, food giant Nestlé and pesticide firm Bayer – and powerful industry trade groups. It also contributes roughly two percent of all global greenhouse gas emissions.

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R-Squared Energy

APRIL 19, 2022

At present, the EU receives around 40% of its gas, 46% of its coal, and 30% of its oil from Russia — and has no easy substitutes if supplies are disrupted. The phase-out from coal, natural gas, and nuclear has already started. In June 2020, Germany presented its national hydrogen strategy (NHS).

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

where natural gas prices are expected to remain low for the foreseeable future. At present, around 99 percent of the roughly 130 million tons of hydrogen a year used for industrial processes — mostly oil refining and ammonia production — is made using coal or lignite gasification processes, or steam methane reformation.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The utility will send that blend through its existing gas infrastructure into customers’ homes, with the aim of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The blend would use 5 to 10 percent hydrogen, with the remainder made up of conventional methane gas. First, hydrogen presents a host of safety concerns.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 2, 2023

Gas stoves emit an array of air pollutants , including nitrogen oxides (nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxide), carbon monoxide, and particulate matter when in use. New research shows that they also leak methane , a powerful greenhouse gas, and benzene , a known human carcinogen , even when turned off.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 14, 2020

The major decarbonization pathways modeled by Afry (formerly AF Pöyry), an international engineering, design and advisory firm, envision big contributions from either new nuclear or carbon capture and storage (CCS) — neither of which is an energy system front-runner at present.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

As DeSmog explains, “there are several ways to produce hydrogen, but almost all of it currently in production uses methane (natural gas) as the feedstock, with non-renewable energy powering that production.” To understand why Big Oil is so keen on hydrogen, you need to understand the color code.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 3, 2024

Hydrogen production primarily happens through two methods: electrolysis and steam methane reforming (SMR). Economic and Environmental Impact Turning carbon capture and hydrogen production into allies not only carves a path toward a more sustainable future but also presents an intricate dance of economic and environmental impacts.

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