EDF + Business

MARCH 6, 2023

ESG By EDF: Actionable Insights for a Decarbonizing World Plugging the Leaks: An Investor Guide to Oil and Gas Methane Risk Oil and gas companies must curb methane emissions to limit warming this decade, and address urgent risks. However, global pressures continue to accelerate the demand for credible methane abatement.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Flying 10,000 feet above the Gulf of Mexico, in a plane outfitted with infrared imaging equipment, researchers could see methane gas bubbling under water, likely from an undetected pipeline leak. natural gas production comes from federal leases in the Gulf of Mexico, according to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Flogas Britain – a major supplier of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and liquefied natural gas (LNG) – has added liquid biomethane (Bio-LNG) to its off-grid energy supply, marking what is said to be the industry’s first Bio-LNG solution for commercial and industrial operations. or call 0800 574 574.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 18, 2024

However, some sectors remain difficult to decarbonize using such methods, including heavy industry, heating, and certain transport sectors, such as aviation and shipping. Analogous to the oil & gas sector, the hydrogen value chain comprises upstream (production), midstream (storage & transport), and downstream (end-use) segments.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

In a bid to “boost the amount of hydrogen in the UK’s gas supply”, National Grid has signed up to trial a new kind of decarbonisation device developed by graphene technology firm Levidian (formerly Cambridge Nanosystems).

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

They found that they were able to convert more than 85% of the organic material to biogas, which can be used to produce electricity or upgraded to renewable natural gas (RNG) for the natural gas grid or for local use. The approach was detailed in the journal Waste Management.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

New report from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) highlights the need to control methane slips on ships that have switched to using LNG as fuel. The report calculatres that switching to LNG could deliver carbon emissions savings, but these could be partially offset by increased methane emissions.

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R-Squared Energy

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

liquefied natural gas exports, some readers had a hard time believing that the U.S. Some suggested this was only true for per capita emissions, or that it isn’t true if you consider methane leaks. Coal produces more than double the amount of carbon dioxide per unit of power production than natural gas ( source ).

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EDF + Business

JUNE 15, 2023

As clean energy grows, risks to the oil and gas industry are evolving at a rapid pace. 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.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Experts such as Fakhry say that while wind and solar energy can provide the electricity to power homes and electric cars, green hydrogen could be an ideal power source for energy-intensive industries such as concrete and steel manufacturing, as well as parts of the transportation sector that are more difficult to electrify.

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Charged

OCTOBER 10, 2022

One way to reduce methane emissions from agriculture is to turn organic waste into renewable natural gas (RNG). Preliminary modeling indicates that implementing EV transportation of the RNG will eliminate up to 116 tons of CO 2 emissions annually.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

New IEA analysis reveals methane emissions from the energy sector are 70 per cent higher than official reports, but could high gas prices finally prompt operators to tackle the problem. It is one of the biggest and most worrying mysteries in the field of climate science: where are all the methane emissions coming from?

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

But the vast majority of today’s industrial hydrogen production is ‘grey,’ made from natural gas via steam methane reforming — a process that emits carbon dioxide, but at a low cost that electrolysis will struggle to beat over the coming decades. Different approaches to turquoise hydrogen.

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Business Green

MAY 6, 2021

Methane emissions reduction could significantly reduce rates of global warming at a relatively low cost, major research warns. As such, the report emphasises that methane mitigation is "one of the best ways of limiting warming in this and subsequent decades".

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 2, 2020

Europe's biggest natural-gas infrastructure firm recently launched a new hydrogen business. Decarbonizing residential and commercial heating systems is a major challenge in countries that currently rely on natural gas to do the job. A hydrogen economy in the U.S. And there are limits to how far you can go.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The new facility is the second bio-methane filling station to be opened by operator First West of England in the space of a year. Bristol will take a significant step towards tackling its transport emissions next weekend when bus operator First West of England opens a new bio-methane gas filling station at its Lawrence Hill depot.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

2 This led to investment in new biomethane production infrastructure, which the world critically needs to cut methane emissions from organic wastes and generate green gas, biofertilisers and bioCO2, but this will no longer be possible under the proposed new guidance. using fossil fuels); scope 2 are from the purchase of energy (e.g.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 12, 2023

Source: CHFCA The comic doesn’t mention that the majority of hydrogen produced in North America comes from natural gas , which is not only non-renewable, but creates more emissions than simply burning fossil fuels directly. Jam confirmed the CHFCA intended the comic to target high school students.

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GreenBiz

JULY 15, 2020

It is energy-efficient, abundant and an environmentally friendly alternative to natural gas. Clean hydrogen could cut greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel by up to 34 percent, reported Bloomberg New Energy Finance. . And it could be cheaper than producing hydrogen from natural gas. locations in 2021.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 26, 2020

Thursday’s letter from PG&E vice president Robert Kenney to the California Energy Commission is a notable concession by the state’s largest utility to the constraints its natural gas operations will face under California’s push to attain zero-carbon emissions by 2045. Utilities taking sides.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 13, 2020

Yet while those transport sectors are advancing towards low-carbon solutions — with promising technologies cultivated by multilateral accords — industrial heat lacks any consensus plan and has a long to-do list to develop low-carbon alternatives. . Making natural gas renewable . Pull Quote. Energy & Climate. Renewable Energy.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Officials from one corporation, Venture Global, repeatedly told government regulators that CCS was incompatible with the company’s plans to build three massive new liquified natural gas export terminals in south Louisiana. exporters of liquified natural gas. The company is poised to be one of the largest U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 9, 2023

Further research by DeSmog has shown that Eni’s company magazine Ecos made repeated references to climate change during the late 1980s and 1990s — while running advertising campaigns promoting natural gas, which is mostly comprised of planet-warming methane, as a “clean” fuel. ‘Friend Methane! ‘Friend Methane!

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 14, 2023

.” Anaerobic digestion is a natural process where microorganisms break down waste without oxygen. Microbes convert materials into soluble substances, which are then transformed into gases like methane. For example, more waste can be turned into valuable forms of energy and transportation can be reduced.”

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Charged

MAY 30, 2023

As the International Council on Clean Transportation explains, city buses (not including coaches and interurban buses) make up about 60% of all heavy-duty passenger vehicle sales. Source: International Council on Clean Transportation Good news: Hydrogen fuel cell buses made up only a tiny percentage of the buses bought in the quarter.

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Renewable Energy World

MAY 13, 2021

The digester, and another the dairy installed a few years later, reduced the size of open lagoons of manure that release methane into the atmosphere. But last year, Holsum Dairies changed course, upgraded the two digesters and began producing renewable natural gas for California’s burgeoning renewable fuels market.

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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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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. Safety is particularly a concern during transport and storage.

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Grist

APRIL 5, 2021

Amy Townsend-Small has been chasing methane her entire professional life. Sniffing out the potent greenhouse gas, which traps 86 times as much heat as carbon dioxide after it’s emitted into the atmosphere, has required her to breathalyze cows and take chemical measurements at large manure lagoons. Christopher Collins.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Most of that is produced via steam methane reformation (SMR) of natural gas, a carbon intensive process ( source ). Blue hydrogen, which is often promoted as another “clean” alternative to grey hydrogen, is produced via SMR of natural gas paired with carbon capture and storage (CCS) to capture emissions.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 16, 2023

fossil fuel firms are pushing to build more than 2,900 miles of natural gas pipelines to feed liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facilities in Louisiana, Texas, and Alaska, in a bid to send more of the fuel to Asia and Europe, a new analysis by Global Energy Monitor shows. natural gas pipeline construction through 2026.

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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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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 16, 2021

Convert 50% of work vehicles – from full-size pickups and bucket trucks to forklifts and ATVs – with plug-ins, battery electric vehicles, or vehicles fueled by cleaner-burning alternatives, such as hydrogen, renewable natural gas, and compressed natural gas, by 2030.

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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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Hydrogen Fuel News

APRIL 2, 2024

The growth of this fuel alternative in all major consuming regions witnessed robust growth with the sharp rise in natural gas prices. As a fuel, hydrogen supports applications like heavy industries , seasonal energy storage, and long-haul transport. Steam-methane reforming and electrolysis are the two most common methods used.

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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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The Environmental Blog

MAY 19, 2021

The increasing population density in the world , migration and urbanization movements, rising living standards, increasingly increasing and excessive consumption of fossil fuels such as oil, coal, and natural gas for the last 150 years, and changes in land cover as a result of the increase in intensive industrial production.

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