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Could green hydrogen be key to a carbon-free economy?

GreenBiz

Europe, which has an economy saddled with high energy prices and is heavily dependent on Russian natural gas, is embracing green hydrogen by providing funding for construction of electrolysis plants and other hydrogen infrastructure. hydrogen is a lot more expensive than other fuels such as natural gas. In the U.S.,

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Massachusetts Moves to Follow California, New York in Planning for Natural Gas Phaseout

GreenTechMedia

Massachusetts may become just the third state, after California and New York, to begin planning for a managed decline of its conventional natural gas industry. In other words, if Massachusetts is to meet its legally binding carbon targets, there is no future for fossil gas. Annual U.S. So what are the options?

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The top 25 most sustainable fleets

GreenBiz

At the same time, it's already adopting renewable natural gas to power its natural gas trucks in its short-haul fleet. . It's got close to 300 alternative-fueled vehicles, including electric, hybrid and natural gas buses, sweepers and light-duty vehicles. Just a short five years away. Media Source.

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Why Natural Gas Prices Quadrupled In Two Years

R-Squared Energy

natural gas production, I engaged in a Twitter discussion on the causes of the natural gas price surge over the past two years. The largest contributor to higher natural gas demand has been US power generation. What ensued was a discussion of the influences in the natural gas markets in recent years.

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Solar, Hydrogen and Batteries Join Forces at Panasonic’s UK Facility

Hydrogen Fuel News

Some of its notable advancements in this field include: Residential Hydrogen Fuel Cells : Panasonic’s ENE-FARM, a household fuel cell, has been commercially available since 2009 in Japan and is now expanding to Europe.

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Where progressives and conservatives agree on clean energy

GreenBiz

The poster child for this is Solyndra , a solar company that received federal grant money from the 2009 stimulus bill and later went bankrupt. . Progressives point to these investments as an important part of spurring forward other burgeoning technologies, from smartphones to natural gas and the internet. .

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US Emissions May See Record Decline in 2020, Study Says

GreenTechMedia

“Oil prices [and] natural gas prices are going to affect decisions across different sectors on what fuels they’re consuming, particularly in electricity generation.” But emissions still rebounded globally from 2009 to 2010 as countries restarted economies reliant on fossil fuels.