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Billed by the fossilfuel industry as a climate solution, dozens of planned blue hydrogen projects in Europe could consume more naturalgas each year than France, and produce emissions on a par with Denmark, a DeSmog analysis has found. Credit: Sabrina Bedford. “We should be very cautious with blue hydrogen. .
Hydrogen-Powered Homes in Levenmouth Located on Scotlands east coast in Levenmouth, the project will see up to 300 homes switch from naturalgas to hydrogen for cooking and heating which comprises homes equipped with hydrogen-fueled appliances such as boilers and hobs.
At many of these facilities, fossilfuels, and especially naturalgas, are the energy feedstock used for process heating applications. But what if the sun’s energy could take over the job much of the time and displace fossilfuels? beverage sector for boiler and process heat came from naturalgas.
Policies such as California's Advanced Clean Truck rule are forcing organizations in the state to phase in zero-emission trucks and phase out fossilfuel-based ones. Progressive cities, many in Europe, are building zones in downtown centers that are banning fossil-fuel vehicles and incentivizing zero-emission models.
Norwegian state-owned oil and gas company Equinor, the North Sea’s largest fossilfuel producer, is positioning itself to play a key role in plans to turn Britain into a world leader in capturing carbon. Currently, this policy would lock the UK into using fossilfuel-based energy generation to well past 2050.”
They include the Spectator magazine and groups based in and around Westminster’s Tufton Street , home to a network of opaquely funded, free market think tanks with a history of criticising climate action and pushing for more fossilfuel exploration. French gas giant EDF and German-owned energy firm E.ON
Photos I shot in 2022 for DeSmog capture damage from extreme weather events and the continued expansion of the fossilfuel industry — the dominant industry causing global warming. Tanker at the dock at Venture Global’s Calcasieu Pass LNG export facility in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, on April 12, 2022.
Global advertising and public relations company WPP has more contracts with fossilfuel clients than any of its rivals, despite the group’s pledge to reach net zero emissions by 2030, according to a report by campaign group Clean Creatives. Omnicom followed with 39 contracts; Interpublic Group had 25; and Publicis Groupe had 11.
After NDP member of Parliament Charlie Angus introduced a bill in February proposing to ban misleading fossilfuel advertising in Canada, the oil and gas advocate Stephen Buffalo wrote an incendiary National Post column attacking the legislation. The IRC received $250,000 from CNRL in 2022 alone.
The UK government’s move to award £22 billion in subsidies to carbon capture projects followed a sharp increase in lobbying by the fossilfuel industry, DeSmog can reveal. Meanwhile, lobby group the Carbon Capture and Storage Association (CCSA) — which represents dozens of fossilfuel companies — attended 20 meetings, and Equinor 16.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) this week fired a shot over the bow at Wall Street companies that promise to help investors avoid putting their money into fossilfuels and tobacco — but steer funds towards those companies anyway. based fund simply for falsely marketing itself as fossil-free. A total of 82.8%
The problem for multinational oil companies seeking to extract that oil is whats mixed in with it: trillions of cubic feet of methane, often referred to as naturalgas. Handling naturalgas off the coast of Suriname and Guyana poses major challenges and involves significant environmental risk, however. In May, the U.S.
DTE Gas Company , a subsidiary of Michigan’s largest utility, is expanding its naturalgas network to the area, giving over 1,000 homes and businesses the choice to switch to naturalgas. Naturalgas is more climate-friendly than the propane and wood used in much of the region, according to DTE.
Hosted by Adnoc, the UAE’s state-owned oil and gas firm, ADIPEC is reportedly the world’s largest energy exhibition. Adnoc intends to increase its oil production by more than any other fossilfuel firm in the world, according to data from the Global Oil and Gas Exit List (Gogel). Al Jaber has denies these claims.
From the world’s biggest soccer championship to soccer training for kids , from major universities to music festivals and art galleries to — if you can name it, fossilfuel companies have probably sponsored it. Aramco has partnered with Spain’s Laguna de El Hito Nature Reserve to conserve bird species.
A regional cooperation for a greener beer brewing process and a greener regional gas network. This sustainable alternative for fossilnaturalgas will supply gas which is equivalent to the gas needs of approximately 700 households. A sustainable gas with the same properties as naturalgas.
Average size is based on a 2022 National Grid ESO that assessed the impact the potential impact of a portfolio of 16 offshore proposed wind projects, with average capacity of 1.55 Pre-2022 installed offshore capacity is based on historic information obtained from National Grid’s Future Energy Scenarios workbooks.
Talk to fossilfuel execs, government ministers, and industry reps these days and they’ll all tell a similar story: Blue hydrogen is the clean fuel of the future that will help Canada and the world get to net-zero emissions. It’ll power everything from airplanes to long-haul trucks and will even heat our homes.
billion into fossilfuel projects around the world since the Paris Climate Agreement was signed in 2015, undercutting global efforts to combat the worsening climate crisis. The Big Shift Global report called on the World Bank to definitively rule out support, both direct and indirect, for fossilfuel projects, which it has yet to do.
Although there are many human activities that impact global warming, there are two that are its greatest contributors: deforestation and, above all, the burning of fossilfuels. Steinberger wrote in Climática , “This is a crucial point to understand: fossilfuel companies are not energy companies. ExxonMobil.
Today I delve into the data on naturalgas production and consumption. NaturalGas Production The U.S. dominated global naturalgas production until the 1980s, at which time it ceded the lead to Russia. and Russia as the world’s leading naturalgas-producing region. In 2022, U.S.
This article is the fourth in a series on the BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2022. Today, I want to cover the production and consumption of naturalgas. In 2021, global naturalgas consumption reached a new all-time high, surpassing the previous record set in 2019 by 3.3%. shale gas boom propelled the U.S.
In three previous articles, I discussed: Overall highlights Trends in global carbon dioxide emissions Global production and consumption of petroleum Today I will discuss trends in naturalgas production and consumption. Global gas production remained steady compared to 2022, with the U.S. Top 10 Gas Consumers in 2023.
I live in South Louisiana on the front lines of the climate crisis and cover the fossilfuel industry and impacts related to the warming planet, so facing gaslighting is a regular occurrence for me. Persistent gaslighting by many of Louisiana’s politicians wasn’t restricted to the climate crisis during 2022.
Renewable energy development is key for Thailand to cut its dependency on fossilfuel imports, as gas-based thermal power generation accounted for nearly 61.3% GlobalData’s latest report, ‘Thailand Power Market Size, Trends, Regulations, Competitive Landscape and Forecast, 2022-2035’, reveals […].
Fossilfuel representatives develop undergraduate courses. The authors came to that conclusion by conducting a first-ever review of dozens of existing academic and civil society investigations into fossilfuel infiltration of higher education, looking primarily at institutions in the U.S., UK, Canada, and Australia.
Flaring — or the burning of stranded naturalgas directly at an oil well — is one of the drilling industry’s most notorious problems, often condemned as a pointlessly polluting waste of billions of dollars and trillions of cubic feet of naturalgas. How does ExxonMobil plan to reach that goal?
The campaigns have been deployed across a number of social media platforms and are part of a global effort to give “millennials a reason to connect emotionally” with oil and gas firms, and to tackle their perception as “the bad guys”. When influencers that people know and respect talk about something, they’re likely to believe them.” ‘We
and the failed Keystone XL oil sands pipeline to Texas, sees a major new growth opportunity for fossilfuels: artificial intelligence. Big Tech should be held just as responsible as the fossilfuel industry,” he told DeSmog. That $11 billion pipeline connects vast gas reserves in northeastern B.C.
Europe is not a major producer of domestic gas and in times of high demand, has to rely on imports via Russian pipelines or via sea cargo from America or the Middle East. Of these, Europe’s largest gas field lies in Groningen, the Netherlands, a facility that has provided the EU with consistent and dependable supply until recent years.
The initial 50 MW phase will produce 9,000 tons of green hydrogen per year, enough to displace 20 percent of the refinery’s existing fossil-fuel derived hydrogen. It is hoped the site will be operational by 2024 with a final investment decision in 2022. BP uses the terminology clean, rather than green hydrogen.
The world’s 60 biggest banks funded fossilfuels to the tune of $6.9 That’s the conclusion of the 15th annual “Banking on Climate Chaos” report, which was published on May 13, and also found that the financial institutions lavished $705 billion on oil, gas, and coal in 2023—the hottest year on record.
These new vehicles are quickly bumping up against familiar challenges of battery range, production capacity and charging, or fueling, infrastructure. First, and perhaps most crucially, it plans to price its vehicles at the same or lower prices as comparable fossil-fuel vehicles. in early 2020. Photo courtesy of BYD">.
For the first time, a gas utility could be on the hook for its role in deceiving the public about the climate crisis. Like many fossilfuel and petrochemical companies , NW Natural sponsors sporting events, concerts, and small nonprofits in the region reliant on external funding.
For example, it calls on the Government to fund pathfinder projects that will decarbonise 30,000 homes in the next five years and recommends the sale of naturalgas boilers in the UK be banned by 2035. This will help alleviate fuel poverty and also bring the cost of clean heat closer to that of a conventional boiler.
part of Ontario, Canada-based Nexus Renewables, to deploy a fleet of batteries at multiple sites in PG&E service territory and provide them for grid services starting in August 2022. megawatt/730-megawatt-hour project from Tesla being built near a natural-gas plant in the Monterey County community of Moss Landing.
Melissa Lem was shocked when she saw an advertisement from a major Canadian fossilfuel lobby group showing young parents and their two children happily cooking a meal over a brand new gas stove. A ‘Fuelling Canada’ ad claims Canada ‘produces the cleanest naturalgas in the world.’
Perhaps the most noteworthy prediction from the report is of peak demand for fossilfuels within this decade. However, it is important to note that coal is the only fossilfuel projected to decline over the next decade under the IEA’s Stated Policies Scenario. Naturalgas demand grows 40% by 2050, while coal use declines.
Maintaining and improving global energy security; empowering Indigenous communities; seizing the global LNG opportunity — these were some of the talking points speakers were keen to discuss throughout the Canada Gas Exhibition & Conference, which took place in Vancouver in May.
power forecast , the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ( FERC ) has predicted major declines for fossilfuels and nuclear power alongside strong growth in renewables by 2022, according to a review of the data by the SUN DAY Campaign, a pro-renewables research and education nonprofit.
In 2022 this has led us to stories that have unmasked all manner of trickery: from the minutiae of misleading stickers marketing “hydrogen-ready” boilers to the sinister presence of sanctioned coal barons at this year’s COP27 climate summit. The Dangers of Liquified NaturalGas Lock-In.
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 naturalgas operations will face under California’s push to attain zero-carbon emissions by 2045. Southern California Gas Co.,
Of the 64 total board members at Omnicom Group , WPP , Interpublic Group (IPG), Publicis Groupe , Dentsu and Havas , 32 have significant experience in carbon-heavy sectors such as fossilfuels, fossilfuel financing, plastics, utilities, and aviation. Twenty-two are still serving in roles at such companies.
Record-high naturalgas prices are fueling an energy crunch ahead of winter in the Northern Hemisphere, leading to power shortages in parts of the world. On one hand, developing countries eyeing a switch from coal to naturalgas to support higher penetration of renewables may be dissuaded by higher gas prices.
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