GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 4, 2019

One obvious way to deliver more energy with less carbon, Looney said, is "more renewables and gas, pushing coal out of power.". We need to compare gas to zero carbon — how will we decarbonize it?” But comparing gas to coal isn’t good enough on its own. Playing catch-up on renewables. billion ($1.67

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 31, 2020

Dominion has been forced to confront a rapid shift away from carbon-emitting energy assets in its home state of Virginia under its Clean Economy Act , which calls for Dominion to achieve carbon-free energy by 2045. Dominion has also set its own goal to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 across its portfolio.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The announcement Monday comes nearly three years after the utility pledged to deliver 100% carbon-free electricity to customers by 2050 , with an interim target of reducing emissions by 80% by 2030. The company will also expand customer programs for the adoption of electric appliances and low-carbon gas alternatives. Jared Polis.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JULY 12, 2024

This biogas, which consists mainly of methane, is harnessed as a feedstock. Carbon Capture : The platform includes advanced carbon capture capabilities, enabling the direct capture of CO2 emissions during the energy production process. This gas is then fed into a fuel cell stack, where an electrochemical reaction occurs.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 27, 2023

Our focus will be to use scanfeld® for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions monitoring and quantification to understand what our baseline emissions are for nitrous oxide, methane and carbon dioxide at our WwTW but also to identify where on our WWTWs are we emitting our GHGs and therefore mitigate these emissions faster.”

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Of course, green hydrogen’s current lack of availability isn’t the only reason it’s not the wonder-fuel the fossil fuel industry has been making it out to be, considering the following: The only “clean,” carbon-free hydrogen is green hydrogen, and there’s not enough to go around. 95% of global hydrogen is grey hydrogen.

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Business Green

MARCH 8, 2021

Supermarket giant Morrisons has today announced a hugely ambitious new goal to become the "first supermarket to be completely supplied by 'net zero' carbon British farms by 2030". The company said it would also work with universities, farming and countryside organisations, and carbon experts to develop and share best practices.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 8, 2020

“The Green Hydrogen Catapult initiative represents a strong signal of intent from the private sector to support the deployment of zero-carbon hydrogen.” wide network of green hydrogen production facilities to supply fuel-cell-powered vehicles, including its own, with carbon-free fuel.

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Elemental Excelerator

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Several ambitious pledges emerged to phase down fossil fuels, limit methane emissions, stop deforestation, and turbocharge the adoption of electric vehicles. Methane: 105 world leaders signed onto the Global Methane Pledge, a US and EU joint initiative to cut methane emissions by 30% by 2030.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 29, 2020

According to the nomenclature used by market research firm Wood Mackenzie , most of the gas that is already widely used as an industrial chemical is either brown, if it's made through the gasification of coal or lignite; or gray, if it is made through steam methane reformation, which typically uses natural gas as the feedstock.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 21, 2022

The findings, published ahead of the Brazilian company’s annual general meeting on Friday, prompted renewed calls from climate campaigners for asset managers to divest from JBS – despite its pledge to hit net zero carbon emissions by 2040. MtCO2e in 2021 – an increase of 51% over five years. MtCO2e in 2019. . million cattle, 46.7

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 13, 2021

Under growing pressure to rein in greenhouse gas emissions, developers of liquefied natural gas (LNG) are turning to questionable claims about “carbon neutrality,” “net-zero,” or “green LNG,” in order to pass muster with governments, investors, and society, who are becoming increasingly anxious about the climate crisis.

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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.” A study from the consultancy Wood MacKenzie predicts that gray hydrogen will remain the cheapest type in the US through 2040.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Using renewable-powered electrolyzers to create low-carbon hydrogen can squeeze emissions out of sectors where direct electrification isn’t going to cut it. Green hydrogen could replace methane to generate heat or power. It could replace high-carbon, or grey, hydrogen in a number of industrial and chemical processes.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

CCS is carbon capture and storage.). While there is some question about how dirty blue hydrogen is and will be — due to its reliance on gas, a fossil fuel, and carbon capture technology to reduce emissions from its production — no one is arguing that it will ever be cleaner than green hydrogen. kgH2 by the end of the decade. .

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The International Energy Agency was clear in its landmark report earlier this year: phasing out coal power by 2040 is a key milestone on the path to net zero. On top of this, 46 countries signed up to the Global Coal to Clean Power Transition Statement to phase out coal in the 2030s (for rich countries) and 2040s (for developing ones).

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Business Green

JULY 28, 2021

Proposal reportedly mooted for inclusion in Hydrogen Strategy, but campaigners warn low carbon hydrogen should be earmarked for decarbonising heavy industry rather than domestic heating. Proponents argue shifting the UK's methane gas grid to run on hydrogen can help the UK hit net zero targets by using existing infrastructure.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

But differing and overlapping terminology and meanings - including 'net zero', 'carbon neutral', 'climate positive', and 'zero carbon' - has led to confusion among investors and consumers, leaving the net zero movement "open to sleight of hand and greenwashing", the BNEF report warns. Credit: BNEF. or 2C boundaries.

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Business Green

AUGUST 27, 2021

Campaigners are hopeful next week's summit could further expand the coalition of nations that are working to deliver an ambitious new international accord in Kunming that would see all governments commit to giving 30 per cent of land and oceans protected status by 2030 and bolster natural carbon sinks in support of the world's climate goals.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 2, 2023

He added that “hydrogen is really the only net zero game in town” for HGVs, since introducing electric models is “not going to happen at any scale or size” by 2040 or even 2050. They’ve got some of the biggest and brightest minds in the world developing those low carbon solutions. The companies include Shell, Cadent and Equinor.

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EDF + Business

AUGUST 17, 2021

C by 2040 – a decade earlier than previously predicted – the private sector must work quickly and ambitiously to prevent climate calamity and protect its bottom line. Address methane. No climate action plan for financial institutions exposed to the oil and gas sector is complete without explicit methane targets. Gabe Malek.

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Business Green

JULY 1, 2021

The strategy outlines plans to drive up recycling rates and cut down waste by improving recycling infrastructure, as well as increasing the capture of potent methane emissions from landfill sites by 85 per cent by 2030.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 22, 2024

This is despite experts warning that the booming LNG industry could contribute more heavily to the climate crisis than the ongoing use of coal, the most carbon-intensive fossil fuel. Even relatively small methane leaks during the process of extracting, shipping, and processing natural gas contribute significantly to global emissions.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Planet-warming gases are emitted across the supply chain, from the carbon dioxide (CO2) produced by clearing forests for pastures and feed crops, and burning petrol and diesel to transport animals and meat, to the methane emitted from animals and their manure. . Second, it would only reduce methane emissions from the cattle.

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Business Green

AUGUST 3, 2021

They also claim any boiler primed to run on low carbon hydrogen but installed initially to run off methane would require "no more than one hour's labour" to convert it to run on hydrogen, should higher volumes of H2 get blended into the gas grid or even replace methane altogether in future.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Canadian pipeline company TC Energy is aiming to expand the volume of methane gas that it ships through a long distance pipeline in the Pacific Northwest, potentially locking in higher gas use despite laws in western states that chart a path away from fossil fuels in the years ahead. million tons of CO2 equivalent per year.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Rules on carbon markets finally wrapped. After six years of torturous negotiations, countries finalised the outstanding elements of the transparency and reporting requirements for countries, as well as the rules around carbon markets - issues collectively known as the "Paris rulebook".

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

As such, CAT - an influential independent group of scientists and experts led by several non-profit organisations - warned that while welcome the various commitments on coal power, methane, finance, and net zero announced so far at the UN Summit in Glasgow risk bringing "false hope of the reality of the warming resulting from government inaction".

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

The world's carbon budget is finite and running out fast; we need a rapid transition to net zero," he said. "We The announcement follows a similar net zero pledge last autumn from Spanish oil giant Repsol , as well as new short term emissions targets from Shell alongside its pledge to halve the carbon footprint of its products by mid-century.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

VS: Traditionally, hydrogen has been industrially produced from the methane contained in natural gas, releasing carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide in the process. They currently have 25GW constructed and a target of another 27+GW by 2040. Courtesy: Equinor). GT: How might green H2 fit into the energy system?

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Business Green

APRIL 15, 2021

The NFU has announced a target for the industry to deliver net zero emissions by 2040 and the sector is widely regarded as critical to the UK's wider net zero emissions by 2050 target given its position as both a major source of direct emissions and a manager of land that is likely to be required to expand natural carbon sinks.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

Huang’s speech points to an industry nervous about its role in a carbon-constrained future. Studies show these activities represent the majority of the sector’s emissions, yet many meat companies exclude them when calculating their carbon footprint. The AAA did not respond when DeSmog asked about its emissions claim.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 6, 2021

With power demand expected to triple by 2040 as India’s population continues to achieve upward mobility, fossil fuels are poised to see continued growth even as the clean energy market thrives. ” “Oh, and by the way, it doesn't emit carbon dioxide or methane,” he added.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 2, 2021

An inside look at pricing in the forest carbon market Wilder Person Tue, 03/02/2021 – 00:05 On June 23, Amazon commenced its $2 billion Climate Pledge Fund to further endeavors to become net-zero by 2040. Instead, carbon project developers that act as the intermediaries between the two making everything happen.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

The government should also aim to halt and reverse nature loss by 2030, and to turn UK land into a net carbon sink by 2040 at the latest by boosting tree cover, restoring peatland, and supporting other natural climate solutions.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

Earlier this year, JBS became the first major global meat and poultry company to commit to net zero emissions by 2040, the most ambitious commitment of its kind in our sector. In Australia, significant progress has already been made, and data from the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Green House Gases on methane from livestock.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

alive", it states that "rapid, deep and sustained" reductions in carbon emissions are needed, and crucially it quantifies those reductions, putting on the record that emissions need to fall 45 per cent by 2030 relative to 2010 levels, before then achieving net zero around mid-century, "as well as deep reductions in other greenhouse gases".

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