GreenBiz

MAY 11, 2021

Corporate signatories to the Climate Pledge have committed to net zero by 2040. Electrification — transforming cars, buildings, factories and other things to operate on electricity rather than, say, oil or natural gas — is a fast-emerging field. However, Germany just committed to reaching this goal by 2045.

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R-Squared Energy

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

The WEO projects global energy supply and demand through 2040, under three different scenario assumptions: The Current Policies Scenario (CPS) shows what happens if the world continues along its present path, without any additional changes in policy. each year to 2040. Energy demand would have to fall from current levels through 2040.

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Energy Central

JANUARY 7, 2025

In a continent where energy demand is expected to surge by 30% by 2040, reliable energy solutions are no longer optional—they’re critical. Natural gas is emerging as a game-changer, helping to close the energy gap while supporting economic growth and addressing climate concerns.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 29, 2020

A request for information (RFI) released this week is the opening step toward meeting CPS’ “ Flexible Path ” plan, which calls for an 80 percent non-carbon-emitting energy portfolio by 2040 and reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. Sommers natural-gas power plants. “We are looking at this capacity.to

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Solar Power World

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Study finds decarbonizing Colorado would also lower electric rates Denver, Colorado A new report found replacing Colorado’s aging coal plants with a mix of wind, solar-plus-storage and some natural gas, combined with electrifying transport and buildings, would reduce Colorado electric costs by more than 15% by 2040.

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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.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 9, 2023

C reduction in global heating by 2040 and contributing to the larger target of maintaining global temperature rise within the 1.5°C While there are many sources of methane emissions, including natural sources such as wetlands, one of the biggest contributors is natural gas production and distribution. How do leaks occur?

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Because those centers require enormous amounts of electricity, with a ChatGPT query using almost ten times more power than a regular Google search, top executives at TC Energy now argue that AI is helping push gas demand to “record highs.” That $11 billion pipeline connects vast gas reserves in northeastern B.C.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

gigawatt generation fleet from 52 percent to 40 percent, while reducing natural gas and oil from 38 percent to 26 percent. To get to 80 percent, the company plans to retire all coal plants in the 2040-2050 timeframe, except its Iatan 2 plant in Missouri, the newest and cleanest in its fleet. million electric and 1.8

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Building electrification is a core component of SMUD’s strategy to reach carbon neutrality by 2040. SMUD expects 80 percent of buildings in its area to be all-electric by 2040, up from 17 percent today. A holistic vision. The tensions about electrification policies can be felt outside of California as well.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Power-to-gas involves using excess renewable power to manufacture carbon-neutral synthetic methane. That methane can then be liquidized, transported using existing LNG carries, and fed into the existing natural-gas networks. This fuel is carbon-neutral and can be used in flexible gas generation in place of natural gas.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

MARCH 25, 2024

Munich city utility Stadtwerke München (SWM) has laid out a plan for the heating transition in Munich, Germany that aims to establish CO2-neutral heating by 2040 at the latest, ahead of the 2045 target set by the federal government. The network is expected to grow by a further 600 kilometers by 2040.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 16, 2024

Traditional ammonia is known as ‘grey’ because it uses natural gas, but if carbon capture is used to remove carbon dioxide emissions, the ammonia is labelled ‘blue’. There are several types of ammonia, each attributed a colour according to its production method.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JUNE 19, 2024

  The Kvitnos is based in Rotterdam and travels north along the Norwegian coast.    It travels as far as Hammerfest.    It is a 4,900 dwt RoRo multipurpose vessel.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 25, 2020

And Wood Mackenzie's research indicates that the cost of green hydrogen will fall by 64 percent by 2040 as the market scales up. “On average, green hydrogen production costs will equal fossil-fuel-based hydrogen by 2040,” said Ben Gallagher, Wood Mackenzie senior research analyst and author of the new report, in a statement.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 4, 2021

That's one reason a group of fleet leaders who spoke at the GreenBiz VERGE 20 conference late last year said they’re integrating renewable natural gas and other efficiency improvements alongside a long-term push to electrify. Rivian’s agreement with Amazon promises 10,000 vans by the end of 2022 and 100,000 by 2030.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 23, 2020

The company set an “aspiration” to reach net-zero carbon by 2050 and eliminate all coal power plants from its fleet by 2040. Coal made up 31 percent of its capacity as of 2018, while natural gas accounted for about 42 percent. Wisconsin-based utility Alliant Energy has joined the ranks of U.S.

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Business Green

JULY 1, 2020

Equinor has unveiled plans to build a "world-leading" facility at a chemicals park near Hull that would produce hydrogen from natural gas in combination with carbon capture and storage (CCS). The Saltend Chemicals Park, which comprises chemical plants and Triton Power's combined gas turbine power station currently emits around 3.5

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Solar Power World

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

A new report commissioned by Community Energy finds that replacing Colorado’s aging coal plants with a mix of wind and solar backed by battery storage and some natural gas, and electrifying transport and buildings, would reduce Colorado electric costs and average rates by more than 15% by 2040 and produce annual savings in excess of… The post (..)

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 8, 2020

The figures include carbon emissions scenarios through 2040, plus annual solar, storage and wind forecasts through 2025. Batteries will become a key grid asset during the first half of the 2020s, and long-duration projects will start to displace diesel, oil and natural-gas plants. The Energy Transition in 4 Charts (August 2019).

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The largest natural gas infrastructure firm in Europe has launched a new hydrogen business and increased its financing for low carbon projects. Snam, which runs the Italian gas grid and is active in France, Greece and the U.K., Snam forecasts falling costs for green hydrogen , produced with electricity from renewables.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 17, 2022

With natural gas representing a major source of methane emissions, Doug Baer, PhD, Global Product Line Manager for Laser Analyzers at ABB, looks at the role that accurate gas leak measurement can play in helping to ensure that the pledge’s methane reduction targets are met. HoverGuard™ flying over a city. How do leaks occur?

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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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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 28, 2020

CPS closed two coal-fired power plants in 2018 and is examining the future of some of its single-cycle, natural-gas-fired power plants, Gold-Williams said. CPS serves more than 840,000 electric and 350,000 natural-gas customer accounts, or about 1.9

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Charged

MAY 30, 2023

Major cities are also regulating stinkpots out of existence—the ICCT reports that over half our Europe’s capital cities plan to have only zero-emission buses on their roads by 2040. The transition is taking place more slowly than many would wish.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 7, 2020

The plan requires 3 to 4 gigawatts offshore wind capacity, rising to 10 gigawatts by 2040 — all dedicated to the production of green hydrogen. The Netherlands has a dense concentration of natural-gas pipelines, with a sizable portion of North Sea gas destined for continental Europe landing there first.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 1, 2021

Take the Intermountain Power Project , the coal-fired power plant in Utah converting to turbines that will use natural gas blended with 30 percent hydrogen, a proportion that will rise to 100 percent hydrogen over the coming decades. does have a few projects taking steps toward proving out the concept. green hydrogen market landscape.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 22, 2022

The study, published in the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) journal The Geographical Journal , highlights that global demand for sulphuric acid is set to rise significantly from ‘246 to 400 million tonnes’ by 2040 – a result of more intensive agriculture and the world moving away from fossil fuels.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Repsol's announcement underscores the pressure that oil and gas companies, and particularly those based in Europe, are under to acknowledge the long-term financial challenges of their carbon-intensive business models. If necessary, it will offset its remaining emissions through reforestation and other natural climate sinks.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JULY 26, 2024

Among these benefits include lowering carbon dioxide emissions by using renewable energy sources to power the production process instead of natural gas. PepsiCo potato farmers who participated in the first phase of the program, are equally pleased with the results and the benefits of using the new crop solutions.

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Greenability Magazine

JANUARY 5, 2022

Currently, Evergy’s energy mix includes coal, solar, wind, natural gas, nuclear, biogas and hydro-power. Evergy plans call for the retirement of nearly all remaining coal generating plants by 2040 with the addition of nearly 4,500MWs of renewable and zero-carbon emitting resources over the second decade of the plan.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 24, 2020

New York passed legislation in 2019 requiring an electricity mix that is 70 percent renewable by 2030 and entirely carbon-free by 2040, compared to just under 30 percent of its in-state generation mix coming from renewable as of 2018.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

and globally by 2040. More broadly, the company is moving toward a "climate positive" value chain by 2040, embracing science-based targets. It’s easy to see why Pacific Gas & Electric snapped her up in November from Consumers Energy in Michigan, where she was on track to fold its coal and nuclear operations by 2040.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 8, 2020

” The analyst firm predicts the cost of green hydrogen will fall by up to 64 percent by 2040, on a level with traditional forms of production from fossil fuel feedstocks.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 25, 2020

The analysis models out to 2040 the costs and economic and carbon impacts of creating an interstate grid operator for the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 9, 2021

This study will focus on opportunities surrounding green hydrogen to align the state’s hydrogen strategy with the existing mandates for 70 percent renewable electricity by 2030 and 100 percent zero-emission electricity by 2040. The project will begin in fall 2021 and is expected to last six to eight weeks.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

In June, international onshore and offshore wind energy developer Ørsted committed to achieving a carbon-neutral footprint by 2040. Coal-fired power plants fare even more poorly in comparison to wind, with estimates ranging from 675 to 1,689 grams of CO2 per kilowatt-hour, depending on the exact technology in question.

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