GreenTechMedia

JULY 1, 2020

Green hydrogen may get all the headlines, but the prospect of it fueling Europe's future hydrogen economy on its own looks increasingly questionable. Blue hydrogen is produced from natural gas, with carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology scooping up the resulting CO2. Meanwhile, the U.K. They know that they need it.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 3, 2023

Salmon might seem like a good alternative to meat, in a world that needs to shift away from carbon-intensive cattle — at least the fish farming industry would have you see it that way. Carbon Capture and Storage. Below, a handful of DeSmog writers dive into the issues they’ll be watching in 2023. Aquaculture. Next year you will.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 19, 2024

Energy-from-Waste (EfW) operator enfinium signed an agreement – on 19 March – with green technology company Hitachi Zosen Inova (HZI) to install the UK’s first carbon capture pilot plant at an EfW facility. The aims of the pilot is to demonstrate the use of carbon capture technology at EfW facilities.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Toyota’s Vision for Carbon Neutrality: A Showcase of Innovation Also at the upcoming show, Toyota will highlight its pioneering efforts towards carbon neutrality with two other groundbreaking projects: the Liquid Hydrogen-Powered GR Corolla and the Sweep Energy Storage System.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 12, 2021

The paper identifies five core green policy areas that policymakers should focus on — green energy, low-carbon transport, natural capital, green building upgrades and green research and development (R&D) — and highlights successful green spending programs to date. billion has been spent on low-carbon transport, $28.9 Meanwhile, $86.1

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Tech giant Microsoft has this week formally joined the European Corporate Leaders Group (CLG Europe), building on its recent commitment to become a net negative emission company. CLG Europe brings together influential European businesses which share the aim of delivering climate neutrality through "progressive public policy".

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The Drax power plant in North Yorkshire is the UK’s biggest single-point source of carbon dioxide emissions, and is fed by a constant supply of wood pellets shipped to the UK on enormous vessels, mostly form North America. Birds and plants, and forests’ important carbon stores, are being damaged by this industry.

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The Verge: Energy

MAY 6, 2024

Photo: Getty Images Microsoft is doubling down on a controversial plan to capture carbon dioxide emissions from wood-burning power plants. Since that fuel comes from trees that can theoretically regrow to capture as much carbon dioxide as the power plant releases by burning wood, proponents see it as a carbon-neutral source of energy.

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POWER Magazine

MARCH 1, 2024

GW Drax Power Station in northeastern England—once Western Europe’s largest coal-fired power plant—is poised to pioneer bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS), a negative emissions The post UK’s Drax Eyes U.S. for Bioenergy CCS Expansion Drive appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 21, 2022

But now Europe is poised to enact laws that would not only recognise the harms of chemical-intensive agriculture, but also to ensure that synthetic pesticide and fertiliser use is significantly reduced. As pesticide trade body CropLife Europe says: “let’s focus on transition, not just targets”.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

million tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2020, including 13.2 million from burning biomass, according to environmental law charity ClientEarth – is sponsoring an event called “How Can the UK Build a Zero Carbon, Lower Cost Energy Future?” Drax – which emitted 19.4 at the Labour conference in Brighton on Monday.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Labour’s energy spokesperson has said he stands “completely” with biomass giant Drax, despite admitting that its use of wood pellets in its North Yorkshire power station is not carbon neutral. The speakers at the panel event, “How Can the UK Build a Zero Carbon, Lower Cost Energy Future?” Completely With Them’.

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Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2022

According to the survey of over 1,000 senior business decisionmakers, 29 per cent said UK businesses have a strategy for achieving carbon net zero. He continued: "In the wake of COP26, we need to work together, share expertise, innovate and research new sustainable solutions so carbon net zero can become a reality, rather than a goal.".

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

If successfully commercialized, Modvion’s solution would solve the transport problem, while also replacing carbon intensive-steel with what could be a carbon-negative alternative. Svoldgaard said there was scope for production in Europe, U.S. million to $7.2 million) at a time.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 26, 2024

But discussions of natural gas’ negative aspects — namely excessive, typically underreported methane emissions that are considerably worse for the climate than carbon emissions — did not take place. Renewable carbon gases is a euphemism for biomass and hydrogen, among others.

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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.

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Business Green

AUGUST 10, 2021

The UK is committed to achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050 and this year's edition of National Grid ESO's 'Future Energy Scenarios' shows that a 2035 clean power sector driven by a massive expansion of renewables is now the benchmark for the UK if it is to reach this goal. Zero carbon power by 2035. Credit: Ember.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

The conference, which is being held from 22 to 25 September in Liverpool, is one of the largest political gatherings in Europe and will feature set piece speeches from Labour’s newly-elected Cabinet ministers. Drax disputes this claim.

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Business Green

MARCH 18, 2022

Latest batch of carbon analysis from electronics giant reveals how clean technologies can help slash emissions from transportation and distribution. The German-headquartered company first started collecting carbon data in 2020, and as such the data unveiled yesterday provides the first year-on-year comparison of its climate impact.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 18, 2021

The adverts regularly highlight the companies’ preferred solutions to climate change — from carbon capture and storage, to experimental algae biofuels, and investment in renewable energy sources — without being open about the small percentage of overall investment allocated to these technologies, nor their various limitations.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 4, 2024

The wood pellets Drax produces are treated as “carbon neutral” under international accounting rules, based on an assumption that new-growth trees will capture the carbon lost by wood burnt for electricity. and Canada to meet a rising demand for biomass-fuelled energy in Europe and Asia.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 22, 2021

InfluenceMap said two of the most egregious examples are the Airlines for Europe, an aviation trade group, and the European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA), a lobby for the maritime shipping industry. Credit: Frans Berkelaar. CC BY-ND 2.0. ECSA also opposed including shipping in the cap-and-trade system.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 16, 2023

This story is part of a DeSmog series on the influence wielded by the gas lobby in Europe BERLIN, Germany — Germany’s push to achieve climate neutrality by 2045 could, by some projections , soon turn the vast network of natural gas pipelines powering the country’s homes and industry into one of Europe’s biggest stranded assets.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Others that have been active in pushing for the EU to continue to allow the use of certain controversial chemicals, include CropLife Europe and The Glyphosate Renewal Group. The documents leaked in the Corporate Europe Observatory investigation were “part of lobbying work that is done in all stakeholder groups.

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Business Green

MARCH 5, 2021

UN argues 'rapid deployment' of CCUS needed to meet carbon neutrality goals. The report from the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) argues that contrary to popular opinion the CCUS sector already comprises a "vast portfolio of existing technologies that are economically viable".

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Business Green

JANUARY 27, 2020

From nurturing ocean carbon sinks to encouraging marine clean tech, there are steps all businesses can take to accelerate progress towards SDG14. While most people are aware of the role forests play in soaking up carbon dioxide, fewer know that oceans do the same. Shift perspective on the seas.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Not only does reclaimed lumber give that rustic, farmhouse look and possess some unique history within its grain, but it also helps preserve our carbon-sequestering forests and rejects monoculture tree farms that do not support biodiversity or ecological health. Eco-Friendly, Ethically-Sourced Building Materials. RECLAIMED LUMBER.

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Business Green

MAY 24, 2021

Fresh analysis warns plans for UK's largest BECCS facility in North Yorkshire could prove more expensive for billpayers than Hinkley Point C, but developer Drax rejects calculations and insists carbon capture technology is likely to prove a crucial component of the net zero transition.

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Business Green

APRIL 27, 2020

Today [April 28] the European Corporate Leaders Group (CLG Europe) released a new report revealing how a transition to a net-zero labour market can alleviate some of the most negative impacts of future megatrends and lead to better outcomes for Europe. Stimulus spending.

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Low Impact

AUGUST 29, 2021

It proposes to make Europe the first continent to reach carbon neutrality by 2050 and the first to deliver a climate law with binding emissions targets. But in Europe, only 0.1% Once approved, the law will set legally binding targets for carbon emission reductions. It’s not just the energy lobby. Image: InterAlia.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 10, 2021

The first 11 months of 2020 were the hottest on record in the Northern Hemisphere, Europe experienced its warmest autumn ever, and the Arctic sea ice coverage was 16% lower than the 1981-2010 average. There has been an estimated 6% drop in carbon emissions due to altered lifestyles in COVID-19. Top Carbon Emission Contributors.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 3, 2021

The remaining 20 percent represents investments outside of fossil fuels, in areas such as renewables, carbon capture and storage, and research into new green technologies. . The companies analyzed were selected to represent a range of scale and location across Europe. A Focus on ‘Net Zero’.

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Business Green

MAY 17, 2020

And the negative impact of climate change on habitat and diversity are far more profound than that caused by the wildlife trade. Opportunities from a zero carbon economy. A growing number of multinational corporations, local governments and countries have committed to achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Gardiner added that the sale would also allow the company, which has pledged to become 'carbon negative' by 2030 largely by rolling out innovative carbon capture and storage with biomass technology at its flagship power station in North Yorkshire, to reduce its carbon emissions and meet its climate goals. "By

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Business Green

MAY 5, 2020

The plans are in line with a strategy to develop Total "as a broad-energy company", a company statement explained, where low-carbon electricity and carbon-neutrality solutions are offered alongside its traditional oil and gas offerings. Energy markets are changing, driven by climate change, technology and societal expectations.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

MAY 14, 2021

Moreover, Youngman’s slides tracked dramatically increased corporate commitments announced in 2020 towards net zero and/or science based carbon reduction targets, most of which seemed unimaginable just two to three years ago. In 2020, she set herself the goal of living carbon neutral.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Up to 85 percent of the emissions from buildings in Europe and North America could be mitigated, according to the IPCC, as could up to 45 percent of emissions from buildings in Australia, another major consumer of natural gas. But the rise of heat pumps and other energy-efficient appliances means its possible to make big changes. In the E.U.,

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