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EU closer to enforcing rules on methane emissions in the energy sector

Envirotec Magazine

A coal power plant In Poland. The EU looks ready to enforce new regulations aimed at curbing methane emissions in the energy sector, for the first time. The regulation targets the oil, gas, and coal sectors, imposing new requirements for measuring, reporting, and verifying methane emissions.

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Wastewater sector emits nearly twice as much methane as previously thought

Envirotec Magazine

Municipal wastewater treatment plants emit nearly double the amount of methane into the atmosphere than scientists previously believed, according to new research from Princeton University. He is a professor of civil and environmental engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment. would be about 1.9

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New heights for CCS

Envirotec Magazine

A pilot plant has been operational in Copenhagen for several months and a novel gas monitoring technology has been used to optimize the efficiency of the plant. The Amager Bakke waste-to-energy plant in Copenhagen: Standout features include a rooftop artificial ski slope. Monitoring CC efficiency.

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Methane emissions from gas flaring being hidden from satellite monitors

The Guardian: Energy

Use of enclosed combustors leaves regulators heavily reliant on oil and gas companies’ own flaring data Oil and gas equipment intended to cut methane emissions is preventing scientists from accurately detecting greenhouse gases and pollutants, a satellite image investigation has revealed.

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

GreenBiz

And what energy product will be used both to power this city and sell to the world? The Saudis are going big on something called green hydrogen — a carbon-free fuel made from water by using renewably produced electricity to split hydrogen molecules from oxygen molecules. This summer, a large U.S. This summer, a large U.S.

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UK substantially underestimates its methane emissions from oil and gas production – and many other countries probably do too

Envirotec Magazine

A newer, more accurate method for calculating methane emissions from offshore oil and gas production suggests that the United Kingdom severely underestimates its greenhouse gas emissions. Researchers conclude that as much as five times more methane is being leaked from oil and gas production than reported.

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Methane release from UK shale gas site equivalent to 142 trans-Atlantic flights, says research group

Envirotec Magazine

Fracking operations at a site in Blackpool, UK, have caused an unintended release of methane gas into the atmosphere to the equivalent environmental cost of 142 trans-Atlantic flights according to new research. Three different methods were used to estimate the methane release rate. km deep shale gas well.

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