GreenBiz

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The bank, currently Europe's second largest financier of fossil fuels, has committed to reaching net-zero across its supply chain and operations by 2030, before reaching net-zero across its customer portfolio 20 years later.

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The Guardian: Energy

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

In the push to zero carbon, Europe’s biggest lenders face growing pressure to limit their financial support for fossil fuel companies through direct loans and other financing facilities.

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The Guardian: Energy

MAY 12, 2024

Among world’s top 60 banks those in US are biggest fossil fuel financiers, while Barclays leads way in Europe The world’s big banks have handed nearly $7tn (£5.6tn) in funding to the fossil fuel industry since the Paris agreement to limit carbon emissions, according to research.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 20, 2025

Under the banner of the H2START Hydrogen Valley project, this ambitious initiative is poised to position the Balkan nation as a leader in green hydrogen production and export within Europe. By doing so, it aims to drive the countrys clean energy transition in an economy thats still heavily reliant on fossil fuels.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 18, 2025

GASCADE’s Hydrogen Pipeline Initiative: Pioneering Europe’s Energy Transition The push towards a sustainable energy future continues to gain momentum, with hydrogen emerging as a key player in decarbonization. This marks the first step in what is widely recognized as a game-changing venture for Europes energy landscape.

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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. The tax was launched in 2022 but contained loopholes including tax relief on investments in UK fossil fuel extraction.

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The Guardian: Energy

DECEMBER 6, 2023

In a live online event, Sultan Al Jaber had told Robinson there was “no science out there, or no scenario out there, that says that the phase-out of fossil fuel is what’s going to achieve 1.5C”, a view strongly rejected by many scientists.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

For instance, Germany’s National Hydrogen Strategy marks the country as a leader in hydrogen innovation, though Bosch has raised concerns about the slow pace of prioritizing hydrogen energy in Europe, which the company views as a hurdle to achieving its full potential.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 7, 2024

This story is the third part of a DeSmog series on carbon capture and was developed with the support of Journalismfund Europe and published in partnership with the Guardian. Meanwhile, lobby group the Carbon Capture and Storage Association (CCSA) — which represents dozens of fossil fuel companies — attended 20 meetings, and Equinor 16.

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GreenBiz

MAY 18, 2022

Dependence on imported fossil fuels can never deliver the energy security we need – nor does it allow us to address global climate change. And while renewables are scaling up rapidly, the annual buildout rates are still insufficient to overcome dependence on fossil fuels. Countries are facing an energy and climate crisis.

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GreenBiz

MAY 27, 2020

Moreover, using waste carbon to make chemicals also can reduce manufacturers’ reliance on fossil fuels such as crude petroleum and natural gas, an important factor, particularly for the European Union and China, given the volatility in sourcing and pricing of fossil fuels. Factors driving adoption. But the speed of U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The International Monetary Fund found in September 2022 that the energy crisis was hitting UK households harder than any country in western Europe, due to the UK’s reliance on gas for heating homes. billion invested in fossil fuels via his investment fund Marshall Wace. The channel‘s co-owner, Paul Marshall, has £1.8

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Hydrogen Fuel News

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Certification metrics include lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions assessments to confirm that renewable hydrogen cuts emissions by at least 70% compared to fossil fuels. Ammonia, which needs fewer resources to produce compared to methanol, could significantly reduce fuel costs in sectors like shipping.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 24, 2025

This quantity, described as one of the largest known reserves in Europe, represents nearly half the worlds current hydrogen production. Why Natural Hydrogen Could Revolutionize Energy Hydrogen has long been considered a critical component of the clean energy transition due to its versatility and lack of carbon emissions when used as a fuel.

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The Guardian: Energy

JULY 20, 2024

Countries and companies involved in oil and gas extraction to be asked to join scheme aimed at tackling global heating Fossil-fuel producing countries and companies are being asked to pay into a new international fund to help poor countries cope with the effects of the climate crisis.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

But how does this development compare to other hydrogen housing projects in Europe, and what does this mean for the wider energy transition? Europes Hydrogen Residential Energy Technology Paving the Way Scotlands hydrogen pilot isnt the only one making headlines.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 9, 2025

Energy Minister Miatta Fahnbulleh MP also recently commented that: Anaerobic digestion and biomethane allows us to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels. While the UK is forging ahead with renewable, sustainable electricity supply, less than 1% of the gas consumed by homes and businesses is green gas.

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The Guardian: Energy

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Goal of increasing renewable energy generation 20-fold to be ditched, shareholders to be told this week BP is expected to ditch a target to ramp up renewable energy generation by 2030 as part of a shift back towards fossil fuels when it presents its strategy to investors this week.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Loans and investment fuel growth. Put simply, a bank’s capital can flow towards fossil fuels or renewable energy, towards local business loans or financing environmentally damaging projects. The study was designed to hold a series of in-person focus groups in Europe and the United States.

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The Guardian: Energy

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Britain joins France, Germany, Spain and the Netherlands in withdrawing from charter it says ‘penalises’ shift to net zero The UK is pulling out of a treaty that lets fossil fuel firms sue governments over their climate policies.

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The Guardian: Energy

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Part history, part analysis, part vision for the future, World Without End weaves the story of humanity’s rapacious appetite for fossil fuel energy, how it has made possible the society people take for granted, and its disastrous effects on the climate. Perhaps the most terrifying comic ever drawn. Continue reading.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 26, 2025

This ambitious initiative stands as a pivotal step in Europes ongoing pursuit of climate neutrality and sustainable industrial practices. Green hydrogen, produced through renewable-powered electrolysis, is gaining traction as a viable alternative to fossil fuels.

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The Guardian: Energy

JULY 26, 2024

As it rapidly adopts clean technologies while drilling furiously for oil and gas, the Nordic nation is a paradox The average Norwegian, better known for loving nature than destroying the planet, is more likely than anyone else to drive to work in an electric car and warm their home with a heat pump.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

A new report from InfluenceMap reveals the fossil fuel industry has been waging an international lobbying war to prevent cities and towns from requiring newly built homes and businesses to install climate-friendly heating and other appliances. So far, 26 U.S. So far, 26 U.S. Lobbying in the U.S. Of the 26 U.S.

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PV Tech

DECEMBER 13, 2023

At the COP28 summit, world leaders have called for a global push to triple renewable energy capacity and "transition away" from fossil fuels.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

This state-of-the-art project represents a key step toward delivering low-carbon energy solutions while advancing Europes push for net-zero emissions by 2050. Once completed, the hydrogen produced will connect to Hydrogen Network Rotterdam, a pioneering infrastructure initiative that plans to distribute clean energy across Europe.

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Solar Industry

JUNE 6, 2024

Global investment in clean energy is on track to reach nearly double the amount going to fossil fuels in 2024, according to the IEA ’s latest annual World Energy Investment report. For every dollar going to fossil fuels today, almost two dollars are invested in clean energy,” says Fatih Birol, IEA’s Executive Director.

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Canary Media

JULY 10, 2024

The technology is relatively simple and could be deployed now to solve two big energy transition challenges: First, it could replace fossil-fueled… Thermal energy storage uses cheap, clean electricity to bring rocks, bricks, or molten metals to red-hot temperatures, then taps that heat later to do all sorts of work.

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The Guardian: Energy

JULY 29, 2024

Cop29 host Baku has cleaned up since its Black City days – but this summit needs to do more than whitewash the facade of a petrostate Just a few miles from the site of the next UN climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, is a district that for more than a century was known as Black City.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The battery is the largest battery directly connected to the transmission network in Europe, connecting at 275,000 volts, and the first in the world to have a commercial contract to provide reactive power.

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The Guardian: Energy

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The petrostate’s stance came as a sharp rebuke to its neighbour and close ally Saudi Arabia, which had been trying to unpick the global commitment at UN climate talks in Azerbaijan this week.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

DECEMBER 26, 2024

The consortium included Renfe, CAF, Toyota Motor Europe, and CNH2, among others, all working to develop a prototype train equipped with a Fuel Cell Hybrid PowerPack (FCHPP). Transitioning to hydrogen fuel cells offers an opportunity to dramatically reduce CO2 emissions while maintaining efficiency and reach.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 23, 2021

EIA and IEA are out with projections for emissions and fossil fuel consumption. And even though renewables will be the fastest-growing new source of energy, hydrocarbon liquid fuels will meet the majority of demand. Finally, Europe is in a crisis headed into winter. And they don’t look good.

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Canary Media

MARCH 28, 2024

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 fundamentally changed the energy landscape in Europe, as Germany, France and their neighbors scrambled to ditch Russian fossil fuels. The effort showed how quickly a modern economy can change its energy sources when it really tries. Last year, European nations erected…

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Hydrogen Fuel News

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Hydrogen is already heavily used in refining, and replacing conventional hydrogen (produced from fossil fuels) with green hydrogen can substantially lower the overall carbon footprint. On a broader scale, the initiative fits neatly into Europes renewable energy goals, as outlined under the European Green Deal.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 8, 2025

Research has also identified potential reserves in Australia, Eastern Europe, and parts of the United States, particularly in areas with ancient rock formations or tectonic activity. This discovery highlights the potential for further exploration in Europe, particularly in regions with favorable geological conditions.

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Charged

MAY 10, 2022

The fossil fuel industry’s takeover of public charging infrastructure continues. This week, ABB announced plans to supply charging stations to Shell, and Volkswagen and bp unveiled a charger in Dusseldorf, Germany that will be the first unit in a planned network of fast chargers across Europe.

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