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IINO Lines, J-POWER and Norsepower partner to install rotor sail on a dedicated coal carrier

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JULY 10, 2023

IINO Kaiun Kaisha and Electric Power Development (J-POWER) have agreed to install the rotor sail (wind propulsion auxiliary device) manufactured by Norsepower on the dedicated coal carrier YODOHIME (completed in February 2016).

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Coal Installation Wind Power

As states continue to use less coal for electricity, driving electric vehicles becomes even cleaner

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NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Battery electric vehicles are only as clean as the energy source used to generate the electricity that powers them. These results indicate that coal and oil are the energy sources leading to most emissions, and that hydro, wind, and nuclear are the energy sources leading to least emissions. Natural gas. from coal.

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Rhodium Group estimates US GHG fell 2.1% in 2019, driven by coal decline

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JANUARY 8, 2020

The Rhodium Group, an independent research provider, estimates that, after a sharp uptick in 2018, US greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions fell by 2.1% This decline was due almost entirely to a drop in coal consumption. Coal-fired power generation fell by a record 18% year-on-year to its lowest level since 1975. Coal-driven decline.

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Coal 2019 2018 Gas-Electric

Carbon emissions from generating electricity for electric vehicles vary greatly across the individual US states

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MAY 1, 2023

by Michael Sivak, Sivak Applied Research The overall advantage of battery electric over gasoline vehicles, in terms of well-to-wheels emissions of greenhouse gases, has been well documented. However, the emissions of electric vehicles depend greatly on the energy source used to generate the electricity that powers them.

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West Virginia Emissions Carbon Vermont

Harvard team finds large-scale US wind power would cause warming that would take roughly a century to offset

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OCTOBER 5, 2018

All large-scale energy systems have environmental impacts, and the ability to compare the impacts of renewable energy sources is an important step in planning a future without coal or gas power. In the journal Joule , Harvard researchers report the most accurate modelling yet of how increasing wind power would affect climate.

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Wind Power Powered Climate

RWE and ArcelorMittal intend to build and operate offshore wind farms and hydrogen facilities for low-emissions steelmaking

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JUNE 23, 2022

Energy company RWE and steel producer ArcelorMittal have signed a memorandum of understanding to work together to develop, build and operate offshore wind farms and hydrogen facilities that will supply the renewable energy and green hydrogen required to produce low-emissions steel in Germany.

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Wind Hydrogen Emissions Building

IEA: global electricity demand growing faster than renewables, driving strong increase in generation from coal

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JULY 15, 2021

Renewables are expanding quickly but not enough to satisfy a strong rebound in global electricity demand this year, resulting in a sharp rise in the use of coal power that risks pushing carbon dioxide emissions from the electricity sector to record levels next year, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency.

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Coal Renewable Global Iraq

Bloomberg NEF forecasts falling battery prices enabling surge in wind and solar to 50% of global generation by 2050

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JUNE 19, 2018

This year’s outlook is the first to highlight the significant impact that falling battery costs will have on the electricity mix over the coming decades. BNEF predicts that lithium-ion battery prices, already down by nearly 80% per megawatt-hour since 2010, will continue to tumble as electric vehicle manufacturing builds up through the 2020s.

Wind

Wind Solar Global Coal

IEA: global CO2 emissions rebounded to their highest level in history in 2021; largely driven by China

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MARCH 9, 2022

billion tonnes, their highest ever level, as the world economy rebounded strongly from the COVID-19 crisis and relied heavily on coal to power that growth, according to new IEA analysis. Coal accounted for over 40% of the overall growth in global CO 2 emissions in 2021, reaching an all-time high of 15.3 billion tonnes. billion tonnes.

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Emissions Global Coal China

Ørsted and partners secure funding for H2RES project; offshore wind power to produce renewable hydrogen for road transport

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DECEMBER 23, 2019

The plant will use electricity from offshore wind turbines to produce renewable hydrogen for buses, trucks and potentially taxis. Hydrogen may also be produced by means of electrolysis, a process in which electricity is used to split water into hydrogen and oxygen.

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Wind Hydrogen Renewable Transportation

EIA expects increased US crude oil production, with continued high petroleum prices in 2022

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MAY 11, 2022

EIA also published its annual Summer Electricity Industry Outlook , which forecasts that continued US economic growth will increase electricity use by 0.4% EIA forecasts that retail sales of electricity to the industrial sector will grow by 2.8% of US electricity generation this summer, up from 9.6% and by 1.5%

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EIA: US electricity generation from coal and natural gas both increased with summer heat

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OCTOBER 19, 2012

In August 2012, coal produced 39% of US electricity, up from a low of 32% in April 2012, when the natural gas share of generation equaled that of coal. The August coal share of generation is still notably lower than the 50% annual average over the 1990-2010 period. Data for 2011 and 2012 are preliminary.

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Coal Gas-Electric Gas 2012

SAF company DG Fuels closes investments with two Japanese companies

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JULY 29, 2023

These facilities typically use approximately one ton of coal to produce one BBL of hydrocarbons, with a life cycle CO 2 emissions calculation that is slightly worse than equivalent fuels derived from conventional oil refining. DGF replaces the coal gasification used by others with biomass gasification and natural gas reforming.

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Stanford study finds current carbon capture technology inefficient & increases air pollution

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OCTOBER 27, 2019

Even if you have 100 percent capture from the capture equipment, it is still worse, from a social cost perspective, than replacing a coal or gas plant with a wind farm because carbon capture never reduces air pollution and always has a capture equipment cost. In both plants, natural gas turbines power the equipment.

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Pollution Carbon Coal Wind

BloombergNEF: solar, wind, batteries to attract $10T to 2050; curbing emissions long-term will require other technologies

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JUNE 19, 2019

Deep declines in wind, solar and battery technology costs will result in a grid nearly half-powered by the two fast-growing renewable energy sources by 2050, according to the latest projections from BloombergNEF (BNEF). Electricity demand is set to increase 62%, resulting in global generating capacity almost tripling between 2018 and 2050.

Wind

Wind Solar Emissions Batteries

BNEF: wind and solar boost cost-competitiveness versus fossil fuels

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OCTOBER 6, 2015

The levelized cost of electricity analysis for H2 2015 shows onshore wind to be fully competitive against gas and coal in some parts of the world, while solar is closing the gap. Our report shows wind and solar power continuing to get cheaper in 2015, helped by cheaper technology but also by lower finance costs.

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Wind Solar Coal Fuel

Energy Vault to provide 1.6 GWh of gravity energy storage to support DG Fuels SAF projects

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OCTOBER 31, 2021

The system uses proprietary technology to autonomously orchestrate the lifting and lowering of the bricks, storing the potential energy in the elevation gain, and generating then discharging electricity as the bricks are lowered. DGF replaces the coal gasification used by others with biomass gasification and natural gas reforming.

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Energy Storage Energy Fuel Louisiana

EIA: CO2 emissions from US power sector have declined 28% since 2005

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DECEMBER 24, 2018

US electric power sector CO 2 emissions have declined 28% since 2005 because of slower electricity demand growth and changes in the mix of fuels used to generate electricity, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). If electricity demand had continued to increase at the average rate from 1996 to 2005 (1.9%

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2005 Emissions Power Powered

EIA: US energy-related CO2 fell by 2.8% in 2019, slightly below 2017 levels

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MAY 11, 2020

In 2019, CO 2 emissions from petroleum fuels—nearly half of which are associated with motor gasoline consumption—fell by 0.8%, and CO 2 emissions from the use of natural gas increased by 3.3%. The United States now emits less CO 2 from coal than from motor gasoline. Total net electricity generation fell by 1.5%

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2019 CO2 Energy 2017

ICCT LCA study finds only battery and hydrogen fuel-cell EVs have potential to be very low-GHG passenger vehicle pathways

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JULY 21, 2021

In addition to its regional and temporal scope, this study is distinct from earlier LCA literature in four key aspects: This study considers the lifetime average carbon intensity of the fuel and electricity mixes, including biofuels and biogas.

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Hydrogen Fuel Batteries Battery

EIA projects increases in global energy consumption and emissions through 2050

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OCTOBER 7, 2021

Renewables will be the primary source for new electricity generation, but natural gas, coal, and increasingly batteries will be used to help meet load and support grid reliability. EIA projects electricity generation to almost double in developing non-OECD countries by 2050. —Stephen Nalley.

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Global Energy Emissions Asia

Air France KLM signs 210M gallon SAF offtake agreement with DG Fuels

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NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The feed-stock reduction is achieved primarily by supplementing the process with oxygen and hydrogen produced by water electrolysis units that are powered by clean wind and solar generated electricity. DGF replaces the coal gasification used by others with biomass gasification and natural gas reforming.

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Carbon emissions in port of Rotterdam drop more swiftly than national average

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APRIL 30, 2021

The port’s total emissions volume combines those released by industrial production (refineries, chemical companies) and electricity generation (gas- and coal-fired power plants). As a result of this swift decrease, companies in the port of Rotterdam are currently responsible for 13.5%

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Carbon Emissions Netherlands Coal

4 companies jointly propose $8B green energy initiative for LA area; Wyoming wind, Utah storage, transmission

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Four companies—Pathfinder Renewable Wind Energy, Magnum Energy, Dresser-Rand and Duke-American Transmission—have proposed a first-in-the-US, $8-billion green energy initiative that would bring large amounts of clean electricity to the Los Angeles area by 2023. million megawatt-hours per year vs. 3.9 million megawatt-hours.

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Utah Wyoming Wind Los Angeles

CMU study finds that coal retirement is needed for EVs to reduce air pollution

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FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Electric vehicles charged in coal-heavy regions can create more human health and environmental damages from life cycle air emissions than gasoline vehicles, according to a new consequential life cycle analysis by researchers from Carnegie Mellon University.

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Coal Pollution Grid Gasoline-Electric

3 Oil Majors That Bet Big On Renewables

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AUGUST 31, 2020

An analysis of near-term spending plans on renewables by the biggest oil and gas companies shows that real investments in renewable energy will continue to pale in comparison to capex plans for greenfield fossil fuel projects. Indeed, much of Big Oil's reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions leans on the so-called natural gas bridge.

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Oil Renewable Wind Gas-Electric

UK to award £54M to 15 projects developing innovative carbon removal technology

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JULY 10, 2022

The money will help projects further develop their greenhouse gas removal technologies, which include a machine that can pull carbon dioxide out of the air, a plant to convert household waste into hydrogen for use in the transport industry, and a system to remove carbon dioxide from seawater. Biohydrogen Greenhouse Gas Removal Demonstration”.

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Carbon Coal Gas-Electric Waste

IEA: global energy demand rose by 2.3% in 2018, fastest pace in the last decade; CO2 emissions up 1.7%

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MARCH 26, 2019

Natural gas emerged as the fuel of choice, posting the biggest gains and accounting for 45% of the rise in energy consumption. Gas demand growth was especially strong in the United States and China. Solar and wind generation grew at double-digit pace, with solar alone increasing by 31%. Energy demand worldwide grew by 2.3%

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2018 Global Emissions Energy

IBM introduces new wind and solar forecasting system for utilities; big data analytics and weather modeling to predict output

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AUGUST 12, 2013

The solution combines weather prediction and big data analytics to forecast accurately the availability of wind power and solar energy. By utilizing local weather forecasts, HyRef can predict the performance of each individual wind turbine and estimate the amount of generated renewable energy.

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Wind Solar Grid Power Grid

Statkraft to install GE Rotating Stabilizers in grid-stabilization project in Scotland

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JULY 13, 2020

Rotating Stabilizers can help reduce emissions and maintain grid performance by providing the same synchronous inertia as coal or gas power plants without the associated CO 2 emissions and high running costs. This flexible technology can be deployed as/when required by the system operator.

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Grid Installation Conversion Wind

BNEF, Snam, IGU report finds global gas industry set to resume growth post-pandemic; low-carbon technologies for long-term growth

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AUGUST 7, 2020

After growing by more than 2% in 2019, global gas use is set to fall by around 4% in 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic reduces energy consumption across the global economies. The report shows that medium-term growth will come from increasing cost-competitiveness and increased global access to gas. Low-carbon gas.

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Gas Global Industrial Industry

The Complex Calculus of Clean Energy and Zero Emissions

Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Congress has provided hundreds of billions of dollars to speed the deployment of clean-energy technologies. As legislation worked its way through Congress, Jenkins’s team provided elected officials, staffers, and stakeholders with a running tally of the possible trade-offs and payoffs in emissions, jobs, and economic growth.

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Clean Cleaning Energy Emissions

IEA: COVID-19 crisis causing the biggest fall in global energy investment in history

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MAY 31, 2020

Oil accounts for most of this decline as, for the first time, global consumer spending on oil is set to fall below the amount spent on electricity. Global investment in oil and gas is expected to fall by almost one-third in 2020. Today’s investment trends are clear warning signs for future electricity security. —Dr Birol.

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Global Energy Coal 2020

CMU researchers find controlled charging of PHEVs can cut cost of integration into electricity system by 54-73%; higher benefits with wind power

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JANUARY 24, 2014

In a new study published in the journal Applied Energy , Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) researchers found that controlled charging of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) reduces the costs of integrating the vehicles into an electricity system by 54–73% depending on the scenario.

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Wind PHEV Cost Of Power

Los Angeles takes steps to transition out of coal-fired power earlier than required by state law

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MARCH 20, 2013

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) has taken steps to transition out of the use of coal-fired electricity earlier than mandated by California state law. LADWP currently owns a 21% interest in the 2250 megawatt (MW) Navajo Generating Station, receiving 477 MW of coal-fired power from the plant.

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Hydro-Québec will support the clean hydrogen sector in Québec

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DECEMBER 8, 2019

Decarbonizing the economy to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is one of the company’s priorities. Renewable natural gas. In November, Hydro-Québec published a snapshot of its energy resources which presents the company’s forecasts regarding its future electricity needs and the means by which it will meet them.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Clean Cleaning Gas-Electric

Study finds climate impact of hydropower varies widely

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NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Although hydropower is broadly considered to be much more environmentally friendly than electricity generated from fossil fuels (e.g., Although hydropower is broadly considered to be much more environmentally friendly than electricity generated from fossil fuels (e.g.,

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Climate Climate Change Coal Gas-Electric

EIA expects US motor fuel consumption to increase this summer, but remain below 2019 levels

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APRIL 7, 2021

EIA expects that the share of electric power generated with natural gas in the United States will average 36% in 2021 and 35% in 2022, down from 39% in 2020. The forecast share for natural gas declines in response to a 39% increase in the price of natural gas delivered to electricity generators from an average of $2.39/MMBtu

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2019 Fuel Coal 2020

Trestle Energy and Larksen partner to reduce CO2 from ethanol and coal power

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JUNE 2, 2016

Trestle and Larksen’s integrated approach furthers ethanol producers’ ability to scale up production of low carbon biofuels and allows existing power plants to generate electricity with the cost and reliability of coal and with carbon emissions similar to wind.

Coal

Coal Energy Power Powered

GlobalData: hydrogen to become game changer as large-scale source of cleaner power

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JULY 6, 2020

In the short- to medium-term, hydrogen technology could be used to replace compressed natural gas (CNG) in some areas with minor changes to the existing infrastructure, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. of electricity generation, mainly within the steel sector, petrochemical plants and refineries.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Cleaner Power Powered

DOE: US average EV CO2e/year is 4,815 lbs, vs. 11,435 lbs for average gasoline car

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NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Although all-electric vehicles (EVs) produce zero tailpipe emissions, there are upstream emissions of greenhouse gases from electricity production. Using electricity production data by source and state, the DOE’s Alternative Fuels Data Center has estimated the annual carbon dioxide (CO 2 e)-equivalent emissions of a typical EV.

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Gasoline Vermont Alternative Fuels Coal

BP Statistical Review finds global oil share down for 12th year in a row, coal share up to highest level since 1969; renewables at 2%

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JUNE 13, 2012

Oil demand grew by less than 1%—the slowest rate amongst fossil fuels—while gas grew by 2.2%, and coal was the only fossil fuel with above average annual consumption growth at 5.4% Gas production globally grew by 3.1%; the US recorded 7.7% The EU’s decline in gas production was the highest on record (-11.4%).

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EIA expects record global petroleum consumption in 2024, with lower crude oil prices

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JANUARY 11, 2023

Despite relatively low investment, EIA expects increases in drilling productivity and associated natural gas takeaway capacity from the Permian region will result in record annual US crude oil production in 2023 and 2024. EIA expects US natural gas prices to decrease, on average, through 2023 and 2024 as domestic production continues to grow.

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BNEF report finds hydrogen promising decarbonization pathway, but carbon prices and emissions policies required

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MARCH 31, 2020

The falling cost of making hydrogen from wind and solar power offers a promising route to cutting emissions in some of the most fossil-fuel-dependent sectors of the economy, such as steel, heavy-duty vehicles, shipping and cement, according to a new report from BloombergNEF (BNEF). kg in most parts of the world before 2050. MMBtu) in 2050.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Carbon Emissions Price

IINO Lines, J-POWER and Norsepower partner to install rotor sail on a dedicated coal carrier

As states continue to use less coal for electricity, driving electric vehicles becomes even cleaner

Rhodium Group estimates US GHG fell 2.1% in 2019, driven by coal decline

Carbon emissions from generating electricity for electric vehicles vary greatly across the individual US states

Harvard team finds large-scale US wind power would cause warming that would take roughly a century to offset

RWE and ArcelorMittal intend to build and operate offshore wind farms and hydrogen facilities for low-emissions steelmaking

IEA: global electricity demand growing faster than renewables, driving strong increase in generation from coal

Bloomberg NEF forecasts falling battery prices enabling surge in wind and solar to 50% of global generation by 2050

IEA: global CO2 emissions rebounded to their highest level in history in 2021; largely driven by China

Ørsted and partners secure funding for H2RES project; offshore wind power to produce renewable hydrogen for road transport

EIA expects increased US crude oil production, with continued high petroleum prices in 2022

EIA: US electricity generation from coal and natural gas both increased with summer heat

SAF company DG Fuels closes investments with two Japanese companies

Stanford study finds current carbon capture technology inefficient & increases air pollution

BloombergNEF: solar, wind, batteries to attract $10T to 2050; curbing emissions long-term will require other technologies

BNEF: wind and solar boost cost-competitiveness versus fossil fuels

Energy Vault to provide 1.6 GWh of gravity energy storage to support DG Fuels SAF projects

EIA: CO2 emissions from US power sector have declined 28% since 2005

EIA: US energy-related CO2 fell by 2.8% in 2019, slightly below 2017 levels

ICCT LCA study finds only battery and hydrogen fuel-cell EVs have potential to be very low-GHG passenger vehicle pathways

EIA projects increases in global energy consumption and emissions through 2050

Air France KLM signs 210M gallon SAF offtake agreement with DG Fuels

Carbon emissions in port of Rotterdam drop more swiftly than national average

4 companies jointly propose $8B green energy initiative for LA area; Wyoming wind, Utah storage, transmission

CMU study finds that coal retirement is needed for EVs to reduce air pollution

3 Oil Majors That Bet Big On Renewables

UK to award £54M to 15 projects developing innovative carbon removal technology

IEA: global energy demand rose by 2.3% in 2018, fastest pace in the last decade; CO2 emissions up 1.7%

IBM introduces new wind and solar forecasting system for utilities; big data analytics and weather modeling to predict output

Statkraft to install GE Rotating Stabilizers in grid-stabilization project in Scotland

BNEF, Snam, IGU report finds global gas industry set to resume growth post-pandemic; low-carbon technologies for long-term growth

The Complex Calculus of Clean Energy and Zero Emissions

IEA: COVID-19 crisis causing the biggest fall in global energy investment in history

CMU researchers find controlled charging of PHEVs can cut cost of integration into electricity system by 54-73%; higher benefits with wind power

Los Angeles takes steps to transition out of coal-fired power earlier than required by state law

Hydro-Québec will support the clean hydrogen sector in Québec

Study finds climate impact of hydropower varies widely

EIA expects US motor fuel consumption to increase this summer, but remain below 2019 levels

Trestle Energy and Larksen partner to reduce CO2 from ethanol and coal power

GlobalData: hydrogen to become game changer as large-scale source of cleaner power

DOE: US average EV CO2e/year is 4,815 lbs, vs. 11,435 lbs for average gasoline car

BP Statistical Review finds global oil share down for 12th year in a row, coal share up to highest level since 1969; renewables at 2%

EIA expects record global petroleum consumption in 2024, with lower crude oil prices

BNEF report finds hydrogen promising decarbonization pathway, but carbon prices and emissions policies required

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