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

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In total, the definitive offtake agreement covers up to 604,086 metric tons (210 million gallons) of SAF, resulting in life cycle emission reduction of up to 3,406,470 metric tons over the initial term of the agreement. DGF replaces the coal gasification used by others with biomass gasification and natural gas reforming.

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There’s Only One Kind Of “Just” Transition I Want To See

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Oil, gas and coal workers have all known for more than a dozen years that their work was helping to destroy people’s health and well being. So the justice I want to see is first, second and third for the victims in the sacrifice zones created by the oil, gas and coal companies. None of them are innocent bystanders.

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Benefits of a Solar Carport for EV Charging

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Whether you’re trying to do your part for the environment or save more at the pump, purchasing an electric vehicle is a big step forward. That initial excitement can be dampened by a reality check, though, when you realize that your EV is going to ramp up your electricity consumption. Less than gas? What Is a Solar Carport?

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Sandia team puts power into local grid with supercritical CO2 closed-loop Brayton-cycle turbine

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Sandia National Laboratories researchers recently delivered electricity produced by a new power-generating system to the Sandia-Kirtland Air Force Base electrical grid. The system uses heated supercritical carbon dioxide instead of steam to generate electricity and is based on a closed-loop Brayton cycle.

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IEA: global carbon dioxide emissions have rebounded strongly

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If governments don’t move quickly with the right energy policies, this could put at risk the world’s historic opportunity to make 2019 the definitive peak in global emissions. This was the result of accelerating economic activity as well as the combination of higher natural gas prices and colder weather favoring an increase in coal use.

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EC JRC finds delivery of large amounts of green hydrogen over long distances could be cost-effective

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Renewable hydrogen is an energy carrier produced from renewable sources such as wind and solar and can be used to replace fossil-based hydrogen for industrial processes or as alternative fuel in the transport sector, especially in heavy-duty and long-distance trucks, buses, ships and planes. —“Assessment of Hydrogen Delivery Options”.

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BNEF forecasts global energy storage market to grow 15-fold by 2030 to 411 GW/1194 GWh

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The most notable new policies include the US “Inflation Reduction Act”, legislation providing more than $369 billion in funding for clean technologies, and the European Union’s REPowerEU plan, which sets ambitious targets to reduce reliance on gas from Russia. advancing or delaying the time of electricity dispatch.