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CNPC’s first hydrogen station in Beijing in operation

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Early in February, CNPC had put into operation its first hydrogen station for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Chongli District, Zhangjiakou City, refueling more than 470 hydrogen fuel cell vehicles during the Winter Olympics test events. CNPC) is an integrated international energy company.

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The time has come to get off petroleum

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The Russian war against Ukraine is being paid for by exports of oil and gas, just like all of Putin’s previous wars. If everybody in our countries drove electric vehicles and their electricity came from renewables, this war would probably not be happening. And Russia is just today’s example of oil exporters fueling wars.

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Nuclear Energy Brinkmanship in Ukraine

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A battle of nerves and steel is raging at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, which Russia captured in March. Nikolai Steinberg, a former chief engineer at Chernobyl and member of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s governing board, called running the plant “a crime” in an email interview with IEEE Spectrum.

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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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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% The report also highlighted supply disruptions as one of the major energy events of the year. more as natural gas was diverted to Asia.

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2023’s Top Stories About Energy

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A real corker, and the answer to the question, what generates electricity but isn’t a dynamo or a fuel cell? Heat Pumps—The Well-Tempered Future of A/Cs A window-mounted air-conditioning system includes an electric heat pump for heating. The Menlo Park, Calif., meters long, weigh 62 kilograms, and store 3 kilowatt-hours.

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Separate MIT, IEA reports both outline major expansion in role of natural gas; caution on climate benefits

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World primary energy demand by fuel in the IEA high gas scenario. Separately, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released its own report exploring the potential for a “golden age” of gas. Both reports also emphasized that although natural gas is the lowest carbon fossil fuel, it is still a fossil fuel. Source: IEA.

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Imported oil pays for corruption and war. Electricity pays for local jobs.

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The Russian war against Ukraine is being paid for by exports of oil and gas, just like all of Putin’s previous wars. If everybody in the world drove electric vehicles and their electricity came from renewables, this war would probably not be happening. And Russia is just today’s example of oil exporters fueling wars.

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