Clean, Gas and South Africa

BNEF: steel industry set to pivot to hydrogen in green push; additional $278B for clean capacity and retrofits

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Steel is responsible for around 7% of man-made greenhouse gas emissions every year and is one of the world’s most polluting industries. Commissioning natural gas-fired plants could set producers up to have some of the lowest-cost capacity by retrofitting them to burn hydrogen in the 2030s and 2040s.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Clean Cleaning Industrial

BloombergNEF: clean energy investment in developing nations slumps as financing in China slows; coal burn surges to record high

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

New investment in wind, solar, and other clean energy projects in developing nations dropped sharply in 2018, largely due to a slowdown in China. This is due to wind and solar projects generating only when natural resources are available while oil, coal, and gas plants can potentially produce around the clock. thousand in 2017.

Coal

Coal Clean Cleaning Financing

RUSAL opens new low-carbon aluminum smelter in Taishet

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2021

The smelter operates on clean energy from Siberian hydroelectric power plants, which together with modern gas cleaning equipment and a closed water circulation system, has a low level impact on the environment. Full scope CO 2 emissions will be one of the lowest in the industry, the company claims.

Carbon

Carbon Land Rover South Africa Austria

Sasol, GE develop new anaerobic microbial technology for cleaning of Fischer-Tropsch waste water; boosting gas-to-liquids (GTL) value proposition

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Sasol and General Electric (GE: NYSE)’s GE Power & Water have together developed new technology that will clean waste water from Fischer-Tropsch plants used to produce synthetic fuels and chemicals, while also providing biogas as a by-product for power generation. Biomass-to-Liquids (BTL) Biotech Coal-to-Liquids (CTL) Gas-to-Liquids (GTL)'

Waste

Waste Water Gas Qatar

Design study for SA underground coal gasification plant underway

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2011

South Africa state-owned power utility Eskom reports that a design study is currently under way for an underground coal gasification (UCG) demonstration plant, which will include a 250,000 Nm 3 /h gas production plant and a 100 MW to 140 MW gas turbine plant. Mining Weekly. The coal seam lies between 280 m and 300 m deep.

Coal

Coal Design South Africa Gas-Electric

Ballard ships 500th ElectraGen-ME methanol fuel cell system for telecom backup

Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2013

kW and 5 kW configurations, has an integrated fuel reformer that converts HydroPlus (a methanol-water liquid fuel mixture) into hydrogen gas to power the fuel cell system. In regions such as Southeast Asia and South Africa, where Ballard is actively engaged, electricity grids can be unreliable.

Fuel

Fuel South Africa Lead Acid Asia

Cummins Emission Solutions introduces next-gen aftertreatment system EcoFit Single Module

Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2015

Most on-highway configurations use a combination EcoFit Diesel Oxidation Catalysts (DOC) and DPF system, using passive and active regeneration to allow more control in oxidizing and cleaning the filter. EcoFit DPF systems use wall-flow substrates typically made of porous ceramic media that capture exhaust gas and remove PM or soot particles.

Emissions

Emissions Exhaust South Africa Diesel

G20 Leaders Agree to Phase Out Fossil Fuel Subsidies

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2009

Inefficient fossil fuel subsidies encourage wasteful consumption, distort markets, impede investment in clean energy sources and undermine efforts to deal with climate change. This reform will not apply to our support for clean energy, renewables, and technologies that dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia Fuel South Africa South Korea

Study recommends $10B/year US federal investment in energy RD&D and a substantial price on carbon emissions; leveraging the national labs and encouraging the private sector for a clean energy future

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

Despite current deficits, the United States cannot afford to forego the long-term investments that will improve its competitiveness in this multi-trillion-dollar market and its national security, while reducing both greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental hazards. —Policy Brief.

Energy

Energy Clean Cleaning Carbon

TOAR shows present-day global ozone distribution and trends relevant to health; public database

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Tropospheric (ground-level) ozone is a greenhouse gas and air pollutant that, at high levels, is detrimental to human health and crop and ecosystem productivity. Scientists have understood that the precursor gases that form ozone have been declining in North America and Europe since the 1990s, but levels have been increasing in Asia.

Ozone

Ozone Global North America Colorado

Group of 285 global investors with more than $20T in assets under management calls for urgent action on investment-grade climate change and energy policies; guidelines for governments

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Saying that “ investment-grade climate change and clean energy policy is required to shift private sector investment from high-carbon to low-carbon assets ”, a group of 285 investors has urged governments and international policy makers to take new and meaningful steps in the fight against climate change.

Climate Change

Climate Change Climate Global Energy

Fast action on black carbon, ozone and methane could help limit global temperature rise to 2 degrees C

Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2011

Extended recovery and utilization, rather than venting, of associated gas and improved control of unintended fugitive emissions from the production. of oil and natural gas. Reduced gas leakage from long-distance transmission pipeline. with gas recovery and overflow control. collection with combustion/utilization.

Ozone

Ozone Carbon Climate Change Global

Could The South African Market Be Ripe For China’s Small City EVs?

CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 7, 2022

Large gas-guzzling SUVs and pickup trucks were the talk of the town. The Toyota Hilux pickup truck has been South Africa’s top selling vehicle for decades, and it still is. For many years, social trends and aggressive marketing were pushing the narrative of bigger is better.

Market

Market Toyota SUV Gas

DOE to Award Up to $5M in Grants for RD on Hydrogen Production from Coal

Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2009

Hydrogen separation membranes may be used in a variety of locations in a gasification-based coal-to-hydrogen production process, depending on the capability of the membrane to withstand temperature and pressure conditions as well as variations in gas composition. Processes based upon natural gas only and electrolysis of water are not sought.

Coal

Coal Hydrogen Grant Production

EV Driven

BNEF: steel industry set to pivot to hydrogen in green push; additional $278B for clean capacity and retrofits

BloombergNEF: clean energy investment in developing nations slumps as financing in China slows; coal burn surges to record high

RUSAL opens new low-carbon aluminum smelter in Taishet

Sasol, GE develop new anaerobic microbial technology for cleaning of Fischer-Tropsch waste water; boosting gas-to-liquids (GTL) value proposition

Design study for SA underground coal gasification plant underway

Ballard ships 500th ElectraGen-ME methanol fuel cell system for telecom backup

Cummins Emission Solutions introduces next-gen aftertreatment system EcoFit Single Module

G20 Leaders Agree to Phase Out Fossil Fuel Subsidies

Study recommends $10B/year US federal investment in energy RD&D and a substantial price on carbon emissions; leveraging the national labs and encouraging the private sector for a clean energy future

TOAR shows present-day global ozone distribution and trends relevant to health; public database

Group of 285 global investors with more than $20T in assets under management calls for urgent action on investment-grade climate change and energy policies; guidelines for governments

Fast action on black carbon, ozone and methane could help limit global temperature rise to 2 degrees C

Could The South African Market Be Ripe For China’s Small City EVs?

DOE to Award Up to $5M in Grants for RD on Hydrogen Production from Coal

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