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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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Intermountain Power Agency orders MHPS JAC Gas Turbine technology for renewable-hydrogen energy hub, operated by LA DWP

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MARCH 11, 2020

This award marks the first Advanced Class Gas Turbines in the industry specifically designed and purchased as part of a comprehensive plan to sequentially transition from coal, to natural gas and finally to renewable hydrogen fuel, and creates a roadmap for the global industry to follow. and Hitachi, Ltd.

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Monash team proposes roadmap to renewable ammonia economy; 3 generations of technology

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MAY 11, 2020

While there is global potential to generate renewable energy at costs already competitive with fossil fuels, a means of storing and transporting this energy at a very large scale is a roadblock to large-scale investment, development and deployment. Generation 2 moves the Haber-Bosch process to renewable sources of hydrogen.

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JERA and IHI to demo ammonia co-firing at a large-scale commercial coal-fired power plant

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MAY 30, 2021

This will be the world’s first demonstration project in which a large amount of ammonia will be co-fired in a large-scale commercial coal-fired power plant. This will be the world’s first demonstration project in which a large amount of ammonia will be co-fired in a large-scale commercial coal-fired power plant.

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BMW Group secures CO2-reduced steel for global production network

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NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Following initial contracts with European suppliers, the BMW Group has now concluded further 2 -reduced-steel-for-global-production-network">agreements for the supply of CO 2 -reduced steel in the US and China. This manufacturing process has significant potential for CO 2 savings, compared to coal-based steel production in a blast furnace.

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EIA projects increases in global energy consumption and emissions through 2050

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OCTOBER 7, 2021

The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects that, absent significant changes in policy or technology, world energy consumption will grow by nearly 50% between 2020 and 2050. Liquid fuels remain the largest source of energy consumption, driven largely by the industrial and transportation sectors.

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Nucor investing in start-up company Electra developing zero-carbon iron technology

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DECEMBER 11, 2022

Electra uses renewable energy to refine low-grade iron ores into high-purity iron through electrochemical and hydrometallurgical processes. The company electrochemically refines iron ore into pure iron at 60 degrees Celsius (140 degrees Fahrenheit) using renewable electricity. Electra’s process results in zero carbon dioxide emissions.

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GM secures all energy needed to achieve renewable energy goal for 2025; 25 years ahead of target set in 2016

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OCTOBER 27, 2022

By achieving this accelerated goal, GM expects to avoid the production of an estimated 1 million metric tons of carbon emissions that would have been produced between 2025 and 2030, equal to the emissions produced by burning 1 billion pounds of coal. Sourcing renewable energy is a critical component of GM’s plans to decarbonize.

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3 Oil Majors That Bet Big On Renewables

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AUGUST 31, 2020

Despite the much-vaunted megatrend involving the global electrification drive and shift to renewable energy , the most ambitious pledges by Big Oil to pursue net-zero agendas remain weak at best. But Total is not just content to compete in the traditional renewable energy arena of wind and solar but is also giving Tesla Inc. . #3

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

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MAY 31, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has set in motion the largest drop in global energy investment in history, with spending expected to plunge in every major sector this year—from fossil fuels to renewables and efficiency—the International Energy Agency said in a new report.

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BNEF: cost of new renewables rises as inflation starts to bite

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JULY 1, 2022

The global benchmark levelized cost of electricity, or LCOE, has retreated to where it was in 2019. BloombergNEF’s estimates for the global LCOE for utility-scale PV and onshore wind rose to $45 and $46 per megawatt-hour (MWh), respectively, in the first half of 2022. The latter cost at $74 and $81 per MWh, respectively.

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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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BloombergNEF reports 11% year-on-year rise in renewable energy financing in the first half of 2022, for a total of $226B

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AUGUST 2, 2022

Global investment in renewable energy totaled $226 billion in the first half of 2022, setting a new record for the first six months of a year, according to Renewable Energy Investment Tracker 2H 2022, a new report published by research firm BloombergNEF (BNEF). billion raised—up 63% on the previous year.

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Global Carbon Project: Global carbon emissions growth slows, but hits record high

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DECEMBER 5, 2019

Driven by rising natural gas and oil consumption, levels of CO 2 are expected to hit 37 billion metric tons this year, according to new estimates from the Global Carbon Project (GCP), an initiative led by Stanford University scientist Rob Jackson. and China account for more than half of all carbon dioxide emissions globally.

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ARPA-E to award INNIO Waukesha Gas Engines $2.2M for emissions reduction technology demonstration project

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DECEMBER 23, 2021

The program aims to reduce emissions in the oil, gas, and coal industries and promote innovation and manufacturing of new technologies to achieve climate goals. INNIO Waukesha is one of 12 companies nationwide to receive an award for innovative emissions reduction technology demonstration under the ARPA-E. Methane destruction.

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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

The arrival of cheap battery storage will mean that it becomes increasingly possible to finesse the delivery of electricity from wind and solar, so that these technologies can help meet demand even when the wind isn’t blowing and the sun isn’t shining. trillion to other zero-carbon technologies such as hydro and nuclear.

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Air Products and Topsoe sign global alliance agreement for collaboration on large-scale ammonia, methanol, and/or dimethyl ether projects

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MAY 16, 2020

Air Products, a leader in industrial gases and megaproject development, and Haldor Topsoe, a leader in high-performance catalysts and proprietary technology for the chemical and refining industries, have signed a global Alliance Agreement. Half of all the ammonia used to make artificial fertilizer is produced using Topsoe catalysts.

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IEA: global energy investment stabilized above $1.8T in 2018; security and sustainability concerns growing

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MAY 14, 2019

Global energy investment stabilized in 2018, ending three consecutive years of decline, as capital spending on oil, gas and coal supply bounced back while investment stalled for energy efficiency and renewables, according to the International Energy Agency’s latest annual review. Global energy investment totalled more than US$1.8

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Rio Tinto targets low-carbon steel production with new technology; biomass and microwaves

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OCTOBER 14, 2021

Rio Tinto is progressing new technology to deliver low-carbon steel, using sustainable biomass in place of coking coal in the steelmaking process, in a potentially cost-effective option to cut industry carbon emissions. Rio Tinto’s process uses lignocellulosic biomass, instead of coal, primarily as a chemical reductant.

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IEA finds CO2 emissions flat for third straight year even as global economy grew in 2016

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MARCH 18, 2017

Global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions were flat for a third straight year in 2016 even as the global economy grew, according to the International Energy Agency. Global emissions from the energy sector stood at 32.1 In China, emissions fell by 1% last year, as coal demand declined while the economy expanded by 6.7%.

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bp and thyssenkrupp Steel to advance the decarbonization of steel production; low-carbon hydrogen and renewable power

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JULY 12, 2022

bp and thyssenkrupp Steel have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) focused on the development of long-term supply of low-carbon hydrogen and renewable power in steel production, helping accelerate the steel industry’s wider energy transition. This will increasingly require the use of electricity from renewable sources.

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Volvo Cars first carmaker to explore fossil-free steel with SSAB and HYBRIT

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JUNE 17, 2021

It aims to replace coking coal, traditionally needed for iron ore-based steelmaking, with fossil-free electricity and hydrogen. The result is expected to be fossil-free steelmaking technology, with virtually no carbon footprint. HYBRIT was started by SSAB, iron ore producer LKAB and energy firm Vattenfall.

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Novel adaptation for existing blast furnaces could reduce steelmaking emissions by 88%; closed-loop carbon recycling

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JANUARY 26, 2023

Techno-economic analysis of the implementation of this system in UK BF-BOFs could reduce steel sector emissions by 88% while increasing the cost-competitiveness of UK steel on the global market through cost reduction. —Kildahl et al. The TC-BF-BOF System with mass flows needed to produce 1 Tonne of liquid steel. Kildahl et al.

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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). Global power generation mix. Source: BloombergNEF. This will attract $13.3 trillion in new investment.

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MIT study concludes that absent climate policy, coal-to-liquids could account for around a third of global liquid fuels by 2050

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JUNE 9, 2011

A new assessment of the viability of coal-to-liquids (CTL) technology by researchers from the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change (JPSPGC) found that without climate policy, CTL has the potential to account for around a third of global liquid fuels by 2050. of global electricity demand.

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1 in 5 new car sales globally were EVs in 2023, and that’s curbed oil demand – IEA

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MARCH 2, 2024

Photo: Tesla Without EVs, solar, wind, and nuclear, the global rise in emissions in the last five years would have been three times larger, new International Energy Agency (IEA) analysis shows. Renewables curbed emissions rise in 2023 The bad news is that energy-related emissions rose in 2023.

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What is Renewable energy integration, challenges, why it is needed

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DECEMBER 31, 2023

what is renewable energy integration ? Renewable energy integration refers to the process of efficiently incorporating renewable energy sources into existing energy systems. Energy Storage: Renewable energy sources are often intermittent, meaning they don’t produce energy consistently.

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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

The ICCT has conducted a comprehensive global and temporal life-cycle assessment of GHG emissions from a variety of alternative passenger car powertrains and fuels. This study incorporates the near-term global warming potential of methane leakage emissions of natural gas and natural gas-derived hydrogen pathways. Source: The ICCT.

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SK E&S, SK Plug Hyverse partner with Korea South-East Power for green hydrogen & green ammonia production

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AUGUST 21, 2022

SK E&S and SK Plug Hyverse—a joint venture (JV) formed in January of this year by SK E&S and Plug Power—will work with Korea Southeast Power Generation (KOEN) to cooperate with green hydrogen and green ammonia projects based on renewable energy resources in Korea and abroad. million tons in 2030 and 27.9

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China automating mines to improve safety as coal output grows – ET Auto

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APRIL 29, 2023

The nearby Xiaobaodang mine, also owned by Shaanxi Coal, has cut its underground staff by 42%. China is pushing automated technology to improve the safety and efficiency of its coal mining industry, the world’s largest, which has long been plagued by safety lapses. “No person working underground.

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Siemens Energy, FFI and GeoPura developing prototype ammonia cracker to produce hydrogen

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NOVEMBER 25, 2022

The system will be designed to deliver high-purity hydrogen, suitable for PEM fuel cell use, using FFI’s Metal Membrane Technology (MMT) purification process. Schematic of CSIRO’s metal membrane technology which selectively allows H 2 to pass through, while blocking all other gases such as NH 3 and N 2. Source: CSIRO.

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Global geothermal industry passes 12,000 MW operational

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DECEMBER 23, 2013

The global geothermal industry surpassed 12,000 MW of geothermal power operational, with about 600 MW of new geothermal power coming online globally, according to a year-end update by the Geothermal Energy Association (GEA). Ormat Technologies, and AltaRock Energy.

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DOE awarding $72M to 27 projects to develop and advance carbon capture technologies, including direct air capture

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced the award of approximately $72 million in federal funding to support the development and advancement of carbon capture technologies under two funding opportunity announcements (FOAs). It will also help develop carbon reduction technologies for use in the steel sector.

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Synthesis Energy Systems achieves first methanol production from phase 1 of Yima JV coal-to-methanol project

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JANUARY 7, 2013

Located in Henan Province, China, the $250-million coal-to-methanol facility uses SES’ patented and proprietary gasification technologies. When it reaches full capacity later this year, the plant is expected to convert some 2,400 tonnes per day of high ash Yima coal into 300,000 tonnes per year of refined methanol.

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Shell, Shenhua to Partner on RD in Advanced Coal Technology; Shell Qualifies 3 Chinese Companies to Manufacture Gasification Technology

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

Shell Coal Gasification Process. Shell (China) Limited and Shenhua Coal to Liquid and Chemical Co. Shenhua) have agreed to seek opportunities for conducting joint research and development in advanced coal technology. Additionally, Shell Global Solutions International B.V. Shenhua Coal to Liquid and Chemical Co.

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Worldwatch: Fossil fuel subsidies continue to outweigh those for renewable energy; international pledges on reform unfulfilled

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AUGUST 22, 2012

Estimated consumption subsidies, industrial and developing countries, fossil fuels and renewables. Fossil fuel subsidies continue to far outweigh support for renewable energy, according to new research conducted for the Worldwatch Institute’s Vital Signs Online service. Source: Worldwatch. Click to enlarge. Total subsidy.

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Iron ore leader Fortescue pushing green hydrogen, ammonia and electricity projects

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APRIL 10, 2021

We have joined the global battle to defeat climate change. We are trialing and demonstrating green hydrogen technologies in global-scale commercial environments, while also rapidly evolving into a green hydrogen and electricity producer of similar scale. —Dr Andrew Forrest, Chairman of Fortescue Metals Group.

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UN report finds world needs incremental $1.9 trillion invested in green technologies to avert planetary catastrophe; global per capita cap on primary energy consumption of 70 GJ/yr may be required

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JULY 5, 2011

Humanity is close to breaching the sustainability of Earth, and needs a technological revolution greater and faster than the industrial revolution to avoid “ a major planetary catastrophe ,” according to a new United Nations report. A comprehensive global energy transition is urgently needed in order to avert a major planetary catastrophe.

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Carbon Recycling International and Johnson Matthey collaborate on sustainable methanol

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OCTOBER 21, 2021

Conventional methanol production involves fossil feedstocks such as natural gas or coal. Where a renewable electricity source is available, hydrogen can be generated by water electrolysis using MW-scale electrolyzer technology. Hydrogen can also be processed from by-product hydrogen available in some industrial waste streams.

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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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Woodside joins Japanese consortium to study exporting carbon-neutral hydrogen as ammonia

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APRIL 7, 2020

Australia-based Woodside has signed an agreement with Japanese companies JERA Inc, Marubeni Corporation and IHI Corporation to undertake a joint study examining the large-scale export of hydrogen as ammonia for use decarbonizing coal-fired power generation in Japan. Green hydrogen is produced from renewable energy using electrolysis.

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Researchers Say Mix of Policies and Current or Near-Term Technologies Could Phase Out US CO2 Emissions from Coal-Fired Power Plants by 2030

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MAY 2, 2010

CO 2 emissions from US coal-fired power plant could be phased out entirely by 2030 using existing technologies or ones that could be commercially competitive with coal within about a decade, according to a paper published online 30 April in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. Click to enlarge.

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Black & Veatch joins Center for Hydrogen Safety to help accelerate adoption of low-carbon energy source

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OCTOBER 5, 2020

Black & Veatch has joined the Center for Hydrogen Safety (CHS), a global nonprofit that supports and promotes the safe handling and use of hydrogen across industrial and consumer applications. Hydrogen is a rising star in the changing energy landscape, particularly when it comes to pursuing robust decarbonization through renewables.

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Australian Government establishes A$300M fund to support hydrogen projects

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MAY 4, 2020

As an early priority, CEFC will seek investment in projects included in the ARENA Renewable Hydrogen Deployment Funding Round. CEFC finance remains central to filling market gaps, whether driven by technology, development or commercial challenges. —CEFC CEO Ian Learmonth. Emissions reduction potential.

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

Intermountain Power Agency orders MHPS JAC Gas Turbine technology for renewable-hydrogen energy hub, operated by LA DWP

Monash team proposes roadmap to renewable ammonia economy; 3 generations of technology

JERA and IHI to demo ammonia co-firing at a large-scale commercial coal-fired power plant

BMW Group secures CO2-reduced steel for global production network

EIA projects increases in global energy consumption and emissions through 2050

Nucor investing in start-up company Electra developing zero-carbon iron technology

GM secures all energy needed to achieve renewable energy goal for 2025; 25 years ahead of target set in 2016

3 Oil Majors That Bet Big On Renewables

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

BNEF: cost of new renewables rises as inflation starts to bite

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

BloombergNEF reports 11% year-on-year rise in renewable energy financing in the first half of 2022, for a total of $226B

Global Carbon Project: Global carbon emissions growth slows, but hits record high

ARPA-E to award INNIO Waukesha Gas Engines $2.2M for emissions reduction technology demonstration project

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

Air Products and Topsoe sign global alliance agreement for collaboration on large-scale ammonia, methanol, and/or dimethyl ether projects

IEA: global energy investment stabilized above $1.8T in 2018; security and sustainability concerns growing

Rio Tinto targets low-carbon steel production with new technology; biomass and microwaves

IEA finds CO2 emissions flat for third straight year even as global economy grew in 2016

bp and thyssenkrupp Steel to advance the decarbonization of steel production; low-carbon hydrogen and renewable power

Volvo Cars first carmaker to explore fossil-free steel with SSAB and HYBRIT

Novel adaptation for existing blast furnaces could reduce steelmaking emissions by 88%; closed-loop carbon recycling

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

MIT study concludes that absent climate policy, coal-to-liquids could account for around a third of global liquid fuels by 2050

1 in 5 new car sales globally were EVs in 2023, and that’s curbed oil demand – IEA

What is Renewable energy integration, challenges, why it is needed

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

SK E&S, SK Plug Hyverse partner with Korea South-East Power for green hydrogen & green ammonia production

China automating mines to improve safety as coal output grows – ET Auto

Siemens Energy, FFI and GeoPura developing prototype ammonia cracker to produce hydrogen

Global geothermal industry passes 12,000 MW operational

DOE awarding $72M to 27 projects to develop and advance carbon capture technologies, including direct air capture

Synthesis Energy Systems achieves first methanol production from phase 1 of Yima JV coal-to-methanol project

Shell, Shenhua to Partner on RD in Advanced Coal Technology; Shell Qualifies 3 Chinese Companies to Manufacture Gasification Technology

Worldwatch: Fossil fuel subsidies continue to outweigh those for renewable energy; international pledges on reform unfulfilled

Iron ore leader Fortescue pushing green hydrogen, ammonia and electricity projects

UN report finds world needs incremental $1.9 trillion invested in green technologies to avert planetary catastrophe; global per capita cap on primary energy consumption of 70 GJ/yr may be required

Carbon Recycling International and Johnson Matthey collaborate on sustainable methanol

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

Woodside joins Japanese consortium to study exporting carbon-neutral hydrogen as ammonia

Researchers Say Mix of Policies and Current or Near-Term Technologies Could Phase Out US CO2 Emissions from Coal-Fired Power Plants by 2030

Black & Veatch joins Center for Hydrogen Safety to help accelerate adoption of low-carbon energy source

Australian Government establishes A$300M fund to support hydrogen projects

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