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Green Tech, Power to X May 4, 2021

Avoid hydrogen for heating homes, urges energy efficiency coalition

A coalition of 33 business and civil society groups have urged the European Commission to prioritise renewables and energy efficiency over hydrogen as part of…

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Hydrogen: where is low-carbon fuel most useful for decarbonisation?

Is hydrogen the lifeblood of a low-carbon future, or an overhyped distraction from real solutions? One thing is certain – the coal, oil and natural…

Windmill park. El Arrayan (Chile). Photo credit: Alfabille

Articles, Biofuels, Power to X January 1, 2021

Wind blows, hydrogen goes

The future of travel will not only belong to battery-powered vehicles. Climate-neutral synthetic fuels are another promising option, and the focus of a pioneering new…

News & Comments, Power to X, Renewables December 31, 2020

Europe vies with China for clean hydrogen superpower status

The rivalry between Europe and China in emission-free hydrogen technologies could become one of the defining business stories in the global effort to stop climate…

Aviation fuel storage Author Project Kei

News & Comments, Power to X December 30, 2020

Europe’s first power-to-liquid demo plant in Norway plans renewable aviation fuel production in 2023

An industrial consortium is planning Europe’s first power-to-liquid (PtL) plant that will produce hydrogen-based renewable aviation fuel in Norway. The Norsk e-Fuel consortium is initially…

Perito Moreno Glacier, in Los Glaciares National Park, southern Argentina Photo taken by (Luca Galuzzi)

News & Comments, Power to X December 29, 2020

Power-to-X and energy from Patagonia: does it make sense?

It is often said that every day is a school day, and I certainly learned some lessons from a webinar on 12 November featuring speakers…

Hyundai NEXO Hydrogen Fuel Cell Car beim Autosalon Genf 2018 Dr. Artur Braun (Arturbraun)

News & Comments, Power to X December 28, 2020

Europe must take ambitious lead in green hydrogen – German govt advisor

Europe’s economy is well placed to benefit from the fledgling global hydrogen economy and should decisively follow through with its hydrogen strategies, says Veronika Grimm,…

News & Comments, Power to X December 27, 2020

UK gas plans a carbon-free future with hydrogen

This story is published as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story. Committed to a carbon-free future by 2050,…

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Articles Climate Change Policy & Strategy

Greta – A star in a galaxy of young climate activists

In 2019 the world was awed when Greta Thunberg emerged as a global activist against climate change. She was named “Time Person of the Year for 2019” and was the youngest to be honored in this way. Sweden honored their…

Articles Policy & Strategy

Lost in transition

Green new deal, just transition fund, circular economy, carbon free, biofuels, eco-friendly, fair trade, organic, recycling, renewable, resilience, sustainability, zero-whatever (from emission to waste). The lexicon of the environmental-consciousness keeps growing. And for a tangible reason. The commercial fate of…

Articles Policy & Strategy

A cold reminder

As February’s bout of extreme cold weather left millions of Texans without power for days, it seemed all the more jarring in a state famed for its abundance of energy resources. Once synonymous with oil, Texas now leads the country’s…

Articles Last Exit

Cagliari Port Silo

At the time of writing, the Cagliari silo is under demolition. Built-in 1973, the grain silo has been an iconic landmark of Sardinia’s primary town waterfront. It was originally made of a 54-mt tower and 21 storage cells, three for…

Articles Biofuels

Green ammonia, what else?

Everyone looks to green hydrogen as the new frontier of fuels. But its storage and long-distance transport are still open challenges. Ammonia is an emerging alternative as an indirect storage medium for hydrogen. So-called “green ammonia” provides a path to…

Articles Nuclear

South African Nuclear energy chief pleads for energy-mix

The power industry in South Africa is faced with huge challenges. Knox Msebenzi, Managing Director of the Nuclear Industry Association of South Africa (NIASA), discusses the impact of challenges on the country’s economy and a way out of the power generation…

Articles Policy & Strategy Sustainability

Obsession with GDP, disregard of nature leading towards ecosystem collapse: report

“Securing nature is investing in our self-preservation.” A new report out Tuesday from the U.K. government framing the natural environment as “our most precious asset” says the world’s destruction of biodiversity has put economies at risk and that a fundamental…

Articles Nature & Environment

The open burning of waste poses grave health risks to millions

We’re generating more waste than at any other time in history what with a greatly increased global population, rampant consumerism and the wanton use of single-use items like plastic bags and wrappings. Most of us rarely spare a thought to…

Articles Hydro Solar

Floating solar panels on 1% of reservoirs ‘could double’ Africa’s hydropower capacity

Solar panels floating on the lakes formed by Africa’s hydropower dams could be a major new source of power, according to a new study. If these panels covered just 1% of reservoirs, this alone could double African hydropower capacity and…

Articles Nature & Environment

Life-saving drinking water disinfectants have a “dark side”

Disinfecting drinking water against spathogen is necessary, but by-products from the process are a ubiquitous — and likely growing — problem across the U.S. Solutions exist, though. In late September 2020, officials in Wrangell, Alaska, warned residents who were elderly,…

The Lost Bayou: Grand Bayou

Grand Bayou, LA. At one time, it was a lively community of close-knit families, until they were forced to leave. ©2020. Garde Voir Ci magazine. Nicholls State University Department of Mass Communication.

World Rainforest Day

Rainforests cover only 2 percent of the planet’s surface area but are responsible for more than 25% of all Western medicine and house more than 50% of the world’s plant and animal species.