Liquefied natural gas (LNG) remains central to ensuring the security of global natural gas supplies. And LNG has played a major role in the sector’s adjustment to the exceptional drop in global gas demand during the first half of 2020. According to the International Energy Agency, who published a new report.
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The European Industry & Energy Summit 2020 goes completely online! We make a virtue of necessity and broadcast the summit at the 8th and 9th of December from Amsterdam and various industrial locations in the Netherlands. One of the studios will be in Nijlicht in the Eemshaven (Groningen). We are also planning studios in Rotterdam […]
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After years of slow progress, technologies to capture carbon emissions and store or reuse them are gaining momentum. A trend that will need to accelerate significantly for the world to achieve its energy and climate goals. According to a new special report released by the IEA today. foto: Pexels
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Bp and Microsoft announce to work together as strategic partners to promote the digital transformation in energy systems. The companies link their joint ambitions to completely eliminate CO2 emissions by 2050.
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Like aviation and land transport, also shipping must drastically reduce CO2 emissions. If it were up to the European Parliament, the maritime transport sector would have to produce at least forty percent fewer emissions annually by 2030. There will also be a special ‘Ocean Fund’ to make ships more energy efficient and to invest in […]
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Bp and Equinor announced the formation of a new strategic partnership to develop offshore wind projects in the US. This includes the development of existing offshore wind leases on the US East coast. And jointly pursuing further opportunities for offshore wind in the US.
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SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall are taking a decisive step toward fossil-free steelmaking with the start-up of Hybrit’s pilot plant for the production of fossil-free sponge iron. At the plant, Hybrit will perform tests in several stages in the use of hydrogen in the direct reduction of iron ore.
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ALIGN-CCUS project partners at RWE have produced synthetic fuel using carbon dioxide (CO2) captured from the flue gas of a coal-fired power station. The breakthrough has been made at RWE’s Niederaussem Power Station in North Rhine-Westphalia. Using a demonstration synthesis unit, which powered up last November.
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The consortium behind the Westküste100 project received the go-ahead and funding approval from the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy. That will make it Germany’s first hydrogen project included in the real-world. The project is backed by an investment volume totalling 89 million euros.
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According to research by climate think-tank Ember wind and solar now generate one-tenth of global electricity. Ember’s new half-year analysis aggregates national electricity generation for 48 countries making up 83% of global electricity production. It builds on Ember’s annual Global Electricity Review.
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