Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2022 17:26:26 +0000
The US hydrogen strategy was positioned in the wrong federal department. It was put in the hands of people who deal with fossil fuels all day long and have a paradigm of burning them for energy, not a paradigm of electricity for energy. It fails Rumelt’s test for the first thing that makes a good strategy, and so its principles and actions will be failures as well.
Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2022 03:40:26 +0000
In a recent report from Rethink Energy, lead analyst Bogdan Avramuta makes the point that depending on “sustainable aviation fuel” — that is, kerosene created from waste — will not achieve the aviation industry’s goals of decarbonization. “The 2050 target set by the industry to itself is to halve its emission compared to 2005 levels.” […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2022 19:30:56 +0000
Delegates to COP27 will travel to the conference with net zero emissions, rather than contributing to climate change. Etihad Airways has partnered with World Energy in order for the first Net-Zero flight powered by Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Book & Claim to deliver sustainable and eco-friendly energy delegates. What’s Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF)? According to […]
Credit to Author: Laukik Patil| Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2022 12:50:13 +0000
Geopolitical tension, ongoing energy crisis, supply chain disruption, and destructive climate change effects have been altering energy needs and sourcing requirements. Global companies have been transitioning from traditional fossil fuels to specialty fossil fuels, such as industrial heating oil (IHO) and CO2-as-Energy. In addition to cost savings (25% to 30%), they offer relatively high heat […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2022 03:57:59 +0000
Can electric vehicles benefit from the US Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) scheme? Reuters reports that it is highly likely that they can. It appears that the Biden administration has been working with Tesla’s representatives to include EVs and charging stations in the scheme. The RFS mandates that fuel sold in the US has to contain […]
Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2022 03:18:33 +0000
The next quadrant chart of sexy vs practical is in place, one on carbon drawdown from our overloaded atmosphere. It complements the ones on electricity and energy storage, and ground, marine and air transportation.
Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2022 20:00:39 +0000
Moving into the sexy but impractical quadrant, the top row shows a clear trend, and indeed the trend extends across most of the versions of these quadrant charts. Hydrogen is not fit for purpose.
Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2022 18:15:42 +0000
All of us, most of the time, wander around on the surface of the Earth. A small percentage travel across rivers, lakes and oceans in boats of various kinds regularly. A smaller percentage than that get above the ground into the skies. And, of course, the tiniest rounding error on a gnat’s hairy thorax get above the atmosphere. So let’s talk about moving around on the ground in this next edition of sexy/unsexy, practical/impractical.
Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2022 04:11:00 +0000
The rise and rapid adoption of the circular economy—a systems solution framework that seeks to keep materials, products, and services in circulation for as long as possible—is triggering an interesting
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Read moreCredit to Author: Transport & Environment (T&E)| Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2022 21:50:35 +0000
In a narrow vote, the European Parliament paved the way for the uptake of green fuels in planes. The European Parliament has barred the use of controversial biofuel feedstocks, including intermediate crops and palm oil by-products (PFADs), from Europe’s aviation green fuel mandate (ReFuelEU). Green group Transport & Environment (T&E) calls upon the three main […]