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SINGAPORE, April 8 (Reuters) - Prices for Australian heavy-sweet crude grades are rising as traders snap up cargoes for blending ahead of new rules on shipping fuel, putting them among the most expensive crudes in the world.
https://www.reuters.com/article/asia-oil-imo/update-1-australias-heavy-sweet-crudes-surge-in-preparation-for-imo-2020-idUSL3N21R1UM
The “plan Hydrogène” or hydrogen strategy is “to make France a world leader in this technology,” according to Minister Hulot. President Macron’s man for the environment has managed to carve out a budget of 100 million euros to be allocated from 2019.
https://www.electrive.com/2018/06/04/france-to-utilise-hydrogen-across-all-sectors/
"The European Union's top climate and energy official said hydrogen could help the bloc meet its obligations to cut carbon emissions under the 2015 Paris accord. Miguel Arias Canete told reporters it could also contribute to the continent's energy security by reducing imports of natural gas, much of which currently comes from Russia and countries outside of Europe.
Kirsten Westphal, an energy expert at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, said encouraging the use of hydrogen as a means of storing and transporting energy makes sense, but added the overall goal for should be reducing fossil fuels rather than pushing a particular energy alternative."
https://phys.org/news/2018-09-european-nations-hydrogen-energy.html
"More environmentally friendly transport: riding the hydrogen wave. Transport emissions are one of the largest sources of air pollution, but with hydrogen technology the effects of continuous emissions could soon see a reduction."
https://www.intelligenttransport.com/transport-articles/78130/environmentally-freindly-hydrogen/
"2020 will be a mess from fuel oil stability and compatibility point of view. 2020 is clearly price-driven, so the temptation to “cut corners” is great, meaning a set of highly variable number of blend components to manufacture the fuel oil will open a “Pandora’s Box” of large numbers of complex and questionable formulations."
https://www.maritime-executive.com/blog/imo-2020-stability-and-compatibility-headaches
My guess is that post 2020 we will see these issues with compliant fuel stability-and-compatibility will be more than just a headache for shippers.
"Air pollution: it’s time for some green sky thinking"
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/air-pollution-its-time-for-some-green-sky-thinking-68m2tndf6
EUROPE IS STOCKPILING WIND ENERGY BY CONVERTING IT TO HYDROGEN:-
"Ørsted, an energy company in Denmark, announced in March its new plans to convert electricity from its wind turbines into hydrogen fuel, joining the ranks of several other prominent European power companies."
https://futurism.com/the-byte/europe-renewable-energy-converting-hydrogen
"France's EDF has launched a hydrogen production and distribution subsidiary to support decarbonisation of industry and mobility using low-carbon electricity from its nuclear and renewable energy fleet."
https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/EDF-moves-into-the-hydrogen-market
"Indeed, our ambitions for renewable hydrogen are far greater than supplying the energy of Scotland alone, as our Greenprint notes. In this regard it is gratifying to note that a recent study reported in the media suggests that one half of the North Sea could potentially supply four times the energy needs of all of Europe."
https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/17552838.our-ambitions-for-renewable-hydrogen-are-far-greater-than-supplying-the-energy-of-scotland-alone/
the old ways are often the best:-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasseography
Think this is the Company associated with the trial.
https://recyclingtechnologies.co.uk/
Source?
Jungle drums?
Crystal ball?
"Supersonic jet developer Aerion Corp is designing its first plane to run completely on biofuels to reduce emissions, even as the company calls for new global standards for planes that can conquer the sound barrier, the company’s chief executive said on Thursday."
https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-aerion-supersonic-ceo/aerion-designing-supersonic-jet-to-run-completely-on-biofuels-ceo-idUKKCN1R92RD
Myrtle - the quantity has a seven in it; now seven is my lucky number. Must be an omen.
GLA.
London — Italy's gas operator Snam said Monday it has launched an experiment to introduce a 5% hydrogen and natural gas blend into the country's transmission network, the first of its kind in Europe.
https://www.spglobal.com/platts/en/market-insights/latest-news/natural-gas/040119-italys-snam-tests-hydrogen-and-natural-gas-blend-in-network
http://www.itm-power.com/project/hydeploy
Agreed Bilbo, worth keeping an eye on and meantime I don't think we have anything to worry about with ITM's P.E.M technology being at the forefront of present technology.
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The leader of the Green Party is calling on Premier Blaine Higgs to halt NB Power's dalliance with a Florida startup and its mysterious, unproven clean-energy technology.
Earlier this week, NB Power confirmed it has struck a deal with Joi Scientific, a Florida-based clean-energy startup, to develop power stations that would convert seawater to hydrogen electricity.
Joi Scientific CEO Traver Kennedy says the agreement will lead to "the ending of net new carbon emissions in the province."
Turning seawater into electricity: NB Power's untested idea for Belledune
"Every once in a while, there's a major innovation that resets a whole new area of inquiry, and we believe that our discovery will prove to be something that creates a whole new area," he said.
But to avoid revealing too much to potential competitors, "we need to keep it secret for a little bit longer."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/nb-power-florida-start-up-1.5037917
A move into the UK’s energy supplier market by oil major Royal Dutch Shell PLC (LON:RDSA) has thrown down the gauntlet not just to the ‘big six’ established suppliers but also for those in the sector trying to push toward renewable energy.
Shell Energy, formerly known as First Utility, will join energy brands such as Bulb and Octopus Energy in offering renewable electricity as standard, throwing the weight of one of the world’s biggest companies behind the green revolution.
Small-cap partner could benefit
While the UK’s renewable energy generators could be in line for a welcome boost with another major player entering the green energy supply race, a particular beneficiary among the small caps could be ITM Power PLC (LON:ITM).
ITM manufactures integrated hydrogen energy solutions to enhance the use of renewable energy that would otherwise be wasted, with its Power-to-Gas business provides PEM (proton exchange membrane) storage systems allowing customers to convert excess electrical energy into hydrogen for injection into the gas grid or storage for vehicles.
The group's clean fuels solutions, meanwhile, come in the form of modular hydrogen stations to recharge fuel cell vehicles. Hydrogen-powered cars are seen as being far better for the environment in terms of emissions than those running on petrol, as when you burn hydrogen, it produces steam, meaning only water is the by-product.
Deep Dive: ITM Power making headway in the drive for clean fuel
ITM has already worked in partnership with Shell, having supplied the oil major with its first hydrogen refuelling station in the UK back in February 2017.
The firm is also working with Shell on the construction of the world’s largest hydrogen electrolysis plant at the Rhineland refinery in Germany, which will have a peak capacity of 10 megawatts.
ITM also has backing from the UK government, receiving £1.8mln from the Office for Low Emission Vehicles in February as part of a consortium to deliver a 0.5 megawatt (MW) refuelling station and 51 fuel cell electric vehicles.
Even though Shell Energy is not using hydrogen power straight off the bat, as the technology becomes better understood a wider rollout of the power source could be in the offing using ITM’s technology.
https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/217261/who-could-benefit-from-the-launch-of-shells-renewable-energy-supplier-217261.html
Bilbo - this ones for you:-
Queensland has just become the first Australian state to ship ‘green’ hydrogen.
The hydrogen that left Queensland today was produced at the Queensland University of Technology’s (QUT) solar cell facility and shipped by JXTG, Japan’s largest petroleum conglomerate.
https://stockhead.com.au/energy/queensland-just-shipped-a-test-case-of-green-hydrogen-to-japan/
"Scotland’s Orkney islands produce more clean energy than their inhabitants can use. Their next step? Hydrogen. Here’s why that matters – and what the rest of the world could learn."
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190327-the-tiny-islands-leading-the-way-in-hydrogen-power