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Sustainable Innovation Forum 2020 - Biomethane vs Hydrogen: Weighing up the New Energy Future

7 Years, 35 days, 17 hours… Thursday marked day four of the Sustainable Innovation Forum 2020, which saw a variety of sessions discussing the decarbonisation of the Heavy Industry sector. Kwasi Kwarteng, Minister of State at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, took part in the “Technological Solution for Industrial…

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Tags: hydrogen, AD, anaerobic digestion, biogas, renewable energy, kwasi kwarteng, beis, green hydrogen, blue hydrogen, sustainable innovation forum, climate change, leanne williams

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Is it a Green Industrial Revolution?

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Since the outbreak of the Covid 19 crisis, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been a vocal supporter of a green recovery. Both Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak have repeatedly pledged that the rescue packages were going to be green “with concern of the environment at its heart”.  Co-hosting…

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Tags: ten point plan, green industrial revolution, spending review, prime minister, chancellor, biomethane, anaerobic digestion, hydrogen, national infrastructure assessment, national infrastructure commission, national infrastructure strategy

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Biomethane and hydrogen working together to achieve net zero

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The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) have allocated £90 million of funding to projects aimed at cutting carbon emissions in both industry and homes. The fund includes £28 million set to develop of two of Europe’s first-ever low carbon…

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Tags: anaerobic digestion, biomethane, hydrogen, nick primmer, beis, ukri

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Biomethane identified as ‘low-regret’ in a new report from the Committee on Climate Change

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The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has today released a report on Hydrogen in a low-carbon economy. You can access the full report here. The report investigates the hydrogen pathway to eliminating the direct use of hydrocarbon fuels for heating buildings by 2050, to meet the targets the UK has under…

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Tags: anaerobic digestion, biomethane, food waste operators, crop operators, committee on climate change, hydrogen, beis, heat decarbonisation, thom koller

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Cadent proposes hydrogen network for Liverpool-Manchester

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Gas distribution company Cadent (formerly National Grid Gas Distribution Limited) has proposed a new ‘Liverpool-Manchester Hydrogen Clusters project’ which aims to introduce hydrogen into the gas network in the Liverpool-Manchester area. The use of hydrogen in place of natural gas has long been discussed as a key…

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Tags: hydrogen, steam-methane reforming, decarbonisation, cadent, gas network, Ofgem, clean growth plan, UK AD & Biogas, emiliano lewis

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Core processors: will your next smartphone be made from food waste?

Anaerobic digestion (AD) already generates some of the electricity that recharges many of our smartphones, however, exciting new R&D led by an EU project, called PlasCarb, could soon see AD generating the graphene technology that both stores and maximises the power in your smartphone. PlasCarb is currently researching…

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Tags: R&D, ADBA R&D Forum, plascarb, EU, smartphones, food waste, graphene, graphite, graphitic carbon, cpi, steven broome, hydrogen, lithium ion batteries, cancer treatment, water purification, defence equipment, source segregation, Derek Sivyer

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