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Report highlights industry’s net zero role
...Strategy says that carbon capture and storage, linked with mass production of low-carbon hydrogen, will be essential if the UK is to meet its carbon reduction targets. With the energy...
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ReFuels to open Wales’ first renewable biomethane refuelling station for HGVs
ReFuels has announced the opening of its 13th low-carbon refuelling station – the first station of its kind to open in Wales. The new site, with 12 pumps capable of...
Opinion
CCUS: why the UK needs it for net zero
...2030. Hydrogen Any discussion of carbon capture will quickly move to hydrogen which also has a large part to play in the UK’s net zero journey. Low carbon hydrogen can...
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Board appointment brings valuable transition expertise
...overall accountability for growing Petrofac’s global portfolio in low carbon projects including wind, hydrogen, Carbon Capture Usage and Storage (CCUS), John also leads initiatives that convert waste to energy. Previously...
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Downstream workforce must be part of transition to avoid skills shortages
...substantial overlap between downstream petroleum and low-carbon technologies, including hydrogen and carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS). However, the way companies transition – either by modifying existing products or expanding...
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Phasing out fossil fuel in home heating
...remains a potential solution for homes “where low temperature heat pumps cannot be reasonably practicably accommodated subject to minor energy efficiency measures”. BEIS accepts that other low-carbon heating options (such...
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MP visits first ever fossil-free HVO village, converted in industry trials
...challenge in rural areas, which often rely on oil boilers. “Finding a way to allow them to convert their boilers at reasonable cost to a fuel with a lower carbon...
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Climate report welcomes progress but highlights gaps in low carbon heating plans
...plans for low-carbon heating. “The Government must apply the same laser focus given to heat pumps to all low-carbon solutions.” Optimistic Despite significant remaining challenges, the report was “an optimistic...
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Essar invests £360 million in Stanlow carbon capture facility
In line with its ambition to become a leading low carbon refinery by 2030, Essar has announced plans to build a £360 million carbon capture plant at Stanlow starting in...
Opinion
Can hydrogen deliver? Industry leaders weigh in on costs, policy, and progress
...via electrolysis using renewable electricity) is the only truly low-carbon option but is currently expensive and limited in supply. The report suggests that while battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) are becoming dominant...
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Essar Energy Transition unveiled with $2.4 billion Stanlow investment to create UK hub for future energy production
...targeted 10GW of hydrogen production by 2030 and the regulatory and policy framework supports low carbon energy production, as well as the development of low carbon hydrogen infrastructure, expertise and...
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Scottish Government rethink of Heat in Buildings Bill emphasises importance of just transition
...to acknowledge these concerns and revisit a more inclusive pathway to low carbon heating. For the liquid fuel distribution industry, it further reinforces the central role for low-carbon liquid fuels...
Analysis
Fuelling progress: future fuels for transport decarbonisation
...vital if we are to meet the UK Government’s strategy of achieving 5GW of low carbon hydrogen production capacity by 2030. “Like low carbon fuels, the downstream sector is already...
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Energy security and emission reduction: the role of downstream
...relative to those in other countries. Low carbon production in the UK also needs to be more attractive than importing higher carbon products. “This could be achieved through a carbon...
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Ministerial visit to Stanlow focuses on low carbon future
...West England and North East Wales. HyNet’s hydrogen and carbon capture and storage (CCS) chain represents a major step forward for low carbon energy technology and innovation in the UK....
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Industry partnership will deliver low-carbon LPG replacement plant
...at Circular Fuel’s planned plant at Teesworks, Teesside. The agreement is to produce renewable and recycled DME (a low-carbon liquid gas which allows off-grid businesses and households, reliant on LPG,...
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Workforce investment essential to Essar’s low carbon future
...a low-carbon future. Essar Stanlow employs 800 people and produces over 16 percent of the UK’s road transport fuels and fifteen apprentices have already completed their training programme at the...
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Crown Oil – delivering carbon neutrality as it celebrates 75 years
...an external consultancy to conduct a Carbon Reduction Strategy and we began to work towards the achievement of the PAS 2060 Carbon Neutral certification 2022 – We were certified carbon...