Does hydrogen remain an environmentally friendly practice?

While hydrogen production is currently not deemed a water-intensive industry, there are indications that it can exert significant pressure in regions with scant water resources. In September 2020, China announced its goal of peaking carbon emissions by 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality by 2060. The country’s hydrogen energy industry has entered into an upswing phase,

Bear Head receives environmental approval for hydrogen production

Bear Head Energy Inc. has received environmental assessment approval to move forward with a green hydrogen and ammonia production, storage and loading facility in Point Tupper, Nova Scotia, formerly an LNG export facility. The project was given the green light by provincial Minister Timothy Halman of the Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change. The Canada

India needs $900 bn for just energy transition

India needs an estimated $900 billion for a just energy transition vis-a-vis coal mines and thermal power plants over the next 30 years, a report of independent non-profit environmental research and innovation organisation International Forum for Environment, Sustainability & Technology (iFOREST) has said. India has set goals of net zero emissions by 2070 and energy

Study on the importance of increasing graphite production

A team of Northwestern researchers has conducted a study exploring ways to reduce reliance on imports of the in high-demand mineral graphite, which powers everything from electric vehicles (EVs) to cell phones. The paper, which published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, is the first natural and synthetic graphite material flow analysis for the

JV of Veolia and Asment to work for industrial waste management

Asment Temara, a cement manufacturer, is collaborating with Veolia, a French environmental giant, to launch a new industrial waste management company specialising in the development and operation of a pre-treatment and recovery platform for industrial waste in Morocco. The platform will offer its customers an industrial waste management system to help them optimise their production

APL join hands with IHI, Kowa for environment-friendly power generation

Adani Power Limited (APL) has entered into a pact with Japanese companies – IHI Corporation and Kowa Company Ltd. (Kowa) – to collaborate on environmentally sustainable power generation. The companies will study the feasibility of ammonia co-fired units that would help decarbonise Adani Power’s coal-fired units. The company aims to achieve modification target of 20

Coal and Environment ministries in India to work together

The coal ministry on Tuesday said it may approach the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, seeking relaxation in certain norms so that the overall production of fossil fuel can be further increased. While addressing a function to mark the foundation stone-laying of four projects of Coal India-arm Northern Coalfields Ltd (NCL), Coal Minister

Modern technology, old mining law can make net-zero a reality

If the U.S. is to achieve its carbon and renewable energy targets, policymakers must harmonize the mesh point between U.S. renewables and the statutory directive to develop domestic minerals under the General Mining Law, James Voyles, environmental attorney with Lewis Roca, says. Otherwise, the need for raw materials for renewables may clash with mining restrictions,