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Global Trade of Hydrogen
Global Trade of Hydrogen While creating a hydrogen economy is generally viewed as an important step towards comprehensive decarbonization, governments, businesses, and researchers are still largely uncertain about whether the hydrogen economy will become truly global or whether it will remain a largely local or regional phenomenon At the same time, if geographical and other..
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Houston as the epicenter of a global clean hydrogen hub
This report is the result of work by the Houston Energy Transition Initiative’s (HETI) Hydrogen Working Group, a collaboration organized by the Greater Houston Partnership (GHP) and the Center for Houston’s Future (CHF) to develop a shared vision for how the Houston region and the state of Texas can lead the energy transition. HETI seeks to leverage Houston’s energy..
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IEA: Renewables Will Lead Global Generation in 2025
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The world’s power generation is about to become even more green, according to a new publication from the International Energy Agency (IEA).
The group on Nov. 10 published its “Renewables 2020″ report, and highlighted how generation capacity from both wind and solar will double across the next five years and surpass global generation from both coal and natural gas. The IEA said renewable energy this year is growing at its fastest annual pace in the past six years, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. The agency said the pandemic has in fact hastened the closure of older thermal power generation infrastructure; as an example, American Electric Power this week announced it would shut down nearly half its entire fleet of U.S. coal-fired power plants.
The IEA in the report said “the COVID-19 crisis is hurting—but not halting—global renewable energy growth,” noting that “renewable markets, especially electricity-generating technologies, have already shown their resilience to the crisis.”…
Nuclear Fuel Working Group Outlines How U.S. Could Regain Global Leadership
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The U.S. will attempt to regain its international standing as a world leader in nuclear energy through a three-pronged strategy that will essentially seek to strengthen the full domestic nuclear fuel cycle, possibly deny imports of nuclear fuel fabricated in Russia or China, and promote advanced reactor technologies.
The strategy is outlined in the White House’s Nuclear Fuel Working Group’s (NFWG’s) long-awaited findings released on April 23 in its report, “Restoring America’s Competitive Nuclear Advantage: A Strategy to Assure U.S. National Security.” President Trump convened the group, which includes representatives from various executive branch agencies, in July 2019 after the Department of Commerce in May 2019 found that uranium imports posed a threat to national security. The NFWG was tasked with examining domestic nuclear fuel production and options to revive the entire nuclear fuel supply chain.
Strong Emphasis on the Front-End of the Nuclear Cycle
The NFWG report, which Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette described as a “roadmap” in a call with reporters on Thursday, sets out three key priorities.…