Tag: petrochemicals
A Pipeline That Won’t Be Built and the Real Trade Beneath the Canadian Climate Deal
The public debate around the Canadian Smith Carney memorandum of understanding (MOU) has focused on what appears to be a federal retreat on climate policy in exchange for support for a new crude oil pipeline. That surface reading is easy to reach in the first hours and days of commentary. … [continued]
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Singapore Reimagines Jurong Island as a Global Low-Carbon Testbed as it Celebrates its 25th Anniversary
Jurong Island is Singapore’s flagship energy and chemicals hub. And it is marking its 25th anniversary with a sweeping set of initiatives designed to reposition the island for a low-carbon future. Why is this important to CleanTechnica readers? Simply because despite all our desire for renewable energy, the path leading … [continued]
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Hydrogen’s Seven Missing Pieces
I wrote another technoeconomic assessment of why hydrogen will not be cheap, and the reaction from hydrogen advocates was familiar. They focused on small pieces of the analysis and treated each point as if it existed in isolation. That pattern confirmed something important. The debate is not about one technology … [continued]
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Carbon Removal India Alliance: India’s Carbon & CDR Policy Update H1 – 2025
This article was curated together with Carbon Removal India Alliance (CRIA) — India’s only durable carbon removal (CDR)-focused industry coalition. India’s climate policy landscape is undergoing a pivotal transformation. Recent developments signal a shift from ambition to action, with foundational frameworks now taking shape across emissions management, carbon markets, international … [continued]
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Methanol’s Surprise Rise & Hydrogen’s Decline In Dutch Scenarios
At the end of my engagement with TenneT, the Netherlands’ transmission system operator, who I assisted with 2050 scenario planning for their target grid, I had the opportunity to sit down with a couple of members of the workshops to discuss our findings. What follows is a lightly edited transcript … [continued]
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