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Front cover: Petra Nova CCS facility at
Parish coal plant, USA. Petra Nova is currently shut down but there are plans for restart next year. CCS incentivisation is among key measures in the US Inflation Reduction Act. See pp 16-21
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Update: IEA World Energy Outlook At the turning point?
The global energy crisis triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is causing profound and long-lasting changes that have the potential to hasten the transition to a more sustainable and secure energy system
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Focus on the USA The Inflation Reduction Act: what it means for clean energy It is estimated that the Inflation Reduction Act could more than triple US clean energy production, with about 40% of the USA’s energy coming from renewables by 2030, and some 550 GW of renewable generating capacity added in less than ten years. It also provides a more stable 10-year window for incentives and marks a move away from the “boom and bust” nature of the previous support regime
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The IRA will accelerate green hydrogen adoption The goal of the Inflation Reduction Act is to systematically supercharge the energy transition, and it gives clean hydrogen a starring role
Inflation Reduction Act aims to give CCUS a boost, but will it take off?
Why the IRA should provide a much-needed boost for the development of carbon capture, utilisation and storage projects in the USA
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Carbon capture Carbon capture demo begins at NTPC
coal-fired power plant
Mammoth DAC project in Iceland moves to due diligence
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Hydrogen Green ammonia: the fossil-free “crude” of the H2
economy
Energinet and Gasunie put backbone into H2
infrastructure collaboration Wunsiedel electrolyser in operation
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Turbine technology Gas turbines and decarbonisation The view from Finspång
Combined cycle Adding CCS to CCGT
Chonburi mega plant completed GNA II on target for 2025 Acwa and Silk Road share Sirdarya
33 Wind power
Simply Blue and Marine Power Systems launch PelaFlex floating wind project
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Energy storage Foresight’s pumped storage investment
Big Buffalo battery begins operation
36 Additive
manufacturing
How it is helping to solve SOFC problems
Mohawk Innovative Technology and Velo3D are collaborating on 3D printing for SOFC components and achieving huge cost savings
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