(Reuters) Global investment of $2.7 trillion a year is needed to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 and avoid temperatures from rising above 1.5 degrees Celsius this century, a report by consultancy Wood Mackenzie said on Thursday. Scientists have said the world ideally needs to limit global average temperature rise to 1.5C this century to avoid catastrophic effects from climate change.... Continue Reading →
Petrobras signs agreement with TotalEnergies and Casa dos Ventos to evaluate renewable energy opportunities
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that on Thursday (September 14) it signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with TotalEnergies and Casa dos Ventos to evaluate renewable energy projects in Brazil. The aim is to develop joint studies to study business opportunities in onshore wind, offshore wind, solar and low-carbon hydrogen in the country, using... Continue Reading →
Petrobras sets its cap on pursuing further decarbonisation pieces in energy transition puzzle
(OET) Brazilian state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras has notched new emissions reduction milestones, thanks to two of its giant fields in the pre-salt of the Santos Basin recording emissions below the world average last year while its carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) efforts paid off, enabling it to get ranked as the largest in... Continue Reading →
Oil firm Petrobras plans to become Brazil’s top wind power developer
(Reuters) - Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras (PETR4.SA) will present on Wednesday new initiatives aiming to make the company the country's biggest developer of wind energy. Chief Executive Jean Paul Prates and Mauricio Tolmasquim, Petrobras' head of energy transition and sustainability, will present the initiatives, the company said in a statement on Tuesday. Tolmasquim told reporters earlier... Continue Reading →
Offshore Wind Could Secure Scottish Green Hydrogen Potential – Report
(OW) New and existing offshore wind farms could help generate large amounts of green hydrogen and support the UK and EU meet their net zero targets, if the necessary infrastructure can be put in place, according to a new report commissioned by Crown Estate Scotland. The “Commercial Models for Future Hydrogen Production” report, written by Xodus Group,... Continue Reading →
Brazil planners target 350m tonnes of offshore wind-to-hydrogen a year
(RE) Brazil has the potential to produce up to 1.8 billion tonnes of hydrogen a year at some of the lowest costs in the world, officials in Brasilia have said, with nearly 20% coming from projects supplied with power from offshore wind. For the time being, however, there are no offshore wind projects in development... Continue Reading →
Brazil eyes tax perks for energy sector, sparking ‘green’ vs oil debate
(Reuters) - Brazil's government aims to make more energy projects eligible for key tax benefits, however the main ministries involved disagree about whether to favor a "green" agenda or include oil projects and refineries, according to a senior official and a document seen by Reuters. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's government has vowed to... Continue Reading →
US Offshore Wind Sector Faces Key Test After Weak Gulf Auction
(Reuters) The low interest in the first-ever auction of offshore wind farm development rights in the Gulf of Mexico marks a potentially serious setback for U.S. President Joe Biden’s green energy agenda, and the U.S. offshore wind sector in general. U.S. officials had touted the auction as a key milestone in Biden’s agenda to make... Continue Reading →
Exxon says world set to fail 2°C global warming cap by 2050
(Reuters) - Oil and natural gas are still projected to meet more than half of the world’s energy needs in 2050, or 54%, Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) said on Monday, with the world failing to keep global temperature increases below 2 degrees Celsius. The largest U.S. oil producer projects the world will reach 25 billion metric tons of energy related... Continue Reading →
First US Gulf Offshore Wind Auction to Fuel Green Hydrogen Push
(Reuters) The U.S. Gulf Coast region, the nation's primary offshore source of oil and gas, has cheap electricity and lacks state mandates for renewable energy procurement, making it an unlikely place to expand one of the most expensive forms of clean energy. That is why players in the nascent U.S. offshore wind industry are looking... Continue Reading →