The Ipieca sustainability article round-up showcases recent sustainability-related achievements, projects and news from Ipieca members, demonstrating their support for the Ipieca Principles around advancing environmental and social performance across the energy transition. We also highlight initiatives from our partner organizations and share insights from key United Nations meetings.
February’s round up focuses on Ipieca members’ increasing use and investment in renewables and methane emissions initiatives from our partners, as well as other sustainability news and insights from the industry.
Member sustainability articles
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bp launches plans for low-carbon green hydrogen cluster in Spain
bp launched the green hydrogen cluster of the Valencia region (HyVal) at its Castellón refinery, which aims to develop of up to 2GW of electrolysis capacity by 2030 for producing green hydrogen at the refinery.
Together with Siguler Guff, Halliburton has launched the Envana Software Partners joint venture (JV). The new venture provides emissions management software solutions to track greenhouse gas emissions in the oil and gas industry and beyond.
Neptune Energy, Ørsted and Goal7 to explore powering integrated energy hubs with offshore wind
The three organizations have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore powering future Neptune-operated hubs in the UK North Sea with renewable electricity from Ørsted’s Hornsea offshore windfarm. Goal7 will provide project management support and technical input.
Repsol expands portfolio of renewables projects in Spain
Through the purchase of three wind farms and two solar plants, Repsol has added 250 MW to its portfolio of renewable projects in Spain, which now totals 3.2GW.
TotalEnergies invests in biogas and solar projects in Poland
TotalEnergies is developing its renewable activities in Poland by acquiring the country’s main biogas producer, Polska Grupa Biogazowa, and a 200 MW development pipeline of solar projects.
This year’s update provides the IEA’s latest estimates of emissions from across the sector – drawing data and readings from satellites and ground-based measurements – and the costs and opportunities to tackle these emissions.
IMO hosts Africa’s first green shipping conference
Held in Ghana, the conference provided a forum to discuss opportunities and challenges for African countries in the decarbonization of international shipping, including a global regulatory framework put in place by IMO, addressing energy efficiency, development of new technologies and investments in renewable energy and infrastructure.
OGCI satellite monitoring project in Iraq helps tackle methane emissions
The OGCI pilot programme with greenhouse gas monitoring company GHGSat and Norwegian climate consultancy Carbon Limits has successfully demonstrated that satellite technology has significant potential to tackle methane emissions at oil and gas operations.
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This round up shares Ipieca members’ investment in renewables—with two members set to develop over 3 GW of solar power. It features carbon capture and storage and hydrogen projects and solutions, and highlights how electrifying operations can lead to large emissions reductions.
Sustainability article round-up: August 2024
30 August 2024
Making offshore platforms more sustainable, enhancing emergency preparedness, leveraging artificial intelligence to advance the journey to net-zero, and developing a platform for ocean data – these are just some of the advancements our members are making across the globe to contribute to the energy transition in the context of sustainable development.
Sustainability article round-up: July 2024
1 August 2024
The July round-up shares advancements around e-methanol, hydrogen storage and deployment in heavy industries, biodiversity data, and circular economy for lubricants. We also share Ipieca insights and updates from our Global Initiative programmes with the IMO, the Bonn Climate Change Conference, and Ipieca Week 2024 stakeholder panels.
Sustainability article round-up: June 2024
27 June 2024
The June round-up covers the update of RETOS, contributions to conservation and communities, sustainable fuels, direct air capture and innovative salt plants. We also share the latest update on SDG 7 progress, as well as Ipieca insights from UN World Environment Day and UN World Oceans Day.
