This course covers the continued growth and investment for renewable energy. Review how the oil industry can decarbonize, or become carbon negative, and what technologies are being planned.
Government and corporate ambitions for clean energy and carbon emissions reduction have been ramped up. Their new commitments have led to record setting renewable electricity generation. Investors are focusing on clean energy, driving the share prices of wind and solar companies strongly up. Fossil fuels, especially coal, were increasingly spurned. Now, it feels as though renewable energy has been transformed from a minority player to an important part of the global energy industry. However, traditional oil and gas companies are responding to the renewables surge by pivoting their operations to achieve carbon-negative oil – meaning that they would permanently remove more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than they emit in their operations.
This one-hour self-study online course will cover the continued growth and investment for renewable energy. The pivotal success of the renewables industry during the COVID-19 pandemic will be of particular focus. From there we will review how realistic it is for the oil industry to decarbonize, or even become carbon negative, and what emission reducing technologies are being planned and implemented.
By the end of this course, you will understand: • How renewable energy has performed well during 2020 despite the COVID-19 pandemic • Some of the key milestones that were reached in 2020 • How some countries and companies ramped up their commitment to renewable energy during 2020 • The main factors that contributed to the success of renewable energy in 2020 • How renewable energy may develop going forward • The main sources of carbon emissions in the oil supply chain • How the oil industry can decarbonize its operations • Different types of carbon capture and storage, including BECCS and DACCS • Barriers to achieving carbon-negativity in the oil industry
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Energy training from Mennta Energy Solutions addresses the knowledge gaps of professionals throughout the world with innovative and proven techniques. Classroom and online energy training course topics include oil, natural gas, LNG, LPG, power, electricity, biofuels, renewables, trading, derivatives, hedging, risk management, and other aspects of the dynamic energy industry.
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