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MARCH 20, 2013
Total energy consumption in the manufacturing sector decreased by 17% from 2002 to 2010, according to data from the US Energy Information Administration. The manufacturing sector comprised more than 11% of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2010. Two energy-intensive subsectors (petroleum and coal products, and food) showed 3.5%
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FEBRUARY 28, 2009
Carbon emissions associated with increased exports from China (left), as part of a more systematic view of increased national emissions (right), 2002 to 2005. Researchers from Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States, estimated in the study that China’s 2005 carbon emissions were 80.59% or more higher than 2002 emissions. “
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AUGUST 31, 2009
China Datang Corporation began construction of China’s first major coal to synthetic natural gas project. billion cubic meters of natural gas in 2010, and 2.68 The solely state-owned group was established on the basis of the partial power generation assets of former State Power Corporation of China in 2002. cubic meters in 2011.
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FEBRUARY 23, 2017
About two-thirds of China’s methanol feedstock is produced from coal and the remainder from coking gas (a by-product of steel production) and natural gas. China has abundant coal resources, and for more than a decade the country has increased its capacity to manufacture methanol using coal as a feedstock.
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SEPTEMBER 14, 2009
Lignin is a complex chemical compound (a cross-linked amorphous phenolic polymer) and is the biomass component with highest energy content (9,000 - 11,000 Btu/lb compared to 7,300 - 7,500 for cellulose, Johnson 2002). The company plans to break ground on that facility during the first half of 2010.
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FEBRUARY 24, 2011
million conditional commitment for the project in June 2010. Unlike coal-fired and natural gas-fired power generation plants, geothermal plants produce virtually no greenhouse gas emissions. Zhaolin Gu and Haruki Sato (2002) Performance of supercritical cycles for geothermal binary design. DOE initially offered a $102.2-million
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FEBRUARY 4, 2010
The main reason for the increase is the accelerated economic activity in India and China over the last 20 years; top sources of black carbon include shipping, vehicle emissions, coal burning and inefficient stoves. According to Menon’s data, black carbon emitted in India increased by 46% from 1990 to 2000 and by another 51% from 2000 to 2010.
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