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As states continue to use less coal for electricity, driving electric vehicles becomes even cleaner

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These results indicate that coal and oil are the energy sources leading to most emissions, and that hydro, wind, and nuclear are the energy sources leading to least emissions. On the two extremes, coal and oil result in about 176 times the emissions from hydro. Therefore, the data for 2008 are included here as well. from coal.

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Hyperbaric Centrifuge Technology Successfully Dewaters Coal Fines

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A dewatering technology developed at Virginia Tech has succeeded in reducing the moisture content of ultrafine coal to less than 20%, transforming it to a salable product. During recent prototype tests at Arch Coal Company’s Cardinal plant in Logan County, W.Va., Roe-Hoan Yoon. as part of a license agreement with Virginia Tech.

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Researchers identify mechanism for hydrocarbon biosynthesis in the algae B. braunii

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braunii communities, also compose a portion of the hydrocarbon masses in several modern-day petroleum and coal deposits. braunii in 2008, targeting the identification of specific metabolic pathways responsible for hydrocarbon synthesis. of Kentucky); Shigeru Okada (Tokyo Univ.); and Timothy P.

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