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JULY 6, 2011

China’s Wison (Nanjing) Clean Energy Company Ltd. has selected Honeywell’s UOP technology to convert methanol into building blocks for chemical products at an existing coal chemical complex in China. Located in Nanjing, China, the facility will be one of the world’s first methanol-to-olefin production facilities.

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JULY 25, 2013

World energy consumption by fuel type, 2010-2040. The US Energy Information Administration’s (EIA’s) International Energy Outlook 2013 (IEO2013) projects that world energy consumption will grow by 56% between 2010 and 2040, from 524 quadrillion British thermal units (Btu) to 820 quadrillion Btu. Source: IEO2013.

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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 China Datang Corporation (CDT) is one of China’s largest power generation groups. Output from the project is targeted at Beijing.

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MAY 25, 2010

Fuel-cycle SO 2 emissions of EVs compared to those of gasoline ICEVs and HEVs in China, current (left) and future (right). The study examined the fuel-cycle CO 2 , SO 2 , and NO x emissions of EVs in China in both current (2008) and future (2030) periods and compared them with those of conventional gasoline vehicles and gasoline hybrids.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Pathways for producing liquid fuels from coal. Accelergy Corporation ( earlier post ) is partnering with the Yankuang Group, one of the largest coal companies in China, on a feasibility study for a joint, large-scale, low-carbon, hybrid—i.e., In indirect liquefaction, coal is first gasified to. Source: EMRE.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2011

Sasol recently signed a joint venture agreement with Australia-based Origin Energy Limited for the purposes of exploring for coal bed methane (CBM) in Botswana. Australia’s coal bed methane resources (known as Coal Seam Gas or CSG in Australia) will be used to supply LNG to China and the rest of Southeast Asia.

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JULY 8, 2012

BC emission map of China at 0.1° × 0.1° East and West China are separated by a dashed line from Qiqihar, Yinchuan, to Kunming. A new black carbon (BC) emissions inventory from China found BC emissions levels in 2007 of 1,957 Gg BC—higher than reported in earlier studies. for year 2007. Major emission areas are marked.

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JANUARY 4, 2011

Syngas Limited has raised A$530,000 (US$532,000) via a share placement to contribute toward the continued development of the proposed coal-and-biomass-to-liquids Clinton Project in South Australia. Coal is the primary feedstock, supplemented with non-food biomass to reduce carbon emissions. First production is targeted for mid-2015.

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JUNE 13, 2012

seen in 2010, according to the newly released BP Statistical Review of World Energy, 2012. China alone accounted for 71% of energy consumption growth. China alone accounted for 71% of energy consumption growth. Brent oil prices were on average 40% higher than 2010 and exceeded $100 a barrel for the first time ever; at $111.26/bbl,

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MARCH 26, 2019

Gas demand growth was especially strong in the United States and China. Still, that was not fast enough to meet higher electricity demand around the world that also drove up coal use. Coal use in power generation alone surpassed 10 Gt, accounting for a third of the total increase. Gas demand in China increased by almost 18%.

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AUGUST 31, 2011

(SES), a global energy and gasification technology company that provides products and solutions to the energy and chemicals industries, has entered into a Technical Study Agreement with Ambre Energy of Australia to supply a proprietary gasification design to support Ambre’s development of a planned Coal to Liquids Project (ambreCTL).

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JUNE 11, 2012

gigatonne gap between CO 2 emissions calculated on the basis of the two publicly available official energy data sets from China: one national, the other provincial. The dashed line represents the aggregated CO2 emissions calculated from the provincial energy statistics 1997–2010. The provincial aggregation is the higher figure.)

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OCTOBER 31, 2010

BG Group has approved implementation of the first phase of a US$15-billion project to convert coal seam gas (CSG) to LNG—the first major commercial project to do so. First LNG exports are planned to commence from 2014, underpinned by agreements in Chile, China, Japan and Singapore for the purchase of up to 9.5 Source: QCLNG EIS.

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JUNE 19, 2018

BNEF predicts that lithium-ion battery prices, already down by nearly 80% per megawatt-hour since 2010, will continue to tumble as electric vehicle manufacturing builds up through the 2020s. The result will be renewables eating up more and more of the existing market for coal, gas and nuclear. NEO 2018 sees $11.5

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MAY 30, 2011

Energy-related carbon-dioxide (CO2) emissions in 2010 were the highest in history, according to the latest estimates by the International Energy Agency (IEA). In terms of fuels, 44% of the estimated CO 2 emissions in 2010 came from coal, 36% from oil, and 20% from natural gas. tonnes for China, and 1.5 tonnes in India.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Global carbon dioxide emissions show no sign of abating and may reach record levels in 2010, according to a study led by the University of Exeter (UK). China +8%, India +6.2%). Le Quéré (2010) Update on CO 2 emissions. below the record 2008 figures. The 2009 drop in CO 2 emissions is less than half that anticipated a year ago.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

However, regional differences are “substantial&rdquo, with emissions in China and India increasing by 9 and 6 percent, respectively. “ While emissions from oil and gas have decreased, emissions from coal have remained stable; the share of coal as a fuel has increased. China also has a large export sector. Resources.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2019

in 2018, driven in large part by the People’s Republic of China, India and the United States, which were responsible for 70% of demand growth. in 2018—the slowest rate since 2010—according to Energy Efficiency 2019 , the IEA’s annual report on energy efficiency. Global primary energy demand rose by 2.3%

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APRIL 18, 2018

coal, wood, and dung) for cooking and heating. billion people—one in three global citizens—were exposed to household air pollution from the use of solid fuels (for example, coal, wood, charcoal, dung, or other biomass) for cooking and heating. In China in 2013, the leading source contribution to deaths attributable to PM 2.5

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AUGUST 20, 2011

announced the commitment of funds to launch a US$1-billion underground coal gasification gas-to-liquids (UCG-GTL) project in Mongolia. The project will transform low-quality deeply-embedded, underground coal into synthetic diesel. km) over the largest Mongolian Shivee-Ovoo brown coal deposit. Click to enlarge. mi, 774 sq.

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DECEMBER 9, 2010

A detailed study by researchers from China and the US has concluded that Fischer-Tropsch synthetic liquid fuels (FTL) are typically less costly to produce when electricity is generated as a major coproduct than when the plants are designed to produce mainly liquid fuels. Guangjian Liu, Eric D. Larson, Robert H. Williams, Thomas G.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2017

China is the global leader in methanol use and has recently expanded its methanol production capacity. The estimates developed in the study have now been incorporated into EIA’s historical data and forecasts of petroleum and other liquids consumption in China. Annual methanol consumption in China, 2000-16. Methanol in China.

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DECEMBER 10, 2014

As the world population increases by the estimated 30% from 2010 to 2040, ExxonMobil sees global GDP rising by about 140%, but energy demand by only about 35% due to greater efficiency. Click to enlarge. Outlook for Energy. The Outlook for Energy provides ExxonMobil’s long-term view of global energy demand and supply.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

The study is the first to document the health and economic benefits of policies to reduce the burden of air pollution in a highly polluted area of China, and provides a model to measure how policies to improve air quality can protect human health. Particulate matter is released by coal-burning plants and other sources.

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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. Data from the China Electricity Council shows that annual electric power generating capacity rose from 350 GW in 2002 to more than 505 GW in 2007. by Jack Rosebro. Guan et al.

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AUGUST 28, 2010

Algae.Tec is currently undertaking an Initial Public Offering by way of a prospectus dated 16 July 2010 with the intention to list on the ASX by the end of September 2010. protein and carbohydrate biomass that can be combined to produce jet fuel. The Company’s ASX code will be AEB.

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MAY 24, 2012

Gt on 2010, or 3.2%. Coal accounted for 45% of total energy-related CO 2 emissions in 2011, followed by oil (35%) and natural gas (20%). China made the largest contribution to the global increase, with its emissions rising by 720 million tonnes (Mt), or 9.3%, primarily due to higher coal consumption. In 2011, a 6.1%

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JUNE 30, 2009

Project developers in both China and Canada are moving forward with new coal-to-liquid (CTL) fuel facilities, according to the Coal-to-Liquids Coalition (CTLC). China’s Shenhua Energy Co Ltd recently announced that will begin construction on a CTL plant in October 2010. Earlier post.)

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MAY 29, 2012

A new report from the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change shows the importance of all major nations taking part in global efforts to reduce emissions—and in particular, finds China’s role to be crucial. Without China, we miss that mark by about 1 °C. C change by the end of the century.

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JULY 1, 2022

Despite losing some ground, this still marks an 86% and 46% reduction since 2010 in nominal terms. New-build onshore wind and solar projects are now around 40% lower than BNEF’s global benchmarks for new coal- and gas-fired power. The latter cost at $74 and $81 per MWh, respectively. compared to 1H 2021.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2011

With subsidies long in place for nuclear, coal and gas in the US along with the cheap cost of production for coal and natural gas, solar is essentially competing with that $0.10/kWh The US has 1,750 MW of PV planned for 2011 and currently employs 100,000 people, more than coal mining or steel manufacturing.

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APRIL 20, 2011

A newly released report financed by the World Bank and prepared by consultancy PRTM analyzes China’s New Energy Vehicles Program, as well as the Ten Cities, Thousand Vehicles Program, in the context of these megatrends and concludes that the overall value chain shift could favor China from both a technological and supply chain perspective.

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DECEMBER 15, 2013

By 2040, hybrids are expected to account for about 35% of the global light-duty vehicle fleet, up from less than 1% in 2010. In 2010, about 75% of the world’s vehicles were in OECD countries. However, by 2040, China and India are expected to increase their levels by more than 500%. liters per 100 km) in 2010.

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APRIL 18, 2013

Since 1990, however, the ESCII (2010 = 100) has remained essentially static, changing by less than 1%. tCO 2 /toe); in 2010 it was 56.7 The IEA said that this reflects the continued domination of fossil fuels—particularly coal—in the energy mix and the slow uptake of other, lower-carbon supply technologies.

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JANUARY 19, 2011

World energy growth over the next twenty years is expected to be dominated by emerging economies such as China, India, Russia and Brazil while improvements in energy efficiency measures are set to accelerate, according to BP’s latest projection of energy trends, the BP Energy Outlook 2030. Coal will increase by 1.2% Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2009

Sasol is incorporating carbon capture and storage (CCS) options in the upfront design of a proposed 80,000 bpd coal-to-liquids project it is studying with the Shenua Ningxia Coal Industry group, for possible development in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of China. Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 23, 2012

Net petroleum imports as a share of total US liquid fuels consumed drop from 49% in 2010 to 38% in 2020 and 36% in 2035 in AEO2012. million barrels per day in 2010. The natural gas share of electric power generation increases from 24% in 2010 to 27% in 2035, and the renewables share grows from 10% to 16% over the same period.

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