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MAY 31, 2020

The World Energy Investment 2020 report’s assessment of trends so far this year is based on the latest available investment data and announcements by governments and companies as of mid-May, tracking of progress on individual projects, interviews with leading industry figures and investors, and the most recent analysis from across the IEA.

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JANUARY 12, 2013

In regions where the share of coal-based electricity is relatively low, EVs can achieve substantial GHG reduction, the team reports in a paper in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. According to the 12 th Five-Year Plan of the China Coal Industry (2011?2015) Earlier post.]

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DECEMBER 1, 2009

The Province of Alberta (Canada) has executed a letter of intent with Swan Hills Synfuels to provide a C$285 million (US$273 million) grant in support of a underground coal gasification (UCG) project that will reduce emissions by capturing and sequestering more than 1.3 Swan Hills calls the process in situ coal gasification (ISCG).

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JANUARY 18, 2012

The agreement marks the first US purchase by a utility of low-carbon power from a commercial-scale, coal-based power plant utilizing carbon capture. billion plant will receive $450 million in funding from the Clean Coal Power Initiative; of this, $211 million comes from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2019

In 2018 final demand (total final consumption) grew by 2.2%, continuing an increasing trend since 2015, driven by strong growth in energy-intensive industries. Gas demand growth was driven by its use in industry and buildings for heating. in 2018, a trend that has continued since 2015 when demand grew by 2.5%.

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JULY 10, 2023

Sulfuric acid is an important reagent used in many industries and it is used in the manufacture of everything from paper, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics to batteries, detergents and fertilizers. Such pure high quality sulfuric acid is in high demand in industrial applications and an important step in reducing environmental impact.

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JUNE 2, 2009

The US Department of Energy has issued up to a $5-million Funding Opportunity Announcement (DE-FOA-0000103) to solicit laboratory-level R&D projects to develop novel technologies for producing hydrogen from coal. NETL 2015 Membrane Targets. Topic 1: Novel, non-precious metal hydrogen separation. P H 2 partial pressure. Temperature.

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MAY 21, 2012

Overview of the Bluegas catalytic coal methanation process. billion from Wanxiang to finance and construct the first phase of a coal-to-natural gas facility that ultimately will have an annual production capacity of one trillion cubic feet (1 Tcf) (30 billion cubic meters) per year. Click to enlarge. pure methane).

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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. Total gross discovered coal seam gas reserves and resources presently amount to an estimated 17.3 Coal seam gas and LNG. Source: QCLNG EIS. Click to enlarge.

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JULY 29, 2016

Steel production is energy-intensive; in 2015, the steel industry accounted for 1.5% of all industrial shipments in the US but 6.1% of industrial delivered energy consumption. Several alternative cases examine drivers for further energy intensity reductions in the steel industry.

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APRIL 28, 2023

Left: distribution of mining leases and forests in 2015. Mining leases are shown as white polygons overlying Landsat imagery for 1985 and 2015. We look forward to becoming partners with Glencore, and their broad industrial experience within metals and mining, to further develop Alunorte. Mining in Brazil’s Amazon forest.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

The working group will establish a joint action plan on how to best utilize the parties’ complementary strengths in research and development, technologies, processes, equipment, logistics, industry coordination and policy advisory capacities to combat climate change and improve environmental performance.

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JULY 22, 2011

The TCEP would integrate coal gasification, combined-cycle power generation, CO 2 capture, and. TCEP will begin delivering CO 2 to Whiting when the plant commences operations in late 2014 or early 2015; construction is scheduled to begin at the end of this year. urea production. CO 2 capture and shipment via pipeline shown at top.

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JANUARY 25, 2017

The 2017 edition of the BP Energy Outlook , published today, forecasts that global demand for energy will increase by around 30% between 2015 and 2035, an average growth of 1.3% billion cars in 2015 to 1.8 Natural gas grows more quickly than either oil or coal over the Outlook, with demand growing an average 1.6% BP Outlook.

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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. was industrial coal; transportation followed as a close second.

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Pollution Coal 2016 India 218

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JULY 8, 2015

Geely’s Englon SC7 sedan was the first methanol-fueled car to receive approval from China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. In late April 2015, Geely Auto deployed a first-of-its-kind fleet of 150 methanol-fueled taxis in the southern Chinese city of Guiyang in cooperation with the municipal government. and Gong, H.

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MARCH 20, 2013

Manufacturing includes energy-intensive industries (those that use relatively large amounts of energy) such as petroleum refining, chemicals, aluminum, iron and steel, paper, wood products, and food, as well as less energy-intensive industries such as textiles, leather, apparel, furniture, machinery, and electrical equipment.

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APRIL 1, 2019

In 2015, more than half the Indian population—about 670 million citizens—were exposed to PM 2.5 In 2015, air pollution emission control costs accounted for about 0.7% of the 2015 to 2050 increase in economic wealth (GDP). concentrations that did not comply with India’s NAAQS for PM 2.5 (40 of GDP, or 1.5%

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Pollution India Emissions 2015 268

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AUGUST 22, 2012

Estimated consumption subsidies, industrial and developing countries, fossil fuels and renewables. In 2010, developing countries spent roughly $193 billion, or 47% of all fossil fuel consumption subsidies, on oil while industrial countries spent roughly $28 billion. Source: Worldwatch. Click to enlarge. in 2020 and 5.8%

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DECEMBER 16, 2017

Cities in the greater BTH region have consistently been reported to have the highest concentration of particulate matter and other air pollutants, following decades of emissions from pollution-intensive industries in the area, as well as the region’s heavy reliance on coal for energy generation. billion ($1.53

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Transportation Hydrogen Pollution Financing 170

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AUGUST 5, 2022

This work creates a general industrialization method toward carbon dioxide capture via DCC atomic-level design strategies. UC Berkeley chemists created the first such carbon-capture MOF in 2015, and subsequent versions have proved even more efficient at removing carbon dioxide from flue gases, such as those from a coal-fired power plant.

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MAY 14, 2018

The study, involving researchers from the University of East Anglia (UEA) and colleagues in China and the United States, investigated how complex supply chains are distributing energy-intensive industries and their CO 2 emissions throughout the global South. trillion) in 2014. —Prof Guan.

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JULY 31, 2009

Developing technologies for the conversion of biomass and coal-to-liquid fuels. By 2035, cellulosic ethanol and/or coal-and-biomass-to-liquid (CBTL) fuels with carbon capture and storage could replace about 15% of current fuel consumption in the transportation sector (1.7–2.5 emissions, according to the report.

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MARCH 13, 2015

Newly installed solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity in the US in 2014 reached a record 6,201 MW, growing 30% over 2013’s total, according to the new US Solar Market Insight 2014 Year in Review report released by GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA). GTM Research forecasts the US PV market to grow 31% in 2015.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Sasol currently uses aerobic microbes to treat GTL and coal-to-liquids (CTL) effluents in ORYX GTL, Qatar and Synfuels, Secunda facilities. Sasol anticipates that the technology will be commercially ready early in 2015. Biomass-to-Liquids (BTL) Biotech Coal-to-Liquids (CTL) Gas-to-Liquids (GTL)'

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Waste Water Gas Qatar 210

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OCTOBER 3, 2015

The Argonne National Laboratory’s Systems Assessment Group has released GREET 2015 models and associated reports. Electricity generation mix: updated electricity generation mix based on EIA AEO 2015. Boiler emission factors: updated stationary combustion emission factors for coal and biomass boilers for industrial applications.

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APRIL 5, 2016

In a patent application published 1 December 2015, Altex described the basic approach for its synthetic fuels processes. coal, biomass, or waste—is heated in the absence of molecular oxygen to produce a solid containing char and ash and volatile gases. Carbonaceous materials—e.g.,

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Gasoline Coal Convert Conversion 150

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MARCH 12, 2019

The 2025 target is to reduce the CO 2 footprint of the vehicle fleet by 30 percent across the lifecycle compared to 2015. Volkswagen’s goal is to enable an industrial level of production with this technology together with its partner QuantumScape. There is particularly significant potential as regards steel and aluminum supplies.

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JULY 12, 2018

The state’s latest Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory shows that California emitted 429 million metric tons of climate pollutants in 2016—a drop of 12 million metric tons, or three percent, from 2015. Emissions may vary from year-to-year depending on the weather and other factors.

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MARCH 20, 2017

The overarching objective of the study is to analyze the scale and scope of investments in low-carbon technologies in power generation, transport, buildings and industry (including heating and cooling) that are needed to facilitate such a transition in a cost-effective manner, while also working towards other policy goals. trillion in 2015.

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APRIL 11, 2017

This level is 120,000 b/d (3.2%) higher than last summer’s consumption and closer to levels from summer 2015. This growth in diesel consumption is mainly driven by a combination of higher economic growth, industrial output, and international trade activity, all of which contribute to higher trucking activity. gal last summer.

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JULY 9, 2009

Brave environmental activists from Greenpeace actually took a bold climate initiative today, doing so in my grandfather’s homeland of Italy, where they occupied four coal-fired power plants. It’s a shame they didn’t hold those plants hostage until they turn those plants into “clean coal&# plants.

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Climate Change Climate Coal Obama 170

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

China has large coal reserves, and methanol can be manufactured quite easily by gasifying coal. While the MTO process is up and running at industrial scale, this work shades new light on how the process starts. In addition, methanol can be made from natural gas. ACS Central Science doi: 10.1021/acscentsci.5b00226. 5b00226.

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Coal Carbon China Convert 150

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OCTOBER 10, 2009

A pilot project by We Energies, Alstom and The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) testing an Alstom advanced chilled ammonia process ( earlier post ) has demonstrated more than 90% capture of carbon dioxide from the flue stream of a coal-fueled power plant in Wisconsin (the Pleasant Prairie Carbon Capture Pilot Plant ).

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JULY 19, 2011

Representative Cost and Performance of Power Generation Technologies (2015). impacts on existing generating plants from pending or anticipated environmental rules on emissions, use of water resources, and coal ash handling and disposal. Source: EPRI. Click to enlarge. Source: EPRI. Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2011

I believe that the loss of industry players Solyndra, Evergreen, and SpectraWatt opens the market for more innovative solar companies to succeed with smarter tactics and mainstream products that fit into existing manufacturing models. by Steven Pleging, CEO/President of Quantum Solar Power Corp.

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Solar Future Energy New Jersey 246

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NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Emissions of CO 2 from fossil fuels and industry did not change from 2014 to 2016, yet there was a record increase in CO 2 concentration in the atmosphere. Increases in coal use in China and the US are expected this year, reversing their decreases since 2013. They also stressed the importance of addressing that fundamental issue.

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