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SK Inc. Materials initiates blue ammonia business with offtake agreement with ExxonMobil

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FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Materials to pursue the offtake of blue ammonia from ExxonMobil’s planned low-carbon hydrogen project at its integrated complex in Baytown, Texas. The company says that blue ammonia will replace conventional coal as a main fuel and accelerate energy transition with less carbon footprint and cleaner power.

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South Korea Coal Hydrogen Carbon

Researchers use melamine to create effective, low-cost carbon capture; potential tailpipe application

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AUGUST 5, 2022

Using an inexpensive polymer called melamine, researchers from UC Berkeley, Texas A&M and Stanford have created a cheap, easy and energy-efficient way to capture carbon dioxide from smokestacks. DETA, a chemical bound inside the porous melamine, grabs CO 2 and removes it from the gas, with nitrogen vented to the atmosphere.

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Low Cost Carbon Texas Cheap

IEA: global electricity demand growing faster than renewables, driving strong increase in generation from coal

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JULY 15, 2021

Renewables are expanding quickly but not enough to satisfy a strong rebound in global electricity demand this year, resulting in a sharp rise in the use of coal power that risks pushing carbon dioxide emissions from the electricity sector to record levels next year, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency.

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Coal Renewable Global Iraq

Texas utility signs first US Power Purchase Agreement for low-emissions electricity from commercial-scale coal-fired power plant with carbon capture

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JANUARY 18, 2012

CPS Energy of San Antonio has signed a Power Purchase Agreement for approximately 200 MW of power from the Texas Clean Energy Project (TCEP), located just west of Midland-Odessa. 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.

Coal

Coal Texas Purchase Carbon

TCEQ grants air quality permits to Tenaska new-build carbon capturing coal plant in Texas; 85-90% capture

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DECEMBER 15, 2010

The Commissioners of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) voted unanimously to grant the air quality permits necessary for the $3.5 billion 600-megawatt (net) Tenaska Trailblazer Energy Center under development near Sweetwater, Texas to begin construction. The project has also been awarded a $7.7-million

Coal

Coal Texas Grant Carbon

DOE awards $35M to 12 ARPA-E projects to reduce methane emissions; 5 on natural gas engines

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DECEMBER 3, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced $35 million in funding for twelve projects focused on developing technologies to reduce methane emissions in the oil, gas, and coal industries. Natural Gas Engines. Selection amount: $3,257,089). This would simultaneously reduce methane emissions and improve engine efficiency.

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Gas Emissions Engine Coal

Texas Clean Energy Project signs long-term CO2 offtake agreement with Whiting Petroleum for enhanced oil recovery; 90% CO2 capture from IGCC coal polygen plant

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JULY 22, 2011

The TCEP would integrate coal gasification, combined-cycle power generation, CO 2 capture, and. This is another important milestone for the Texas Clean Energy Project, coming on the heels of last month’s power purchase announcement with CPS Energy in San Antonio. urea production. CO 2 capture and shipment via pipeline shown at top.

Coal

Coal Texas Oil CO2

MIT Report Finds Natural Gas Has Significant Potential to Displace Coal, Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Role in Transportation More Limited

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JUNE 26, 2010

Natural gas will play a leading role in reducing greenhouse-gas emissions over the next several decades, largely by replacing older, inefficient coal plants with highly efficient combined-cycle gas generation, according to a major new interim report out from MIT. —MITEI Director Ernest J.

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MIT Coal Gas Emissions

DOE ROD for coal-based Texas Clean Energy Project sets in motion $450M of federal funding

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

The ROD and cooperative agreement between DOE’s Office of Fossil Energy (FE) and Summit Texas Clean Energy, LLC (STCE) sets in motion continued federal cost-shared funding for the Summit Texas Clean Energy Project, to be built just west of Midland-Odessa, Texas. About 200 megawatts of electricity will be put on the power grid.

Coal

Coal Texas Clean Cleaning

Study Concludes Peak Coal Will Occur Close to 2011

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AUGUST 2, 2010

A multi-Hubbert analysis of coal production by Tadeusz Patzek at The University of Texas at Austin and Gregory Croft at the University of California, Berkeley concludes that the global peak of coal production from existing coalfields will occur close to the year 2011. Gt C (15 Gt CO 2 ) per year, according to the study.

Coal

Coal 2011 Global Emissions

EIA: US LNG exports will fall 6% from 1H 2022 to 2H 2022 following Freeport outage

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JULY 13, 2022

The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects US liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports to average 10.5 With less LNG being exported in the second half of the year, more natural gas is likely to stay in the domestic market. For the last three quarters of 2023, EIA expects natural gas prices will average $4.36/MMBtu,

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Gas-Electric Coal Gas Solar

DOE selects 9 universities for about $2.7M in advanced coal technologies research awards

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JUNE 7, 2012

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected nine universities for awards for research projects that will continue to support innovation and development of advanced, lower emission coal technologies. The projects selected for awards include: Improved Alloys. DOE Share: $293,519). Brown University. Improved Structural Materials.

Coal

Coal Universal Indiana Tennessee

DKRW Advanced Fuels signs major off-take contract for 100% of coal-derived gasoline from Medicine Bow project

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DECEMBER 1, 2011

The contract is one of the first major commercial agreements in the US for the sale of liquid transport fuels made from coal. The Medicine Bow project will use Carbon Basin coal optioned from DKRW partner (and coal mine operator) Arch Coal to produce refined hydrocarbon liquid products.

Coal

Coal Gasoline Wyoming Fuel

BP Statistical Review finds global oil share down for 12th year in a row, coal share up to highest level since 1969; renewables at 2%

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JUNE 13, 2012

Oil demand grew by less than 1%—the slowest rate amongst fossil fuels—while gas grew by 2.2%, and coal was the only fossil fuel with above average annual consumption growth at 5.4% Gas production globally grew by 3.1%; the US recorded 7.7% The EU’s decline in gas production was the highest on record (-11.4%).

Coal

Coal Oil Renewable Saudi Arabia

US DOE to Invest Up to $989M in Three Carbon Capture and Sequestration Projects; Total Project Value of $3.18B

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DECEMBER 4, 2009

billion to accelerate the development of advanced coal technologies with carbon capture and storage at commercial-scale. billion in private capital cost share as part of the third round of the Department’s Clean Coal Power Initiative (CCPI). Southern Company Carbon Capture and Sequestration Demonstration. Earlier post.).

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Carbon Alabama Coal Texas

DOE Awarding More Than $3.3M to 7 Universities To Conduct Advanced Turbine Technology Studies for Advanced Coal-Based Power Generation

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AUGUST 6, 2010

The universities—located in Georgia, Texas, North Dakota, Louisiana, California, and New York—will investigate the technology needed for the efficient operation of turbines using coal-derived synthesis gas (syngas) and high hydrogen content (HHC) fuels. Texas A&M University , College Station, Texas.

Coal

Coal Universal North Dakota Power

DOE, NRG In $334M Cooperative Project for Post-Combustion Carbon Capture, Storage and EOR Project; 400,000 Tons of CO2 Per Year

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JUNE 19, 2010

(NRG) for the Parish Post-Combustion CO 2 Capture and Sequestration Project to design, construct, and operate a system that will capture and store approximately 400,000 tons of carbon dioxide per year. The technology would apply to many additional coal-based electric power plants in the United States and throughout the world.

Carbon

Carbon Coal CO2 Texas

DOE Makes First Awards from $1.4B for Industrial Carbon Capture and Storage Projects

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OCTOBER 3, 2009

billion from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for the capture carbon dioxide from industrial sources for storage or beneficial use. Secretary Chu on Carbon Capture. Noting that coal accounts for roughly 25% of the world energy supply and 40% of the carbon emissions. million in Recovery Act funding and $22.5

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Carbon Industrial Industry Coal

DOE Regional Partner Initiates Coal Seam CO2 Injection and Methane Recovery Study in Virginia

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FEBRUARY 14, 2009

A US Department of Energy (DOE) team of regional partners has begun injecting carbon dioxide into coal seams in the Central Appalachian Basin to determine the feasibility of CO 2 storage in unmineable coal seams and the potential for enhanced coalbed methane recovery. feet in thickness. trillion cubic feet.

Virginia

Virginia Coal West Virginia CO2

California ARB considering four new low-carbon fuel pathways; Neste renewable diesel and sugarcane molasses ethanol

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MARCH 20, 2013

California Air Resources Board (ARB) staff has posted four new Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) pathways to the LCFS web site. Others are sugarcane molasses ethanol from Guatemala; mixed feedstock to biodiesel from Texas; and a new ARB-staff-developed pathway for North American landfill gas. Earlier post.) g CO 2 e/MJ.

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Renewable California Carbon Diesel

DOE launches $20M University Coalition for Fossil Energy Research at Penn State

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MAY 11, 2016

The Coalition will facilitate basic and applied energy research and promote multidisciplinary collaboration among the member universities and NETL. The coordination structure is flexible, allowing for new university members to provide additional research capabilities and collaborations as needed throughout the research lifespan.

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Universal Tulsa Energy Pennsylvania

AEP puts Mountaineer carbon capture commercialization project on hold, citing uncertain status of climate policy, weak economy

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JULY 14, 2011

American Electric Power is terminating its cooperative agreement with the US Department of Energy and placing its plans to advance carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) technology to commercial scale on hold, citing the current uncertain status of US climate policy and the continued weak economy as contributors to the decision.

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Climate Commercial Economy Carbon

ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

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APRIL 30, 2010

ARPA-E’s first solicitation awarded $151 million to 37 projects aimed at transformational innovations in energy storage, biofuels, carbon capture, renewable power, building efficiency, vehicles, and other areas. Novel Biological Conversion of Hydrogen and Carbon Dioxide Directly into Biodiesel. Earlier post.) Engineering E. per gallon.

Carbon

Carbon Batteries Battery Li-ion

Shell to build LNG units in Gulf Coast and Great Lakes regions; two additional LNG for transport corridors in North America

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MARCH 5, 2013

Shell and its affiliates will build two additional small-scale natural gas liquefaction units to provide liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuel for marine and heavy-duty on-road customers in North America. Shell is also working to use natural gas as a fuel in its own operations. The new Mountains scenario: gas as the energy backbone.

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North America Transportation America Building

Aqua America to transition portions of fleet to CNG

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MAY 31, 2012

one of the largest US-based, publicly-traded water utilities, is going to transition portions of its larger vehicle fleet to compressed natural gas (CNG). Pennsylvania has always been an energy-rich state with natural gas being its latest form. Aqua America, Inc., —Nicholas DeBenedictis. Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc.,

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America Pennsylvania Fleet North Carolina

Report: Plastics industry will release more GHGs than coal plants in the US by 2030

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OCTOBER 24, 2021

Plastics are on track to contribute more greenhouse gas emissions than coal plants in the US by 2030, according to new report by Beyond Plastics, a nationwide project based at Bennington College in Vermont. Ethane Gas Cracker Facilities release at least 70 million tons of GHG each year. million tons of GHG each year.

Coal

Coal Industrial Industry Climate Change

EIA releases report on CO2 emissions by state; California led in 2010 with transportation-sector emissions

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MAY 14, 2013

The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) has released a new report, State-Level Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions, 2000-2010. The report shows a significant variation of energy-related carbon dioxide emissions across states on both an absolute and a per capita basis. million tonnes CO 2 ), followed by Texas (194.9

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2010 Emissions California Transportation

Air Products heralds successful operation of project to capture CO2 from hydrogen production for use in enhanced oil recovery

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MAY 13, 2013

Air Products heralded the successful operation of a US Department of Energy (DOE) demonstration project that will capture approximately one million tons of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) from hydrogen production for use in an enhanced oil recovery project in which DOE anticipates an additional estimated 1.6-3.1 Click to enlarge.

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Oil Hydrogen CO2 Production

Alabama Project Testing Potential for Combining CO2 Storage with Enhanced Methane Recovery

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JUNE 21, 2010

Field testing the potential for combining geologic carbon dioxide storage with enhanced methane recovery is underway at a site in Alabama by a US Department of Energy (DOE) team of regional partners. Coal in the Black Warrior Basin has the potential to sequester 1.1 trillion cubic feet of natural gas from these coal seams.

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Alabama El Paso CO2 Mississippi

GWU team demonstrates one-pot process for optimized synthesis of controlled CNTs from CO2; coupling cement and C2CNT

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MARCH 27, 2017

Stuart Licht ( earlier post ) have developed a new process that transforms CO 2 into a controlled selection of nanotubes (CNTs) via molten electrolysis; they call the process C2CNT (CO2 into carbon nanotubes). Molten carbonate electrosynthesized boron-doped CNTs exhibit high electrical conductivity. —Ren et al. Licht (2017).

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CO2 Carbon Gas-Electric 2017

ARB posts six new LCFS pathway applications for comment; new PFAD biodiesel approach

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DECEMBER 18, 2013

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) staff has posted six new Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) pathway applications to the LCFS public comment web site: corn ethanol; molasses ethanol (from Brazil); palm fatty acid distillates (PFAD) to biodiesel; and landfill gas to LNG, L-CNG, and CNG. Earlier post.) Earlier post.) gCO 2 e/MJ.

Oil

Oil California Gas Gas-Electric

UTEP Awarded Nearly $1.3M for 4 DOE Projects On Engine and Turbine Efficiency and CO2 Capture

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OCTOBER 22, 2009

The Department of Energy (DOE) recently awarded The University of Texas at El Paso grants totaling nearly $1.3 million for research to improve the efficiency of engines and creating technologies for detecting, capturing and storing carbon emissions. Tags: Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Engines Fuel Efficiency. Ramana, Ph.D.,

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El Paso Engine Coal CO2

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Wind farms stand idle for days on end, a fire interrupts a vital cable from France, a combination of post-Covid economic recovery and Russia tightening supply means the gas price has shot through the roof – and so the market price of both home heating and electricity is rocketing. Climate Change.

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Power Powered Wind Coal

Kinder Morgan to purchase El Paso for approximately $38B to form largest natural gas pipeline network and largest midstream energy enterprise in North America

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OCTOBER 17, 2011

The combined company will be the largest owner and operator of natural gas pipelines and storage assets in North America with approximately 67,000 miles of natural gas transportation pipelines. million barrels per day of gasoline, jet fuel, diesel, natural gas liquids and crude oil through more than 8,000 miles of pipelines.

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El Paso North America Gas Purchase

Exelon Intends to Join FutureGen Alliance

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FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Exelon Corporation intends to join the FutureGen Alliance, a non-profit organization developing an advanced low-emissions coal demonstration facility to be located in Mattoon, Ill. The plant will be designed to capture carbon emitted by its operation and store it underground. Earlier post.).

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DOE Selects 19 Projects to Monitor and Evaluate Geologic CO2 Storage

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AUGUST 25, 2009

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 19 projects to enhance the capability to simulate, track, and evaluate the potential risks of carbon dioxide storage in geologic formations. Coal supplies nearly 50% of domestic electricity. Coal supplies nearly 50% of domestic electricity. million over four years, with $27.6

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CO2 Coal Austin Store

DOE to Award $106M to Six CO2 Conversion Projects; $156M in Matching Private Funding

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JULY 22, 2010

The US Department of Energy has selected six projects for funding that aim to find ways of converting captured carbon dioxide emissions from industrial sources into useful products such as fuel, plastics, cement, and fertilizers. The project team plans to process CO 2 -laden flue gas from a Capital Aggregates, Ltd.

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Conversion CO2 San Antonio Carbon

The Complex Calculus of Clean Energy and Zero Emissions

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NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Among the most articulate and almost certainly the wonkiest is Jesse Jenkins , a professor of engineering at Princeton University, where he heads the ZERO Lab—the Zero-carbon Energy systems Research and Optimization Laboratory, that is. Texas, unfortunately, is its own little grid island. clean-tech legislation.

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Clean Cleaning Energy Emissions

Update on Celanese plans for commercialization of TCX hydrocarbons-to-ethanol process; scale and economics

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OCTOBER 11, 2011

If we assume about $5 MBtu for coal in China, we could convert those hydrocarbons to ethanol for somewhere between $1.50 Celanese uses a methanol carbonylation process (reaction of methanol and carbon monoxide); the reaction utilizes a catalyst and the resulting product (acetic acid) is purified through distillation. Earlier post.)

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EIA Energy Outlook 2013 reference case sees drop in fossil fuel consumption as use of petroleum-based liquid fuels falls; projects 20% higher sales of hybrids and PHEVs than AEO2012

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DECEMBER 5, 2012

Growth in diesel fuel consumption will be moderated by the increased use of natural gas in heavy-duty vehicles. The United States becomes a net exporter of natural gas earlier than estimated a year ago. US energy-related carbon dioxide emissions remain more than 5% below their 2005 level through 2040, reflecting increased.

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Fuel Energy Sale 2013

CMU county-level study shows plug-ins have larger or smaller lifecycle GHG than gasoline ICE depending on regional factors

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APRIL 9, 2016

A US-wide county-level study comparing lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from several light-duty passenger gasoline and plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) has found that PEVs can have larger or smaller carbon footprints than gasoline vehicles depending on regional factors and the specific vehicle models being compared.

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Gasoline Plug-in Prius Plug

Test of Planet-Cooling Scheme Could Start in 2022

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DECEMBER 19, 2021

Eventually, they’ll add equipment to spray tiny aerosol particles of calcium carbonate, the compound found in limestone, blackboard chalk, and Tums antacids. Keith is also the founder of Carbon Engineering, a Canadian firm building a sprawling facility in West Texas that will pull carbon dioxide directly from the air.).

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Ozone Solar Climate Change Climate

DOE Awarding $620M for Smart Grid Demonstration and Energy Storage Projects

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NOVEMBER 25, 2009

This project will manage the fluctuations in wind power in the large Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) transmission grid through better system monitoring capabilities, enhanced operator visualization, and improved load management. NSTAR Electric & Gas Corporation (MA). New York State Electric & Gas Corporation.

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Energy Storage Grid Energy Wind

DOE Awards $377 Million in Funding for 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers

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AUGUST 7, 2009

University of Texas, Austin. Establish the scientific foundations for the geological storage of carbon dioxide. Discover, understand, and control efficient chemical pathways for the conversion of coal and biomass into chemicals and fuels. University of Texas, Austin. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

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Energy Energy Storage Conversion Solar

SK Inc. Materials initiates blue ammonia business with offtake agreement with ExxonMobil

Researchers use melamine to create effective, low-cost carbon capture; potential tailpipe application

IEA: global electricity demand growing faster than renewables, driving strong increase in generation from coal

Texas utility signs first US Power Purchase Agreement for low-emissions electricity from commercial-scale coal-fired power plant with carbon capture

TCEQ grants air quality permits to Tenaska new-build carbon capturing coal plant in Texas; 85-90% capture

DOE awards $35M to 12 ARPA-E projects to reduce methane emissions; 5 on natural gas engines

Texas Clean Energy Project signs long-term CO2 offtake agreement with Whiting Petroleum for enhanced oil recovery; 90% CO2 capture from IGCC coal polygen plant

MIT Report Finds Natural Gas Has Significant Potential to Displace Coal, Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Role in Transportation More Limited

DOE ROD for coal-based Texas Clean Energy Project sets in motion $450M of federal funding

Study Concludes Peak Coal Will Occur Close to 2011

EIA: US LNG exports will fall 6% from 1H 2022 to 2H 2022 following Freeport outage

DOE selects 9 universities for about $2.7M in advanced coal technologies research awards

DKRW Advanced Fuels signs major off-take contract for 100% of coal-derived gasoline from Medicine Bow project

BP Statistical Review finds global oil share down for 12th year in a row, coal share up to highest level since 1969; renewables at 2%

US DOE to Invest Up to $989M in Three Carbon Capture and Sequestration Projects; Total Project Value of $3.18B

DOE Awarding More Than $3.3M to 7 Universities To Conduct Advanced Turbine Technology Studies for Advanced Coal-Based Power Generation

DOE, NRG In $334M Cooperative Project for Post-Combustion Carbon Capture, Storage and EOR Project; 400,000 Tons of CO2 Per Year

DOE Makes First Awards from $1.4B for Industrial Carbon Capture and Storage Projects

DOE Regional Partner Initiates Coal Seam CO2 Injection and Methane Recovery Study in Virginia

California ARB considering four new low-carbon fuel pathways; Neste renewable diesel and sugarcane molasses ethanol

DOE launches $20M University Coalition for Fossil Energy Research at Penn State

AEP puts Mountaineer carbon capture commercialization project on hold, citing uncertain status of climate policy, weak economy

ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

Shell to build LNG units in Gulf Coast and Great Lakes regions; two additional LNG for transport corridors in North America

Aqua America to transition portions of fleet to CNG

Report: Plastics industry will release more GHGs than coal plants in the US by 2030

EIA releases report on CO2 emissions by state; California led in 2010 with transportation-sector emissions

Air Products heralds successful operation of project to capture CO2 from hydrogen production for use in enhanced oil recovery

Alabama Project Testing Potential for Combining CO2 Storage with Enhanced Methane Recovery

GWU team demonstrates one-pot process for optimized synthesis of controlled CNTs from CO2; coupling cement and C2CNT

ARB posts six new LCFS pathway applications for comment; new PFAD biodiesel approach

UTEP Awarded Nearly $1.3M for 4 DOE Projects On Engine and Turbine Efficiency and CO2 Capture

Mad Power thoughts

Kinder Morgan to purchase El Paso for approximately $38B to form largest natural gas pipeline network and largest midstream energy enterprise in North America

Exelon Intends to Join FutureGen Alliance

DOE Selects 19 Projects to Monitor and Evaluate Geologic CO2 Storage

DOE to Award $106M to Six CO2 Conversion Projects; $156M in Matching Private Funding

The Complex Calculus of Clean Energy and Zero Emissions

Update on Celanese plans for commercialization of TCX hydrocarbons-to-ethanol process; scale and economics

EIA Energy Outlook 2013 reference case sees drop in fossil fuel consumption as use of petroleum-based liquid fuels falls; projects 20% higher sales of hybrids and PHEVs than AEO2012

CMU county-level study shows plug-ins have larger or smaller lifecycle GHG than gasoline ICE depending on regional factors

Test of Planet-Cooling Scheme Could Start in 2022

DOE Awarding $620M for Smart Grid Demonstration and Energy Storage Projects

DOE Awards $377 Million in Funding for 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers

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