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China lags in efforts to achieve 2025 green steel goals, analysts say – ET Auto

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But while China has promised to take action to tackle emissions from the sector, it is lagging on targets to replace coal-fired blast furnaces with cleaner electric arc furnace (EAF) technology, which uses recycled scrap rather than iron ore as a raw material.

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Indonesia’s Antam to start building new nickel smelter, HPAL plant in 2025 – ET Auto

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“We all want ‘green nickel’ for this project because all consumers now demanded that the ESG aspects are fulfilled,” he added. Most nickel processing facilities in Indonesia are currently powered by coal.

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China’s battery storage capacity growth likely to slow in 2024 – ET Auto

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This is particularly important for China, which has minimal natural gas capacity, a more flexible power source than slow-ramping coal plants. Grid-connected battery farms back up renewables when the sun is not shining or the wind is not blowing and are considered important to help integrate clean energy into power grids.

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China’s battery storage capacity growth likely to slow in 2024 – ET Auto

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This is particularly important for China, which has minimal natural gas capacity, a more flexible power source than slow-ramping coal plants. Grid-connected battery farms back up renewables when the sun is not shining or the wind is not blowing and are considered important to help integrate clean energy into power grids.

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EPA: US greenhouse gases up 2% in 2013; increased coal consumption, cool winter

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The increase from 2012 to 2013 was due to an increase in the carbon intensity of fuels consumed to generate electricity due to an increase in coal consumption, with decreased natural gas consumption, according to the report. Total US emissions have increased by 5.9% from 1990 to 2013. Data Explorer. Climate Change Emissions'

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Lawrence Livermore publishes state-by-state energy/water Sankey diagrams

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Some water resources also flow up to energy resources (petroleum, biomass, natural gas, and coal). coal, natural gas, geothermal and nuclear) into electricity. Water used in coal mining may be consumed or discharged to surface water supplies. General location of energy and water categories.

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EPA annual GHG report shows emissions from power plants declined 10% from 2010 due to growing use of natural gas

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This is due to a switch from coal to natural gas for electricity generation and a slight decrease in electricity production. The data are also published through EnviroFacts, which allows the public to download data for further analyses. Fossil-fuel fired power plants remain the largest source of US greenhouse gas emissions.

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