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BMW Group secures CO2-reduced steel for global production network

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NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Following initial contracts with European suppliers, the BMW Group has now concluded further 2 -reduced-steel-for-global-production-network">agreements for the supply of CO 2 -reduced steel in the US and China. Top: Steel Dynamics; Center: US Steel; Bottom: HBIS Group.

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BMW Global CO2 Production

BMW Group plans to source steel produced with green power and hydrogen from H2GS in Sweden

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OCTOBER 26, 2021

The BMW Group is systematically pursuing its goal of significantly reducing CO 2 emissions at their source in the supply chain. From 2025 on, the company plans to source steel produced with up to 95% less CO 2 emissions and without requiring fossil resources such as coal. Mercedes-Benz took a stake in H2GS in May 2021.

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Sweden BMW Green Hydrogen

BMW Group to procure low-carbon steel from Salzgitter AG for European plants; second low-carbon steel deal

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FEBRUARY 2, 2022

The BMW Group is expanding sourcing of low-carbon steel to two suppliers, meeting up to 40% of steel demand at European plants by 2030. In October 2001, the group announced an agreement with Swedish startup H2 Green Steel. earlier post ) The BMW Group has now signed an agreement with Salzgitter AG for delivery of low-carbon steel.

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Carbon BMW Boston Hydrogen

Conservation group opposing Thacker Pass lithium mine seeks endangered status for Kings River pyrg (snail)

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Thacker Pass is the largest known lithium resource in the United States. The sedimentary-clay deposit at Thacker Pass will use similar mining techniques to many coal deposits. In 2019, Lithium Americas entered into a mine design, consulting and mine operations agreement with Sawtooth Mining, a subsidiary of North American Coal.

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Nevada Coal Pollution Argentina

Oregon Legislature passes coal transition bill; coal power out by 2035, 50% renewables by 2040

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MARCH 3, 2016

The Oregon Legislative Assembly approved a landmark bill that will commit the state to eliminate its use of coal power by 2035 and double the amount of renewable energy serving Oregonians to 50% by 2040.

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Oregon Coal Renewable Power

US DOE, Natural Resources Canada open pilot plant to advance oxy-combustion carbon capture at coal-fired power plants

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OCTOBER 19, 2016

The US Department of Energy (DOE) and Canada’s Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) opened a new 1 Megawatt thermal (MW th ) facility to test an advanced process to capture CO 2 emissions from coal-fired power plants.

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Canada Coal Carbon Power

Comparative genome study finds ancestral fungus may have influenced end of coal formation; potential resource for biofuel production

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JUNE 30, 2012

Coal deposits—the fossilized remains of plants—were formed during a 60-million year period from around 360 to 300 million years ago. Instead of accumulating as peat, which eventually was transformed into coal, the great bulk of plant biomass decayed and was released into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide.

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Coal Production IDEA Carbon

CSIRO and partners to test Direct Injection Carbon Engine to reduce brown coal emissions by up to 50%

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APRIL 28, 2014

DICE involves converting coal or biomass into a water-based slurry (called micronised refined carbon, MRC) that is directly injected into a large, specially adapted diesel engine. The project is supported by industry partners including Exergen, Ignite Energy Resources, AGL, MAN Diesel & Turbo and EnergyAustralia.

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Coal Carbon Engine Emissions

Geological Survey of India finds lithium and gold deposits

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FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The Geological Survey of India has for the first time established Lithium inferred resources (G3) of 5.9 If realized with a higher degree of confidence, resources of that level would rank among the world’s largest. million tonnes in Salal-Haimana area of Reasi District of Jammu & Kashmir (UT) in northern India.

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Gold Hydrogen Program coalition launches program for subsurface biomanufacturing of hydrogen

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FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The Gold Hydrogen Program , a coalition of organizations seeking to support the scale of this clean energy resource, announced its launch and the debut of a pilot microbial Gold Hydrogen Process. Found naturally deep in the Earth, “gold hydrogen” is a resource that is produced biologically and in the subsurface.

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Hydrogen Clean Cleaning Houston

BG Group sanctions US$15B coal seam gas to LNG project; first such

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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. BG Group will progress development and construction of QCLNG with immediate effect. —BG Group Chief Executive Frank Chapman. Source: QCLNG EIS.

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Coal Gas Australia Water

$1.1B Huineng SNG plant goes on-stream transforming coal into natural gas in China

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NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Topsoe has designed the methanation section of this plant, which is the company’s second large-scale coal-based industrial SNG reference to begin operations in China following last years’ opening of Qinghua, the world’s largest SNG plant located in the Xinjiang region. Block diagram with major units of an SNG plant. Click to enlarge.

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Coal Gas China Mongolia

Rostec and Shenhua to invest up to $10B into coal mine development and infrastructure in Russian Far East; coal and power

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Russian State Corporation Rostec, one of the largest Russian industrial conglomerates, and Chinese State Corporation Shenhua, the world’s leading producer and distributor of coal, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding. High calorific value coal concentrate will be exported to Asia-Pacific countries, mainly to China.

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Coal Power Powered Asia

Topsoe to provide technology for first commercial size dynamic green ammonia plant in China

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JANUARY 20, 2023

The green ammonia will replace approximately 850,000 tons of coal and help reduce more than 2 million tons of CO 2 from being emitted to the atmosphere every year, along with 6.4 This corresponds to 40% of the available wind energy resources in China. is established by Mintal Group. tons of sulfur dioxide, 3.2

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China Mongolia Green Commercial

GE and Shenhua open coal gasification joint venture in China

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MAY 11, 2012

a 50:50 joint venture with Shenhua Group to advance the development and deployment of “cleaner coal” technology solutions in China. GBI report: Asia-Pacific to be the leading coal-producing region. The region’s coal industry comprises China, India, Australia, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Thailand, Vietnam and New Zealand.

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Coal China Asia Kazakhstan

Fatty acid esters can improve cetane number of diesel from direct coal liquefaction

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MARCH 16, 2015

Researchers from the Shanghai Institute of Technology report that fatty acid esters can be used as cetane improvers for diesel fuel produced via direct coal liquefaction (DCL). Compared to petrodiesel, diesel from direct coal liquefaction (DDCL) contains almost no sulfur. A paper on theier work is published in the journal Fuel.

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Coal Diesel Automobile 2013

Ramaco announces substantial expansion of Brook Mine rare earth elements exploration target, board approval for initial mining in Q4 2023

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AUGUST 15, 2023

n conjunction with the development, Ramaco recently retained a wide group of leading rare earth mining, metallurgy, mineralogy and economic experts, including leading rare earth mining consultancy SRK Consulting. million over two quarters for initial development for both rare earth and carbon ore/coal mining.

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B9 Coal Assembles Consortium to Combine Underground Coal Gasification, Alkaline Fuel Cells and Carbon Capture and Storage

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AUGUST 26, 2010

UK-based B9 Coal, established in 2009 with the objective of developing projects combining Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) with Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and alkaline hydrogen fuel cells, is bringing together a consortium including WSP Group, AFC Energy and Linc Energy to develop such a project.

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Coal Carbon Fuel Climate Change

GE and Shenhua form coal gasification JV in China

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JANUARY 18, 2011

GE and Shenhua have agreed to form an industrial coal gasification joint venture to advance the deployment of “cleaner coal” technology solutions in China. The new company combines GE’s expertise in industrial gasification technologies with Shenhua’s expertise in coal gasification and coal-fired power generation.

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Coal China Cleaner Washington

DKRW Advanced Fuels secures EPC contract with Sinopec Engineering for Medicine Bow coal-to-liquids project in Wyoming

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

DKRW Advanced Fuels LLC (DKRW) announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Medicine Bow Fuel & Power LLC (MBFP), has entered into a fixed price Lump Sum Turn Key (LSTK) Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract with the Sinopec Engineering Group (SEG). Denbury Resources Inc., SEG is a share?controlled

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Wyoming Coal Engine Fuel

Czech government, ?EZ sign MOU on $2.4B, 40GWh gigafactory; ?EZ lithium mine project progressing

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JULY 29, 2021

The Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIT) and majority state-owned energy group ?EZ The Cínovec project, located on the German border of the Czech Republic, is the largest hard-rock lithium resource in Europe, containing lithium-bearing mica known as zinnwaldite. EZ’s current lignite needs. The Ministry of Industry and Trade and

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Czech Republic MIT Coal Carbon

Wison signs long-term cooperation agreement with Foster Wheeler and Clariant on SNG pilot plant in China; coal or coke to methane

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JUNE 14, 2013

China’s largest private chemical engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor, has signed a cooperation agreement with a subsidiary in Foster Wheeler’s Global Engineering and Construction Group and Clariant International AG to build a pilot plant to demonstrate Foster Wheeler’s VESTA substitute natural gas (SNG) technology.

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Coal China Gas Building

Cougar Energy Forms New Underground Coal Gasification to Methane JV in Australia

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JANUARY 29, 2010

have executed a terms sheet for a proposed 50:50 joint venture for the conversion of underground coal gasification (UCG) syngas to methane. The partners have the option to include further coal deposit interests of either party in this project at a later time. Cougar Energy Limited and a company associated with Australia Petroleum Ltd.

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Coal Australia Mongolia Energy

DOE awards $7M to eight oxy-combustion coal technology projects; carbon capture, utilization and storage

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JULY 26, 2012

The US Department of Energy (DOE) selected eight projects to advance the development of transformational oxy-combustion technologies capable of high-efficiency, low-cost carbon dioxide capture from coal-fired power plants. Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group. DOE Investment: $1,000,000; Recipient Cost-Share: $250,000.

Coal

Coal Carbon Gas-Electric Gas

Shell, Shenhua to Partner on RD in Advanced Coal Technology; Shell Qualifies 3 Chinese Companies to Manufacture Gasification Technology

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

Shell Coal Gasification Process. Shell (China) Limited and Shenhua Coal to Liquid and Chemical Co. Shenhua) have agreed to seek opportunities for conducting joint research and development in advanced coal technology. Shenhua Coal to Liquid and Chemical Co. is a subsidiary company to Shenhua Group Corporation Limited.

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Coal Chinese Manufacturer Companies

Researchers use chemical looping process to produce hydrogen from hydrogen sulfide gas

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The study is built on previous work by the same research group using a process called chemical looping, which involves adding metal oxide particles in high-pressure reactors to burn fuels without direct contact between air and fuel. —Jangam et al. —Kalyani Jangam, lead author. 1c03410.

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Hydrogen Gas Ohio Gas-Electric

DOE to Award Up to $5M in Grants for RD on Hydrogen Production from Coal

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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. Hydrogen can be produced domestically from various energy resources. DE-FOA-0000103.

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Coal Hydrogen Grant Production

Study finds high sodium bicarbonate concentrations in water from coal-bed natural gas production harms aquatic life; water treatment can mitigate effects

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JUNE 14, 2012

Produced water from coal-bed natural gas (CBNG) production may contain sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO 3 ) at concentrations that can harm aquatic life, according to a new study by the US Geological Survey; Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks; the Bureau of Land Management and the US Environmental Protection Agency. Farag, A.M., and Harper, D.D.,

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Sodium Water Coal Montana

NASA-led study suggests coal soot shrank Alpine glaciers in mid-1800s

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

A NASA-led team of scientists has uncovered strong evidence that coal soot from a rapidly industrializing Europe caused the abrupt retreat of mountain glaciers in the European Alps that began in the 1860s, a period often thought of as the end of the Little Ice Age (LIA). —Painter et al. Painter, Mark G.

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Coal Carbon Climate Europe

India, China, Brazil, Japan, other non-Arctic countries want a voice on Arctic Council; interest in climate change impact and access to resources

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JANUARY 16, 2012

Six northern indigenous groups—the Inuit Circumpolar Council, Arctic Athabaska Council, Gwich’in Council International, Sami Council, Russian Association of the Indigenous Peoples of the North (RAIPON) and Aleut International Association—wield strong influence as permanent participants.

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Climate Change Brazil India Japan

Sparton and NuCoal to Evaluate NuCoals Saskatchewan Coal Holdings and CTL Residue for Germanium and Uranium Commercialization Potential

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2009

Sparton Resources Inc. and NuCoal Energy Corporation recently executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) wherein Sparton and NuCoal will jointly evaluate the potential of NuCoal’s lignitic coal holdings in Saskatchewan to host commercial germanium and uranium mineralization. NuCoal presently controls over 1.8

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Coal North Dakota Commercial Gasoline-Electric

DOE to award up to $14M to 6 new projects to advance IGCC with carbon capture technology for coal-fired plants

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2011

The selected projects are intended to improve the economics of IGCC plants and promote the use of the US’abundant coal resources. For example, a 60%-efficient gasification power plant can cut the formation of carbon dioxide by 40% compared to a typical coal combustion plant, the DOE said. TDA Research, Inc.

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Coal Carbon North Dakota EPRI

Air Products to provide hydrogen fueling equipment to China Energy Investment Group’s first hydrogen fueling station in China

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MARCH 20, 2018

New Energy), a subsidiary of China’s energy conglomerate China Energy Investment Group Co., China Energy was established in November 2017 by the merger of Shenhua Group, a world-class energy company, and China’s power giant China Guodian Corporation. Clean energy, including hydrogen, is a key focus of the Group.

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Hydrogen China Fuel Energy

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. The first two reports dealt with nuclear power (2003) and coal (2007).

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MIT Coal Gas Emissions

Chinas Yitai Group CTL Plant Produces Diesel and Naptha in Trail Run

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MARCH 26, 2009

China’s Yitai Group’s 160,000 tonne/year coal-to-liquids (CTL) plant in northern China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region has produced qualified diesel oil and naphtha in its trial run. Construction of this indirect coal liquefaction project started in 2006 with a combined investment of near 2.7 Li, Yongwang.

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Mongolia China Diesel Coal

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

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AUGUST 5, 2022

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. This work was partly supported by the US Department of Energy. Haiyan Mao et al.

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Low Cost Carbon Texas Cheap

WVU opens new research facility to extract valuable rare earth elements from acid mine drainage

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JULY 22, 2018

West Virginia University (WVU) researchers are opening a new facility to capture rare earth elements (REEs) from acid mine drainage (AMD) from coal mining. Additional processing and refining separates the oxides from their tight bonds and further groups them into light rare earths and heavy rare earths. —Paul Ziemkiewicz.

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West Virginia Coal Virginia Waste

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. Whiting will be the first in the Permian to purchase CO 2 from a power project that will be produced through the coal-gasification process. The TCEP integrates coal gasification, combined-cycle power generation, CO 2 capture, and.

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Coal Texas Oil CO2

Study finds steelmaking by electric arc furnace in US produces up to 75% less carbon emissions

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JULY 26, 2022

This is the finding of an independent study of steelmakers worldwide conducted by CRU Group, a global business intelligence firm specializing in metals manufacturing. Steel produced by electric arc furnace (EAF) steelmakers in the US has a carbon intensity that is approximately 75% lower than traditional blast furnace steelmakers.

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Carbon Emissions Climate Change Power Grid

MIT Energy Initiative Publishes Report on Reducing CO2 Emissions from Existing Coal Plants

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JUNE 20, 2009

The MIT Energy Initiative has released a new report on reducing carbon dioxide emissions from existing coal plants. There is no credible pathway toward prudent greenhouse gas stabilization targets without CO 2 emissions reduction from existing coal power plants. We may not see a strong CO 2 price signal for many years.

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Coal MIT CO2 Emissions

ArcelorMittal investigates hydrogen-based direct reduction of iron ore for steel production; CDA

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MARCH 31, 2019

This year, the Group intends to launch a new project in the ArcelorMittal plant in Hamburg to use hydrogen on an industrial scale for the direct reduction of iron ore (H-DR) in the steel production process for the first time. (DRI The group runs four large production sites in the country. Valentin Vogl, Max Åhman, Lars J.

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Hydrogen Production Carbon Waste

Report finds Coal-to-Liquids and Oil Shale pose significant financial and environmental risks to investors

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DECEMBER 19, 2010

Ceres recently released a new report concluding that coal-to-liquid (CTL) and oil shale technologies face significant environmental and financial obstacles—from water constraints, to technological uncertainties to regulatory and market risks—that pose substantial financial risks for investors involved in such projects.

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Coal Oil Water Oil Prices

Iron ore leader Fortescue pushing green hydrogen, ammonia and electricity projects

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APRIL 10, 2021

Australia-based Fortescue Metals Group, one of the world’s largest producers of iron ore, recently revised its emissions reduction goal to achieve carbon neutrality by 2030—10 years earlier than its previous target. —Dr Andrew Forrest, Chairman of Fortescue Metals Group.

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Hydrogen Green Climate Change Australia

Obama Announces Steps to Boost Biofuels, Clean Coal; RFS2, BCAP, BIWG and Carbon Capture and Storage Task Force

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FEBRUARY 4, 2010

At a meeting with a bipartisan group of governors from around the country, President Barack Obama yesterday laid out three measures intended to work in concert to boost biofuels production and reduce US dependence on petroleum. Third, the President’s Biofuels Interagency Working Group (BIWG) released its first report: Growing America’s Fuel.

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Obama Coal Clean Cleaning

BMW Group secures CO2-reduced steel for global production network

BMW Group plans to source steel produced with green power and hydrogen from H2GS in Sweden

BMW Group to procure low-carbon steel from Salzgitter AG for European plants; second low-carbon steel deal

Conservation group opposing Thacker Pass lithium mine seeks endangered status for Kings River pyrg (snail)

Oregon Legislature passes coal transition bill; coal power out by 2035, 50% renewables by 2040

US DOE, Natural Resources Canada open pilot plant to advance oxy-combustion carbon capture at coal-fired power plants

Comparative genome study finds ancestral fungus may have influenced end of coal formation; potential resource for biofuel production

CSIRO and partners to test Direct Injection Carbon Engine to reduce brown coal emissions by up to 50%

Geological Survey of India finds lithium and gold deposits

Gold Hydrogen Program coalition launches program for subsurface biomanufacturing of hydrogen

BG Group sanctions US$15B coal seam gas to LNG project; first such

$1.1B Huineng SNG plant goes on-stream transforming coal into natural gas in China

Rostec and Shenhua to invest up to $10B into coal mine development and infrastructure in Russian Far East; coal and power

Topsoe to provide technology for first commercial size dynamic green ammonia plant in China

GE and Shenhua open coal gasification joint venture in China

Fatty acid esters can improve cetane number of diesel from direct coal liquefaction

Ramaco announces substantial expansion of Brook Mine rare earth elements exploration target, board approval for initial mining in Q4 2023

B9 Coal Assembles Consortium to Combine Underground Coal Gasification, Alkaline Fuel Cells and Carbon Capture and Storage

GE and Shenhua form coal gasification JV in China

DKRW Advanced Fuels secures EPC contract with Sinopec Engineering for Medicine Bow coal-to-liquids project in Wyoming

Czech government, ?EZ sign MOU on $2.4B, 40GWh gigafactory; ?EZ lithium mine project progressing

Wison signs long-term cooperation agreement with Foster Wheeler and Clariant on SNG pilot plant in China; coal or coke to methane

Cougar Energy Forms New Underground Coal Gasification to Methane JV in Australia

DOE awards $7M to eight oxy-combustion coal technology projects; carbon capture, utilization and storage

Shell, Shenhua to Partner on RD in Advanced Coal Technology; Shell Qualifies 3 Chinese Companies to Manufacture Gasification Technology

Researchers use chemical looping process to produce hydrogen from hydrogen sulfide gas

DOE to Award Up to $5M in Grants for RD on Hydrogen Production from Coal

Study finds high sodium bicarbonate concentrations in water from coal-bed natural gas production harms aquatic life; water treatment can mitigate effects

NASA-led study suggests coal soot shrank Alpine glaciers in mid-1800s

India, China, Brazil, Japan, other non-Arctic countries want a voice on Arctic Council; interest in climate change impact and access to resources

Sparton and NuCoal to Evaluate NuCoals Saskatchewan Coal Holdings and CTL Residue for Germanium and Uranium Commercialization Potential

DOE to award up to $14M to 6 new projects to advance IGCC with carbon capture technology for coal-fired plants

Air Products to provide hydrogen fueling equipment to China Energy Investment Group’s first hydrogen fueling station in China

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

Chinas Yitai Group CTL Plant Produces Diesel and Naptha in Trail Run

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

WVU opens new research facility to extract valuable rare earth elements from acid mine drainage

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

Study finds steelmaking by electric arc furnace in US produces up to 75% less carbon emissions

MIT Energy Initiative Publishes Report on Reducing CO2 Emissions from Existing Coal Plants

ArcelorMittal investigates hydrogen-based direct reduction of iron ore for steel production; CDA

Report finds Coal-to-Liquids and Oil Shale pose significant financial and environmental risks to investors

Iron ore leader Fortescue pushing green hydrogen, ammonia and electricity projects

Obama Announces Steps to Boost Biofuels, Clean Coal; RFS2, BCAP, BIWG and Carbon Capture and Storage Task Force

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