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Study finds coal trains add significant amount of PM2.5 pollution in urban areas

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MAY 1, 2023

Coal trains and terminal operations add a significant amount of fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) pollution to urban areas—more so than other freight or passenger trains— according to a study conducted in Richmond, California, by the University of California, Davis. The results indicate coal trains add on average 8.32

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Coal Pollution Davis San Francisco

Ramaco Carbon partnering with ORNL on new processes to make graphite from coal

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APRIL 6, 2023

Ramaco Carbon is partnering with Oak Ridge National Laboratory to develop new, large-scale processes for making graphite from coal. The conversion of coal to higher value materials, such as graphene, graphite or carbon nanotubes, is of high interest, and a number of researchers have proposed processes.

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Coal West Virginia Carbon Wyoming

Major deposits of rare earth elements reported at Ramaco’s Brook Mine in Wyoming

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MAY 4, 2023

In association with researchers from the Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) and analysts at mining consultancy Weir International, metallurgical coal producer Ramaco Resources released an independent Exploration Target report with technical assessment of rare earth elements (REE) found at its Brook Mine in Wyoming.

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Coal-tar-based pavement sealant a major source of PAH contamination in Milwaukee streams

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DECEMBER 29, 2016

Runoff from pavement with coal-tar-based sealant is the primary source of toxic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) to streambed sediments in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, according to a US Geological Survey and Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District open-access study published in the journal Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. Baldwin, A.

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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

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

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

DOE to award $4M to 9 projects to recover rare earth elements from coal and by-products

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

The Department of Energy (DOE) has selected nine projects to receive approximately $4 million in cost-shared federal funding to improve the technical, environmental, and economic performance of new and existing technologies that extract, separate, and recover rare earth elements (REEs) from domestic US coal and coal by-products.

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Ignite Energy Resources and TRUenergy Plan Direct Coal-to-Liquids and Coal Drying Demo Project for Supercritical Water Technology

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JULY 10, 2009

Ignite Energy Resources supercritical water process diagram. IER’s proprietary supercritical water technology (SCW) transforms low-ranked coals, including lignite, directly into higher-valued oils and cleaner coal products. tonnes of high-ranked coal. tonnes of high-ranked coal. Source: IER. Click to enlarge.

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Coal Water Energy Australia

Reduction in diesel carbonyl emissions using F-T fuel from coal

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MAY 29, 2014

Other research has shown that carbonyls directly influence physiological response to diesel exhaust particles and can also contribute to secondary organic aerosol formation. Jakober, 2008). CFT had 16.5–44.1% lower ozone formation potential of the carbonyl compounds present than DF under the identical operating conditions. —Hao et al.

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Coal Diesel Emissions Fuel

China team optimizes catalytic hydrogenation process to convert coal tar to gasoline and diesel

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JUNE 9, 2012

Flow diagram of coal tar hydrogenation process. Researchers in China report the production of gasoline and diesel from coal tar via an optimized catalytic hydrogenation using two serial fixed beds, the first with a hydrofining catalyst of MoNi/?-Al million tons of coal tar was further processed. Credit: ACS, Kan et al.

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Coal Gasoline Diesel Hydrogen

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

CSIRO study finds little to no environmental impact from fracing in Queensland

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APRIL 27, 2020

A comprehensive three-year scientific study into the air, water and soil impacts of hydraulic fracturing (HF) in coal seam gas (CSG) in Queensland, Australia has found little to no impacts on air quality, soils, groundwater and waterways.

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Coal Water Australia Gas

DOE’s Carbon Utilization and Storage Atlas estimates at least 2,400B metric tons of US CO2 storage resource

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DECEMBER 25, 2012

The United States has at least 2,400 billion metric tons of possible carbon dioxide storage resource in saline formations, oil and gas reservoirs, and unmineable coal seams, according to a new US Department of Energy (DOE) publication.

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Carbon CO2 United States Climate Change

Canada releases national Small Modular Reactor action plan

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DECEMBER 19, 2020

Canada Minister of Natural Resources Seamus O’Regan, released a national SMR Action Plan, which responds to the 53 recommendations identified in Canada’s SMR Roadmap that was launched in November 2018. There are 109 chapters by participating organizations, with some 450 actions tracked.

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Canada Coal Environment 2018

DOE issues RFI to develop US critical minerals refinery; supported by $145M from IIJA

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FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The US Department of Energy (DOE) released a Request for Information (RFI) ( DE-FOA-0002686 ) on the design, construction and operation of a new facility to demonstrate the commercial feasibility of a full-scale rare earth element (REE) and critical minerals (CM) extraction and separation refinery using unconventional resources.

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Waste United States Coal Wind

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

Pertamina to collaborate with Celanese to develop fuel ethanol projects using Celanese TCX process in Indonesia; use of lower-rank coal

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JULY 19, 2012

TCX builds on Celanese’s acetyl platform and integrates new technologies to produce ethanol using basic hydrocarbon feedstocks—natural gas, coal and pet coke now, with biomass and waste planned for the future. So far, Celanese has been targeting the industrial ethanol market as part of its acetyl business. Earlier post.).

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Indonesia Coal Fuel Gasoline

Study finds half of the world’s population exposed to increasing air pollution

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JUNE 19, 2020

The study, carried out with the World Health Organization, suggests that air pollution constitutes a major, and in many areas increasing, threat to public health. The World Health Organization has estimated that more than four million deaths annually can be attributed to outdoor air pollution. —Professor Shaddick. Shaddick, G.,

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Pollution 2016 Universal 2010

Australia establishes coal seam gas scientific research alliance

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JULY 13, 2011

Australia’s CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Australia’s national science agency) and Australia Pacific LNG (a coal seam gas to LNG joint venture between Origin and ConocoPhillips) have launched a new research alliance to support the development of the coal seam gas (CSG) industry.

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Australia Coal Gas Gas-Electric

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. The Energy Department’s $7 million investment—leveraged with recipient cost-share to support approximately $9.4

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Coal Carbon Gas-Electric Gas

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

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APRIL 20, 2018

Sankey diagrams can be used to frame important discussions around energy and material resources, use and disposition. Some water resources also flow up to energy resources (petroleum, biomass, natural gas, and coal). coal, natural gas, geothermal and nuclear) into electricity.

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Water Energy Coal Gas-Electric

Headwaters Inc and Axens Form Direct Coal Liquefaction Alliance

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JANUARY 21, 2010

Headwaters direct coal liquefaction process. Headwaters Inc and Axens are forming a strategic alliance to provide a single-source solution for producing synthetic fuels by direct coal liquefaction (DCL) alone or in combination with refinery residues or biomass. Up to 50% more liquid product per ton of coal. Source: Headwaters.

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Coal Diesel Hydrogen Gasoline

Woodside joins Japanese consortium to study exporting carbon-neutral hydrogen as ammonia

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APRIL 7, 2020

Australia-based Woodside has signed an agreement with Japanese companies JERA Inc, Marubeni Corporation and IHI Corporation to undertake a joint study examining the large-scale export of hydrogen as ammonia for use decarbonizing coal-fired power generation in Japan.

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Hydrogen Carbon Corporation Japan

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

It is among the major questions with which Canada will have to grapple as it prepares to chair the Council next year, notes the Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation, a Canadian public policy organization. The Arctic Council is the only international organization that gives indigenous peoples a formal place at the table.

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Climate Change Brazil India Japan

UK to award £54M to 15 projects developing innovative carbon removal technology

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JULY 10, 2022

Bioenergy Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) – captures and stores carbon from organic materials, converting it into useful energy such as heat, electricity, liquid or gas fuels. Biochar - This is a form of charcoal produced when organic matter is burned without oxygen. Lapwing Energy Limited, “Reverse Coal”.

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Carbon Coal Gas-Electric Waste

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

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. He found that acid mine drainage, a byproduct of coal mining, “naturally” concentrates rare earths. —Paul Ziemkiewicz. Conceptual Process Flowsheet. Two-step process.

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West Virginia Coal Virginia Waste

IEEE’s Plan To Help Combat Climate Change

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MAY 5, 2022

Efforts include the work done by societies such as the IEEE Power & Energy Society , to which I belong; conferences such as the IEEE Sustainable Power and Energy Conference ; publications including IEEE Electrification ; and technical standards, like IEEE 1547 for connecting distributed energy resources to the grid.

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Climate Change Climate Coal Solar

Study finds that dry-feed gasification for coal-to-liquids is more efficient, lower-emitting and cheaper than slurry-feed; CCS cost-effective for reduction of CO2

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NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Comparison of coal consumption and CO 2 emissions for co-production and separate production of liquids and power. Conventional CTL plant gasifies coal to produce a syngas which is then converted in a Fischer-Tropsch reactor to products. Tags: Coal-to-Liquids (CTL) Emissions. Source: Mantripragada and Rubin. Click to enlarge.

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Coal Oil Prices CO2 Gas-Electric

Study finds removing corn residue for biofuel production can decrease soil organic carbon and increase CO2 emissions; may miss mandated 60% GHG reduction

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APRIL 21, 2014

Removal of corn residue for biofuels can decrease soil organic carbon (SOC) and increase CO 2 emissions because residue C in biofuels is oxidized to CO 2 at a faster rate than when added to soil. Net CO 2 emissions from residue removal are not adequately characterized in biofuel life cycle assessment (LCA). g CO 2 e MJ ?1 8% of SOC emissions.

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Carbon Emissions CO2 Nebraska

New method for extraction and separation of rare earth elements from low-grade sources uses a bacterial protein

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OCTOBER 11, 2021

Because the US currently imports most of the rare earth elements it needs, a new focus has been placed on establishing a domestic supply from unconventional sources, including industrial waste from burning coal and mining other metals as well as electronic waste from cell phones and many other materials. 90% of the column capacity.

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Waste Coal Industrial Industry

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

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

With assets exceeding US$270 billion, China Energy has set a number of world records including being the largest producer of coal, thermal power, renewable energy, and coal-to-oil and coal chemical products. Clean energy, including hydrogen, is a key focus of the Group.

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Hydrogen China Fuel Energy

EIA: world energy consumption to grow 56% 2010-2040, CO2 up 46%; use of liquid fuels in transportation up 38%

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JULY 25, 2013

Most of this growth will come from non-OECD (non-Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) countries, where demand is driven by strong population and economic growth; energy intensity improvements moderate this trend. Non-petroleum liquids resources from both OPEC and non-OPEC sources grow on average by 3.7%

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2010 Transportation Fuel Energy

UMD-led study finds China’s SO2 emissions down 75% since 2007, India’s up 50%; India may now be the top SO2 emitter

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NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Although China and India remain the world’s largest consumers of coal, a new University of Maryland-led study found that China’s sulfur dioxide emissions fell by 75% since 2007, while India’s emissions increased by 50%. Most of the two countries’ sulfur dioxide emissions come from coal-fired power plants and coal-burning factories.

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India 2007 Emissions Aura

DOE to award $9M to promote consensus on future fossil energy technologies

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JULY 20, 2014

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy will award $9 million over five years to organizations to assist it in building domestic and international consensus on future fossil energy technologies ( DE-FOA-0001111 ). turbines, fuel cells, hybrids, novel power generation cycles); coal conversion (e.g.,

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Energy Future Oil Gas

Berkeley Lab releases 8th edition of databook on China’s energy and environment; finding the “missing” energy consumption

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

The China Energy Group of the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) recently released the eighth edition of the China Energy Databook —the most comprehensive publicly available resource known to exist covering China’s energy and environmental statistics. Click to enlarge.

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Environment Energy Coal United States

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

In addition, President Obama issued a Presidential Memorandum creating an Interagency Task Force on Carbon Capture and Storage to develop a comprehensive and coordinated federal strategy to speed the development and deployment of advanced lower-emission coal technologies. Sustainability – EPA and USDA.

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Obama Coal Clean Cleaning

Harvard/Nanjing study: China’s war on PM2.5 pollution is causing more severe ozone pollution

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JANUARY 3, 2019

Cities restricted the number of cars on the road, coal-fired power plants reduced emissions or were shuttered and replaced with natural gas. Ozone is formed through a series of chemical reactions, starting with the oxidation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Over the course of five years, PM 2.5 Ke Li, Daniel J. 1812168116.

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Ozone Pollution China Chinese

IEEE Discusses 6 Simple Solutions to Climate Change at COP27

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JANUARY 26, 2023

That’s according to 2023 IEEE President Saifur Rahman , who was among the speakers from engineering organizations at the COP27 event held in Egypt in November. Some continue to burn coal, for example, because there are no other economically feasible choices for them. “We One type is the ultrasupercritical coal-fired steam power plant.

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Climate Change Climate Coal Grid

Global geothermal industry passes 12,000 MW operational

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DECEMBER 23, 2013

New project announcements have increased the resource under development to about 30,000 MW. Additionally, the 22 MW Neal Hot Springs, Oregon plant received the GEA Honors Technological Advancement Award in 2013 for being the first commercial, supercritical Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) binary power plant.

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Costa Rica El Salvador Industrial Industry

Australian researchers discover photo-sensitive MOF that could be a low-energy, cost-effective carbon capture tool

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FEBRUARY 13, 2013

In a study published in the journal Angewandte Chemie , Monash University and CSIRO scientists report the discovery of a photosensitive metal organic framework (MOF)—a class of materials known for their exceptional capacity to store gases. The study was supported by the Science and Industry Endowment Fund. Ladewig, Dr. Peter D.

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Carbon Energy Store Light

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

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AUGUST 5, 2022

The melamine porous network captures carbon dioxide with an efficiency comparable to early results for another relatively recent material for carbon capture, metal organic frameworks, or MOFs. This work was partly supported by the US Department of Energy. Haiyan Mao et al.

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Low Cost Carbon Texas Cheap

Study finds coal trains add significant amount of PM2.5 pollution in urban areas

Ramaco Carbon partnering with ORNL on new processes to make graphite from coal

Major deposits of rare earth elements reported at Ramaco’s Brook Mine in Wyoming

Coal-tar-based pavement sealant a major source of PAH contamination in Milwaukee streams

Gold Hydrogen Program coalition launches program for subsurface biomanufacturing of hydrogen

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

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

DOE to award $4M to 9 projects to recover rare earth elements from coal and by-products

Ignite Energy Resources and TRUenergy Plan Direct Coal-to-Liquids and Coal Drying Demo Project for Supercritical Water Technology

Reduction in diesel carbonyl emissions using F-T fuel from coal

China team optimizes catalytic hydrogenation process to convert coal tar to gasoline and diesel

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

CSIRO study finds little to no environmental impact from fracing in Queensland

DOE’s Carbon Utilization and Storage Atlas estimates at least 2,400B metric tons of US CO2 storage resource

Canada releases national Small Modular Reactor action plan

DOE issues RFI to develop US critical minerals refinery; supported by $145M from IIJA

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

Pertamina to collaborate with Celanese to develop fuel ethanol projects using Celanese TCX process in Indonesia; use of lower-rank coal

Study finds half of the world’s population exposed to increasing air pollution

Australia establishes coal seam gas scientific research alliance

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

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

Headwaters Inc and Axens Form Direct Coal Liquefaction Alliance

Woodside joins Japanese consortium to study exporting carbon-neutral hydrogen as ammonia

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

UK to award £54M to 15 projects developing innovative carbon removal technology

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

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

IEEE’s Plan To Help Combat Climate Change

Study finds that dry-feed gasification for coal-to-liquids is more efficient, lower-emitting and cheaper than slurry-feed; CCS cost-effective for reduction of CO2

Study finds removing corn residue for biofuel production can decrease soil organic carbon and increase CO2 emissions; may miss mandated 60% GHG reduction

New method for extraction and separation of rare earth elements from low-grade sources uses a bacterial protein

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

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

EIA: world energy consumption to grow 56% 2010-2040, CO2 up 46%; use of liquid fuels in transportation up 38%

UMD-led study finds China’s SO2 emissions down 75% since 2007, India’s up 50%; India may now be the top SO2 emitter

DOE to award $9M to promote consensus on future fossil energy technologies

Berkeley Lab releases 8th edition of databook on China’s energy and environment; finding the “missing” energy consumption

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

Harvard/Nanjing study: China’s war on PM2.5 pollution is causing more severe ozone pollution

IEEE Discusses 6 Simple Solutions to Climate Change at COP27

Global geothermal industry passes 12,000 MW operational

Australian researchers discover photo-sensitive MOF that could be a low-energy, cost-effective carbon capture tool

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

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