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FEBRUARY 12, 2016
Electric vehicles charged in coal-heavy regions can create more human health and environmental damages from life cycle air emissions than gasoline vehicles, according to a new consequential life cycle analysis by researchers from Carnegie Mellon University.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 19, 2015
While the new power station will supply 260% more power than the coal plant it replaces, key air emissions will be reduced by approximately 97%. The Hummel Generating Station will also use 97% less water for cooling purposes than the retired coal-fired Sunbury plant.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 29, 2015
Panda Power Funds has financed the 1,124 megawatt Panda “Hummel Station” power plant—one of the largest coal-to-natural gas power conversion projects in the United States. The plant will be located at the site of the retired Sunbury coal-fired power plant near Shamokin Dam in Snyder County, Pennsylvania.
Green Car Congress
MAY 31, 2012
Chairman and CEO Nicholas DeBenedict made the announcement before the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission’s Alternative Fuel Vehicles forum held at Drexel University in Philadelphia. Pennsylvania has always been an energy-rich state with natural gas being its latest form.
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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. million customers in Illinois (ComEd) and Pennsylvania (PECO), and gas to 485,000 customers in the Philadelphia area (PECO). Earlier post.).
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AUGUST 22, 2016
The researchers will present their work today at the 252 nd National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS) in Philadelphia. More than half go on to become tire-derived fuel—shredded scrap tires that get mixed with coal and other materials to help power cement kilns, pulp and paper mills and other plants.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 27, 2012
has different environmental ramifications from operating one in Philadelphia. This is due to hydropower being a common source of electricity in the Pacific Northwest, reducing carbon dioxide emissions, compared with the mostly coal-based electricity used in the East Central region.
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