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JANUARY 2, 2013

2006) and Pope et al. For coal, oil, and natural gas, respectively, associated economic values of health impacts are $0.19–$0.45/kWh, For coal and oil, these costs are larger than the typical retail price of electricity, demonstrating the magnitude of the externality. The high (?) values are given by Laden et al.

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AUGUST 9, 2016

The US electric power sector burned through a record amount of natural gas in recent weeks, a sign of the shifting power generation mix and also a signal that natural gas supplies could get tighter than many analysts had previously expected. The reduction of 6 billion cubic feet (Bcf) was the first summertime drawdown since 2006.

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JANUARY 27, 2011

Centennial, CO, developing technology to biochemically convert coal to methane at large scale and low cost. GE Energy Financial Services’ venture capital team has invested about $200 million in 27 early- and growth-stage energy-related technology companies since January 2006. Ciris Energy , Inc.,

Energy

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MARCH 18, 2011

Argonne National Laboratory received R&D 100 Awards in 2002 and 2006 for developing the technology and has completed successful pilot tests. In the CO 2 application , the RW-EDI platform uses pH changes to adsorb and desorb CO 2 from flue gas at atmospheric pressure, without energy-intensive, costly processes such as heating or a vacuum.

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MARCH 27, 2012

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed the first Clean Air Act standard for CO 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from new power plants. Although emissions vary by plant and with the specific type of fuel, EPA provided illustrative examples of CO 2 emissions from EGUs: Conventional coal: 1,800 lbs CO 2 /MWh.

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AUGUST 15, 2010

While oil sands emissions have more than doubled from 1990 to 2006, the absolute increase in emissions from oil sands over the same period is less than the absolute increase in Canadian electric or transportation sector emissions, and far less than the increases in these sectors on a North American basis, they note. Click to enlarge.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

They used a lot more coal than they originally admitted to, several hundred million tons more. Another major shift is that China has become a voracious energy importer, especially of coal and liquefied natural gas. Like the United States, China has become among the world’s largest importers of oil, gas and coal.

Environment

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Researchers at Georgia Tech have compared medium-duty (MD) electric and diesel urban delivery trucks in terms of life-cycle energy consumption, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and total cost of ownership (TCO). The comparison controlled for improvements in diesel efficiency between 2006 and 2011. Credit: ACS, Lee et al. equipment).

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OCTOBER 17, 2009

World production of fossil fuels—oil, coal, and natural gas—increased 2.9% Coal has led the growth in fossil fuel production. In 2000, coal provided 28% of the world’s fossil fuel energy production, compared with 45% for oil. By 2008, coal production represented a third of fossil energy production. Mbpd in 2005.

2008

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

This initial version of ASTM D7566 provides criteria for the production, distribution and use of aviation turbine engine fuel produced from coal, natural gas or biomass using the Fischer-Tropsch process. The new standard was developed by Subcommittee D02.J0.06

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JULY 8, 2015

CRI, founded in 2006 in Reykjavik, Iceland, is developing technology to produce renewable methanol from clean energy and recycled CO 2 emissions. Methanol can be produced from a range of renewable sources and fossil-fuel based feed-stocks; in practice methanol is mainly produced in coal-rich China from coal. Methanol in China.

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JULY 12, 2018

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced that greenhouse gas emissions in California in 2016 fell below 1990 levels for the first time since emissions peaked in 2004—a reduction roughly equivalent to taking 12 million cars off the road or saving 6 billion gallons of gasoline a year.

2004

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JULY 18, 2010

Researchers at the University of Colorado, Boulder and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) modeled the emissions impact had plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) replaced light duty gasoline vehicles in the Denver, Colorado area in summer 2006. million vehicles and would have increased by 3 tpd from power plants.

Denver

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OCTOBER 22, 2010

The new plan reflects this significant progress, and updates and expands upon previous editions of the Hydrogen Posture Plan, issued in 2006 and 2004. Well-to-wheels greenhouse gas emissions. Source: DOE. Click to enlarge. Improve the performance and reduce the cost of hydrogen storage systems.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2009

Transportation sources accounted for approximately 40% of all GHG emissions in the US in 2006; medium- and heavy-duty vehicles (above 8,500 gross vehicle weight rating) represent about 22% of the transportation emissions, up from 15 percent in 1990, according to the EPA. The results are specific to long-haul trucks.

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MARCH 17, 2017

Greyrock Energy, a developer of a gas-to-liquids (GTL) process that produces synthetic diesel, will participate with Tsinghua University of Beijing, China and the Desert Research Institute (DRI) of Reno, Nevada to quantify the positive impact on air quality from the use of synthetic diesel fuels as compared with petroleum derived diesel fuels.

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AUGUST 22, 2009

EU-27 emissions of all four pollutants were lower in 2007 than in 2006. Energy use by households (the burning of wood, gas, coal etc) is the most important source of PM 2.5 Heavy duty vehicles are the single most important source of NO x , while passenger cars are among the top 6 polluting sources for CO, NO x , PM 2.5

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MARCH 4, 2011

MPa enable the system to operate with very high thermal efficiency, exceeding even those of a large coal-generated power plant and nearly twice as efficient as that of a gasoline engine (about 25%). This configuration uses gas-foil bearings and includes a small turbine (red). Turbo-alternator-shaft design for the SNL S-CO 2 test loop.

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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. Biofuels grow at a slower rate due to lower crude oil prices and. slower growth in E85 sales. Net imports of energy decline.

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JUNE 1, 2016

This makes black liquor the fifth most important fuel in the world, next to coal, oil, natural gas, and gasoline. An organocatalyzed esterification of the lignin residue with an in situ prepared tall oil fatty acid anhydride gives an esterified lignin residue that was soluble in light gas oil. Earlier post.)

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AUGUST 22, 2017

Between 2006 and 2015, California’s GDP per capita grew by almost $5,000 per person, nearly double the growth experienced by the US as a whole. Job growth between 2006 and 2015 in California outpaced rates experienced prior to 2006, and outpaced total US employment gains by 27%. below their 2006 levels. Transportation.

California

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FEBRUARY 3, 2010

The California LCFS calls for at least a 10% reduction from 2006 levels in the carbon intensity (measured in gCO 2 e/MJ) of California’s transportation fuels by 2020. The regulation also levies the calculation of Indirect Land Use Change (ILUC) effects against biofuels, against the opposition of the biofuels industry.( Earlier post.).

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MARCH 22, 2010

Since 2005, when major greenhouse-gas emitters among the Kyoto signatories were issued caps on their emissions and permitted to buy credits to meet those caps, there has been more than $300 billion worth of carbon transactions. Perspective by Brian J. Donovan, CEO of Renergie, Inc. INTRODUCTION. 100% for some agricultural processes.

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JUNE 19, 2009

ARB staff also noted that fuel cell durability has improved dramatically, including free-capable system lasting 1,900 hours in the field in 2008 (up from 950 hours in 2006) and 7,300 hours in the lab. Well-to-wheels greenhouse gas emissions in 2020. Source: DOE. Click to enlarge. Production.

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MARCH 6, 2010

coal-fired power plants) would either be required by the emissions cap. Methane (CH 4 ) emissions from landfills, livestock operations, or coal mines (GWP = 25). Hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) emissions from specific industrial processes, such as HFC-23 emissions from production of a refrigerant gas (GWP of = 14,800).

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FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Biogas, including anaerobic digester gas, can be reformed to produce hydrogen and used in a fuel cell to produce significant amounts of electricity and heat. Approximately 90% of hydrogen in the United States is currently produced from natural gas via steam methane reforming. transit buses or other heavy duty vehicles).

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JANUARY 17, 2009

No one needs to buy another new gas powered car. In 2002 when she was just a freshman California Assemblywoman, this former school teacher worked with Bluewater Network (which later merged with Friends of the Earth ) to author the Assembly Bill that made California the first state to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in automobiles.

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OCTOBER 17, 2009

According to Worldwatch Institute analysis, production of fossil fuels – namely oil, coal and natural gas – actually increased by 2.9 The leader in the growth of fossil fuel production is coal, which, in 2000, provided 28 per cent of the world’s fossil fuel energy production. per cent in 2008 to reach 27.4million tons.

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DECEMBER 7, 2009

With scientists convinced that global warming is a serious issue, there is a need to not only halt the growth of greenhouse gas emissions but to bring them down too. Fast emerging economies need an incentive to stop building coal powered plants, and, again, the emphasis is on the richer countries to step in. What is the aim?

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APRIL 21, 2009

The XHT is a new generation of plug-in hybrid drive train ready to multiply the gas mileage of any SUV or any standard sedan." ( Company PressRelease ) BYD Auto top 2/3/08 BYD Auto Co., In that case, you might never burn a drop of gas during the life of the car.". By partnering with these two industries. GM Press Release ).

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APRIL 10, 2010

Cap-and-trade was first tried on a significant scale twenty years ago under the first Bush administration as a way to address the problem of airborne sulfur dioxide pollution–widely known as acid rain–from coal-burning power plants in the eastern United States. greenhouse gas emissions. Participating U.S.

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APRIL 30, 2009

Other detail changes from 6th April 2011 include: Drivers of Euro IV diesel cars registered before the 1st January 2006 are currently taxed at the same percentage rate as drivers of cars fitted with a petrol engine. Specific rates and thresholds will be announced in future budgets. biodiesel) rose in line with the main fuel duty rate.

Sustainable Transportation

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Despite this, a 2003 EPRI study , assuming only $2/gallon gas , zero buying incentives, and a PHEV premium of $3-$5,000 more than standard hybrids, shows that the total lifetime cost of ownership for a PHEV will be lower than that of any other vehicle type -- so the payback will be there. See our 2007 Goals and 2006 Report.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2011

With subsidies long in place for nuclear, coal and gas in the US along with the cheap cost of production for coal and natural gas, solar is essentially competing with that $0.10/kWh The US has 1,750 MW of PV planned for 2011 and currently employs 100,000 people, more than coal mining or steel manufacturing.

Solar

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

At issue is the 2012 expiration of the Kyoto Protocol, a binding but effectively unenforceable 1997 treaty that had set greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets for 40 industrialized countries, referred to as Annex 1 countries, yielding an average GHG reduction of 5.2% A Portfolio Of Promises.

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DECEMBER 20, 2009

Experts predict that by the year 2060 global warming, if left unchecked, could result in a temperature rise of seven degrees Fahrenheit higher than temperatures before the Industrial Revolution when man started widespread use of coal and other fossil fuels. The fact is, about half the world’s electricity comes from coal.

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JULY 6, 2010

standards established in 2006 and the 1997 annual PM 2.5 To meet this proposed rule, EPA anticipates power plants will: Operate already installed control equipment more frequently; Use lower sulfur coal; or. burners, Selective Catalytic Reduction, or scrubbers (Flue Gas Desulfurization). billion in 2014.

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