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Hyperbaric Centrifuge Technology Successfully Dewaters Coal Fines

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A dewatering technology developed at Virginia Tech has succeeded in reducing the moisture content of ultrafine coal to less than 20%, transforming it to a salable product. During recent prototype tests at Arch Coal Company’s Cardinal plant in Logan County, W.Va., Roe-Hoan Yoon. as part of a license agreement with Virginia Tech.

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Baard Energy raises $2.5B for coal/biomass-to-liquids plant in Ohio; construction to begin late spring or early summer 2011

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Baard Energy LLC, a company seeking to build a coal/biomass-to-liquids (CBTL) plant in Ohio ( earlier post ) has raised $2.5B from investors in the coal and energy markets and is preparing to begin construction of the nearly $6 billion Ohio River Clean Fuels Project by late spring or early summer. Youngstown Business Journal.

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UN report finds world needs incremental $1.9 trillion invested in green technologies to avert planetary catastrophe; global per capita cap on primary energy consumption of 70 GJ/yr may be required

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The reports estimates that incremental green investment of about 3% of world gross product (WGP) (about $1.9 The necessary set of new technologies must enable today’s poor to attain decent living standards, while reducing emissions and waste and ending the unrestrained drawdown of the Earth’s non-renewable resources.

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Chinese company to convert coke oven waste gas into power for region with three GE aeroderivative gas turbines

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is a large and advanced private enterprise group, dealing mainly in coal washing, coking, power generation, coal-gas supply, mining, etc. It has passed ISO9002 quality system authentication, gained coking industry access in 2008 and also passed OHSMS occupational health and safety management system authentication.

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Enel Launches Industrial-Scale Hydrogen-Fueled Power Plant

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The efficiency of the process is increased by taking the heat from the emissions in order to generate high-temperature steam, which is sent to the nearby coal-fired plant to generate an additional 4 MW of power capacity. Since 2008, it has been upgraded with new environmental systems. In addition, Fusina is a leader in waste disposal.

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New inventory of black carbon emissions from China finds 2007 levels higher than previously reported

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To develop the new inventory, the team included 22 BC emission sources including both anthropogenic and natural sources (savanna and forest fires), and used emission factor values (EF BC ), references, and the detailed data sources for coke production, open-fire agricultural waste burning, and wildfires. Credit: ACS, Wang et al.

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JetBlue to go carbon neutral on all domestic flights by offsetting emissions starting in 2020; flying with SAF from SFO

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Since 2008, JetBlue has already offset more than 2.6 Neste MY Renewable Jet Fuel is produced 100% from waste and residue raw materials. Solar/Wind: These projects develop expansive solar and wind farms, generating power that otherwise would have been supplied by fossil fuels such as coal, diesel and furnace oil.

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