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JUNE 13, 2010

As part of its long term strategy to secure substantial energy resources in New Zealand L&M Energy Limited (LME) has lodged an application for an underground coal gasification (UCG) prospecting permit over a 2.112 sq km area containing in excess of 2 billion tonnes of Waikato coal measures. Prospecting permit application area.

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Consumption-based power mixes and NG transmission distances by Chinese province in 2010. In regions where the share of coal-based electricity is relatively low, EVs can achieve substantial GHG reduction, the team reports in a paper in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. Credit: ACS, Huo et al. Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Global carbon dioxide emissions show no sign of abating and may reach record levels in 2010, according to a study led by the University of Exeter (UK). Le Quéré (2010) Update on CO 2 emissions. below the record 2008 figures. This partnership constitutes the Earth Systems Science Partnership (ESSP). Resources. Friedlingstein, R.

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MAY 30, 2011

Energy-related carbon-dioxide (CO2) emissions in 2010 were the highest in history, according to the latest estimates by the International Energy Agency (IEA). In terms of fuels, 44% of the estimated CO 2 emissions in 2010 came from coal, 36% from oil, and 20% from natural gas. tonnes for China, and 1.5 tonnes in India.

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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. GHGT-10 took place 9-23 September 2010 in RAI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Australia’s Syngas Limited has engaged Rentech to provide Fischer-Tropsch fuels production preliminary engineering services for Syngas’ proposed commercial scale coal and biomass to liquids (CBTL) fuels facility in Southern Australia, known as the Clinton Project. Additionally, the Clinton coal fluidizes well.

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AUGUST 31, 2009

China Datang Corporation began construction of China’s first major coal to synthetic natural gas project. billion cubic meters of natural gas in 2010, and 2.68 Output from the project is targeted at Beijing. Prior to that, it is expected to supply 1.34 cubic meters in 2011. The demand is growing by 20 percent every year.

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Still, that was not fast enough to meet higher electricity demand around the world that also drove up coal use. Coal use in power generation alone surpassed 10 Gt, accounting for a third of the total increase. Most of that came from a young fleet of coal power plants in developing Asia. to 33 Gigatonnes (Gt) in 2018.

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These diagrams depict energy use and water flow during the year 2010, the latest year for which comprehensive data is available. 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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APRIL 18, 2018

coal, wood, and dung) for cooking and heating. billion people—one in three global citizens—were exposed to household air pollution from the use of solid fuels (for example, coal, wood, charcoal, dung, or other biomass) for cooking and heating. was industrial coal; transportation followed as a close second.

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DECEMBER 18, 2010

4853 , the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 (“Middle Class Tax Relief Act of 2010”). Refined Coal. The bill extends through 2011 the placed-in-service deadline for qualifying refined coal facilities. US President Barack Obama on Friday signed H.R.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Energy efficiency has tremendous potential to boost economic growth and avoid greenhouse gas emissions, but the global rate of progress is slowing, according to a new report by the International Energy Agency. in 2018—the slowest rate since 2010—according to Energy Efficiency 2019 , the IEA’s annual report on energy efficiency.

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The dashed line represents the aggregated CO2 emissions calculated from the provincial energy statistics 1997–2010. Gt emission gap in 2010 between national and provincial statistics and the pattern of different fuel types in contributing to the emission gap. The column chart presents the 1.4?Gt Source: Guan et al. Click to enlarge.

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But interestingly, it’s also almost 200 GW higher than the International Energy Agency’s ( IEA ) main case outlook released in January 2024. Ember’s analysis also finds that solar capacity additions in 2024 will likely surpass the entire global increase – 540 GW – in coal power capacity since 2010.

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APRIL 18, 2013

In a fairly bleak assessment of global progress towards low-carbon energy, the International Energy Agency (IEA) concluded that, despite a few bright spots such as the rapid expansion of renewable technologies and the growth of hybrid and EV sales, the progress is far below that required to achieve a 2 °C pathway—i.e., Source: IEA.

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AUGUST 28, 2011

Masdar is collaborating with RTI International, an independent non-profit research institute, on research project examining the use of solid sorbent technology for the capture of carbon dioxide from coal and gas-fired power station flue gases, targeting a significant cost reduction in carbon dioxide capture over the best available technology today.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

Results appear in an open access paper in the journal Environment International. As a result, concentrations of particulate matter (PM 10 ) declined by more than half, from 196 µg/m 3 in 2001 to 89 µg/m 3 in 2010, as measured at eight sites throughout the city. Particulate matter is released by coal-burning plants and other sources.

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DECEMBER 10, 2014

As the world population increases by the estimated 30% from 2010 to 2040, ExxonMobil sees global GDP rising by about 140%, but energy demand by only about 35% due to greater efficiency. By 2040, natural gas is expected to account for more than a quarter of global energy use, surpassing coal in the overall mix. Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2009

Sasol is incorporating carbon capture and storage (CCS) options in the upfront design of a proposed 80,000 bpd coal-to-liquids project it is studying with the Shenua Ningxia Coal Industry group, for possible development in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of China. Earlier post.).

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MAY 24, 2012

gigatonnes (Gt) in 2011, according to preliminary estimates from the International Energy Agency (IEA). Gt on 2010, or 3.2%. Coal accounted for 45% of total energy-related CO 2 emissions in 2011, followed by oil (35%) and natural gas (20%). Global CO 2 emissions from fossil-fuel combustion reached a record high of 31.6

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JULY 19, 2011

Representative costs are reported in constant December 2010 US dollars. The report does not include tax credits and loan guarantees in the estimates of capital and LCOE, with the exception of accelerated depreciation under the US Internal Revenue Service Modified Accelerated Capital Recovery System (MACRS). Source: EPRI.

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JULY 5, 2011

trillion in 2010) would be required to overcome poverty; increase food production to eradicate hunger without degrading land and water resources; and avert the climate change catastrophe. The reports estimates that incremental green investment of about 3% of world gross product (WGP) (about $1.9

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OCTOBER 2, 2010

The fuel, produced by Sasol’s proprietary Coal to Liquids (CTL) process, is the only fully synthetic jet fuel to have received international approval as a commercial aviation turbine fuel, Sasol said. Tambo International Airport have flown using Sasol’s semi-synthetic jet fuel. To date, most of the aircraft leaving O.R.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Greenhouse gas emissions from the European Union (EU) fell by 2.5 %, despite higher coal consumption and a growing gross domestic product (GDP), according to new estimates from the European Environment Agency (EEA). between 2010 and 2011. Based on these EEA estimates, EU 2011 emissions stand approximately 17.5% below the 1990 level.

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JULY 8, 2012

1970); national data from the International Energy Agency (IEA) (1971? As a result, the use of coal from small local mines is included in the provincial statistics, but not in the national statistics. 1979); provincial data from the China Energy Statistics Yearbook (CESY) (1980?2007); By comparing fuel consumption data (1980?2007)

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MAY 23, 2012

coal, hydro, natural gas) on well-to-wheel (WTW) energy use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs). For the study, they developed well-to-wheel models to investigate energy use and GHG emissions of a PHEV, HEV (hybrid electric vehicle), and conventional internal combustion engine vehicle (ICEV).

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

This is the second “first of a kind” announced by Sasol in the US in less than a year; in December 2010, Sasol announced the world’s first Ethylene Tetramerization Unit, also to be built in Calcasieu Parish. billion barrels of liquid fuels and chemicals from coal and natural gas. Earlier post.)

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MARKAL was developed in a cooperative multinational project over a period of almost two decades by the Energy Technology Systems Analysis Programme (ETSAP) of the International Energy Agency. Electricity generation from natural gas increases over time in both scenarios, whereas generation from existing coal plants declines.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Beginning with its February Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), EIA incorporated revisions to historical international liquids consumption data into the STEO’s international liquid fuels market balances. China built its first methanol-to-gasoline (MTG) plant in 2010, and since then, another 10 MTG plants have come online.

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JANUARY 19, 2011

Between 2010 to 2030 the contribution to energy growth of renewables (solar, wind, geothermal and biofuels) is seen to increase from 5% to 18%. Natural gas is projected to be the fastest growing fossil fuel, and coal and oil are likely to lose market share as all fossil fuels experience lower growth rates. Coal will increase by 1.2%

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AUGUST 12, 2015

New analysis by an international team led by MIT researchers shows that Asia now releases a surprisingly large amount of anthropogenic mercury. Such models estimate mercury emissions for a region by considering factors such as the amount of coal burned in a power plant and the types of equipment in a plant used to control emissions.

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DECEMBER 15, 2013

By 2040, hybrids are expected to account for about 35% of the global light-duty vehicle fleet, up from less than 1% in 2010. In 2010, about 75% of the world’s vehicles were in OECD countries. liters per 100 km) in 2010. Hybrids are expected to account for about half of global new-car sales by 2040. Source: ExxonMobil.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2010

increase over FY 2010 estimates— to support scientific innovation, develop clean and secure energy technologies, maintain national security, and reduce environmental risk. increase over FY 2010 estimates. increase over FY 2010 estimates. billion in tax subsidies for oil, coal and gas industries. 2010 est. 2011 prop.

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MW/vehicle for 2020, a reduction of 20% from the 2010 baseline of 2.47 tonnes CO 2 e, down 20% from the 2010 baseline of 0.93 Currently, the best energy usage among our plants is found within our GM International Operations (GMIO). GM has set a target of 1.97 The carbon intensity (CI) per vehicle dropped to 0.87 tonnes in 2012.

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At the same time, CO2 emissions at all plants are to be cut 50% by 2025 compared with 2010. The conversion of the power station in Wolfsburg from coal to gas will reduce CO 2 emissions by 1.5 Mobile AG recently announced at the Geneva International Motor Show. Earlier post.). million tonnes annually from 2023 onwards.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

jumped by more than 5% in 2010, which is unprecedented. jumped by more than 5% in 2010, which is unprecedented. Global emissions of CO 2 have increased by 45% between 1990 and 2010, and reached an all-time high of 33 billion tonnes in 2010 despite emission reductions in industrialized countries during the same period.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2012

The global energy map is changing significantly, according to the 2012 edition of the Internal Energy Agency’s (IEA) World Energy Outlook ( WEO-2012 ). The report also finds that by 2035 global energy savings could be equivalent to nearly 20% of global demand in 2010. Energy demand. — WEO-2012. Renewables.

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