2013, Climate Change, Coal and Production

BloombergNEF: clean energy investment in developing nations slumps as financing in China slows; coal burn surges to record high

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NOVEMBER 26, 2019

While the number of new clean power-generating plants completed stayed flat year-to-year, the volume of power derived from coal surged to a new high, according to Climatescope , an annual survey of 104 emerging markets conducted by research firm BloombergNEF (BNEF). thousand terawatt-hours in 2018, up from 6.4 thousand in 2017.

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Coal Cleaning Clean Financing

DOE and Air Force issue RFI on Mil-Spec jet fuel production using coal-to-liquid technologies

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

The US Department of Energy (DOE) in partnership with the US Air Force has issued a request for information (RFI)— DE-FOA-0000981 —on research & development aimed at greenhouse gas emissions reductions and cost competitiveness of Mil-Spec jet fuel production using coal-to-liquid (CTL) fuel technologies. Information Request.

Coal

Coal Fuel Production 2007

EPA: US greenhouse gases up 2% in 2013; increased coal consumption, cool winter

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APRIL 16, 2015

US GHG emissions by sector, 1990-2013. Total US greenhouse emissions were 6,673 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2013, an increase of 2% (127.9 over the prior year, according to the EPA’s newly published Inventory of US Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990–2013. from 1990 to 2013. from 1990 to 2013.

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2013 EPA Coal 2004

PBL/JRC: Global CO2 emissions increase to new all-time record in 2013, but growth is slowing down

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DECEMBER 18, 2014

Global CO 2 emissions from fossil fuel use and cement production reached a new all-time high in 2013, according to the annual report “Trends in global CO2 emissions”, released by PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency and the European Joint Research Centre (JRC). In 2013, global CO 2 emissions grew to the new record of 35.3

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2013 Emissions Global CO2

UCS analysis finds Hyundai-Kia with best sales-weighted new vehicle environmental performance in US in 2013

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MAY 27, 2014

In its sixth sales-weighted analysis of emissions from 8 major automakers’ 2013 model year vehicles, the Union of Concerned Scientists’ (UCS) latest Automaker Rankings report found that Hyundai-Kia unseated Honda as the “Greenest Automaker.” Climate Change Coal Emissions Fuel Efficiency' Click to enlarge.

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2013 Kia Hyundai Sale

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

The US Energy Information Administration’s (EIA’s) International Energy Outlook 2013 (IEO2013) projects that world energy consumption will grow by 56% between 2010 and 2040, from 524 quadrillion British thermal units (Btu) to 820 quadrillion Btu. World production of non-petroleum liquids, which in 2010 totaled only 1.6

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2010 Transportation Fuel Energy

Duke study finds China’s synthetic natural gas plants will have heavy environmental toll; 2x vehicle GHG if used for fuel

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

Coal-powered synthetic natural gas (SNG) plants being planned in China would produce seven times more greenhouse gas emissions than conventional natural gas plants, and use up to 100 times the water as shale gas production, according to a new study by Duke University researchers published in the journal Nature Climate Change.

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Gas Mercury Fuel Climate Change

Obama climate plan calls for new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018; cleaner fuels and investment in advanced fossil energy

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JUNE 25, 2013

Preparing the US for the impacts of climate change. DOE will take comment on the draft solicitation, with a plan to issue a final solicitation by the fall of 2013. In President Obama’s first term, the DOE established new minimum efficiency standards for dishwashers, refrigerators, and many other products.

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Obama Cleaner Fuel Economy Climate

BIO says EPA inaction on RFS rule causing an increase in GHG emissions

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

That study demonstrated that if EPA reduced biofuel use under the RFS, as the agency proposed in November 2013, the United States would experience an increase in greenhouse gas emissions and forego an achievable decrease in emissions. new coal-fired power plants. billion gallons more diesel in 2014 than previously projected.

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EPA Emissions 2014 2013

Canada targets cutting GHGs 30% below 2005 levels by 2030; new regulations for oil and gas, power, petrochemicals

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MAY 15, 2015

Canada formally submitted its target, referred to as an Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC), to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Regulations for natural gas-fired electricity, which would build on Canada’s existing coal-fired electricity regulations. over the same time period.

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2005 Canada Oil Gas

Alliance Formed to Commercialize Solar Reforming Technologies to Convert Waste CO2 into Synthetic Fuel

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JUNE 1, 2010

“The alliance team members believe that the best way to accomplish CO 2 reduction goals is to commercialize platforms that will utilize CO 2 as a carbon feedstock for the production of valuable products, such as diesel fuel.”. —Dr. Tags: Catalysts Climate Change Emissions Fuels Solar. Earlier post.).

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Waste Solar Commercial CO2

ExxonMobil predicts peak in light-duty vehicle liquid fuels ~2030, but ongoing role for oil in the mix

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FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Our in-depth analysis shows that even if every light-duty vehicle in the world was fully electric by 2040, the demand for liquids could still be similar to levels seen in 2013. However, even if the entire light-duty fleet is electrified in 2040, total liquids demand could be approximately the same as in 2013. —T.J.

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Light Oil Fuel Vehicles

EPA proposes rule for nationwide 30% cut in GHG from existing power plants by 2030 relative to 2005

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JUNE 2, 2014

Heat rate improvements result in any changes in equipment, operating procedures or maintenance practices that increase the efficiency of converting fuel energy into electricity by an EGU. The value allocated here in EPA’s goal-setting formula was an average heat rate improvement of 6% for coal steam electric generating units (EGUs).

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2005 EPA Power Powered

U Chicago, MIT study suggests ongoing use of fossil fuels absent new carbon taxes

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FEBRUARY 24, 2016

A paper by a team from the University of Chicago and MIT suggests that technology-driven cost reductions in fossil fuels will lead to the continued use of fossil fuels—oil, gas, and coal—unless governments pass new taxes on carbon emissions. for oil, 24% for coal, and 20% for natural gas. F of warming.

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Chicago MIT Carbon Tax

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Climate Change. And while preventing working people earning a livelihood may make them feel good, it does nothing to solve the real problem of climate change. . Yet this crisis is a mere harbinger of the candle-lit future that awaits us if we do not change course. Gas is the only answer.

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Power Powered Wind Coal

Researchers demonstrate electrochemical synthesis of ammonia from air and water under mild conditions

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JANUARY 30, 2013

The dominant ammonia production process is the Haber-Bosch process invented in 1904 which requires high temperature (~500°C) and high pressure (150–300 bar), in addition to efficient catalysts. Natural gas or coal is used as the energy source of the ammonia industry. A maximum ammonia production rate of 1.14 × 10 ?5

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Water 2010 Energy Storage Mariner

WHO data: global annual PM10 increased by 6% during recent 3-year period; based on data from 851 cities

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MAY 8, 2014

The 2014 database covers the period from 2008 to 2013, with the majority of values for the years 2011 and 2012. WHO notes that the results for the 851 cities are to be interpreted with caution, as yearly variations due, for example, to climatic changes can be important and 3?year East Asia, Wpr: Western Pacific; LMI: Low?

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Global Pollution 2014 2012

Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

“ One Agreement, Two Steps ” Expectations for Copenhagen quickly became complicated after Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen boarded an overnight flight to Singapore to address an impromptu breakfast forum on climate change at the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) summit on 15 November. by Jack Rosebro.

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Climate Climate Change 2009 Emissions

Senators Kerry and Lieberman Release Details of Energy and Climate Bill; Incentives for Electric Drive and Natural Gas Vehicles

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MAY 13, 2010

Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the details of their long-anticipated energy and climate change legislation on Wednesday, 12 May. It also helps guide the state regulatory process by requiring public disclosure of chemicals used in the production of natural gas.

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Gas-Electric Gas Climate Energy

Stanford, UC Santa Cruz study explores ramifications of demand-driven peak to conventional oil

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JULY 2, 2013

In contrast to arguments that peak conventional oil production is imminent due to physical resource scarcity, a team from Stanford University and UC Santa Cruz has examined the alternative possibility of reduced oil use due to improved efficiency and oil substitution. Historical scenario. (A) —Brandt et al.

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Oil Oil-Sands Fuel Economy Transportation

Final session on international mercury convention this week expected to culminate in agreement; UNEP Global Mercury Assessment 2013 finds industrial source Hg emissions may be rising

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JANUARY 13, 2013

Unintentional emission sectors: Coal burning, ferrous- and non-ferrous (Au, Cu, Hg, Pb, Zn) metal production, cement production. Intentional-use sectors: Disposal and incineration of product waste, cremation emissions, chlor-alkali industry. Comparison of Hg emissions in 2005 and 2010, by selected sector and region.

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Mercury Emissions 2013 Global

IEA World Energy Outlook 2013 sees CO2 emissions rising by 20% to 2035; oil use on upward trend

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NOVEMBER 13, 2013

The newly released 2013 edition of the IEA World Energy Outlook (WEO) depicts a world in which some long-held tenets of the energy sector are being rewritten; importers are becoming exporters, while exporters are among the major sources of growing demand. —WEO-2013. Contributions to global oil production growth.

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Oil 2013 Energy Emissions

Renewable Energy Generation: Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy, a lesson exported from Detroit

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APRIL 5, 2011

Fifty years later, the USA is faced with a similar challenge, energy independency and climatic change. In contrast, the Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) program adopted by 29 states has varying goals from 10-40 percent renewable energy generation, deployed anywhere from 2013 to 2030. There is no one goal to rally around.

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Renewable West Virginia Energy USA

Hansen paper emphasizes importance of retention and expansion of nuclear power for health and climate reasons

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APRIL 4, 2013

Results for (b) the high-end and (c) low-end projections of nuclear power production by the IAEA for the period 2010?2050. The larger columns in panels b and c reflect the all coal case and are labeled with mean values; the smaller columns reflect the all gas case; values for the latter are not shown because they are all simply a factor of ?

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Climate Power Powered Coal

How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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APRIL 21, 2009

In late 2008, BYD started selling the first production PHEV in China. Partnering with Alcoa, Duke Energy, Google.org, Johnson Controls Indiana startup plans to unveil vehicle May 2009 at EVS-24 in Norway; mass production in 2012. 1,000 pre-orders for small production runs in 2009 and 2010starting 4th quarter 2009.

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Plug-in Plug Hybrid Lithium Ion

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BloombergNEF: clean energy investment in developing nations slumps as financing in China slows; coal burn surges to record high

DOE and Air Force issue RFI on Mil-Spec jet fuel production using coal-to-liquid technologies

EPA: US greenhouse gases up 2% in 2013; increased coal consumption, cool winter

PBL/JRC: Global CO2 emissions increase to new all-time record in 2013, but growth is slowing down

UCS analysis finds Hyundai-Kia with best sales-weighted new vehicle environmental performance in US in 2013

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

Duke study finds China’s synthetic natural gas plants will have heavy environmental toll; 2x vehicle GHG if used for fuel

Obama climate plan calls for new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018; cleaner fuels and investment in advanced fossil energy

BIO says EPA inaction on RFS rule causing an increase in GHG emissions

Canada targets cutting GHGs 30% below 2005 levels by 2030; new regulations for oil and gas, power, petrochemicals

Alliance Formed to Commercialize Solar Reforming Technologies to Convert Waste CO2 into Synthetic Fuel

ExxonMobil predicts peak in light-duty vehicle liquid fuels ~2030, but ongoing role for oil in the mix

EPA proposes rule for nationwide 30% cut in GHG from existing power plants by 2030 relative to 2005

U Chicago, MIT study suggests ongoing use of fossil fuels absent new carbon taxes

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Researchers demonstrate electrochemical synthesis of ammonia from air and water under mild conditions

WHO data: global annual PM10 increased by 6% during recent 3-year period; based on data from 851 cities

Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

Senators Kerry and Lieberman Release Details of Energy and Climate Bill; Incentives for Electric Drive and Natural Gas Vehicles

Stanford, UC Santa Cruz study explores ramifications of demand-driven peak to conventional oil

Final session on international mercury convention this week expected to culminate in agreement; UNEP Global Mercury Assessment 2013 finds industrial source Hg emissions may be rising

IEA World Energy Outlook 2013 sees CO2 emissions rising by 20% to 2035; oil use on upward trend

Renewable Energy Generation: Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy, a lesson exported from Detroit

Hansen paper emphasizes importance of retention and expansion of nuclear power for health and climate reasons

How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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