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DECEMBER 1, 2011

The contract is one of the first major commercial agreements in the US for the sale of liquid transport fuels made from coal. The Medicine Bow project will use Carbon Basin coal optioned from DKRW partner (and coal mine operator) Arch Coal to produce refined hydrocarbon liquid products. Medicine Bow, Wyoming.

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JULY 7, 2020

The Atlantic Coast Pipeline as planned was a 600-mile underground natural gas transmission line meant to deliver new, lower-cost supplies of natural gas to public utilities in Virginia and North Carolina. The $8-billion project is a partnership between the regional energy companies Dominion Energy and Duke Energy.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

LanzaTech, a producer of low-carbon fuels and chemicals from waste gases, was awarded a $4-million grant by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) as one of the 15 REMOTE projects ( earlier post ) receiving a combined $34 million to find advanced biocatalyst technologies that can convert natural gas to liquid fuel for transportation.

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JUNE 2, 2017

Total European Union greenhouse gas emissions increased by 0.5% Higher emissions were caused mainly by increasing road transport, both passenger and freight, and slightly colder winter conditions in Europe, compared to 2014, leading to higher demand for heating. The average emission of new light commercial vehicles in 2015 was 168.3

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JUNE 13, 2014

Under the agreement, which will be managed by the National Energy Technology Laboratory, Southern Company (Atlanta, Ga.) will test both pre- and post-combustion carbon-capture technologies, as well as materials and processes that support advanced fossil-fuel conversion systems, primarily coal gasification.

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APRIL 16, 2015

over the prior year, according to the EPA’s newly published Inventory of US Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990–2013. Additionally, relatively cool winter conditions led to an increase in fuels for the residential and commercial sectors for heating. EEEPA put CO 2 emissions from ethanol for 2014 at 73.4 MMT CO 2 Eq.)

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JULY 22, 2011

The TCEP would integrate coal gasification, combined-cycle power generation, CO 2 capture, and. TCEP will begin delivering CO 2 to Whiting when the plant commences operations in late 2014 or early 2015; construction is scheduled to begin at the end of this year. urea production. CO 2 capture and shipment via pipeline shown at top.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2009

has been chosen to provide the coal gasification technology for the Taylorville Energy Center (TEC), a 730-megawatt (gross) advanced coal generating plant being developed near Taylorville, Ill. TEC will be one of the first commercial-scale, coal gasification plants with carbon capture and storage (CCS) capability in the US. .

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

Increased greenhouse gas emissions equal to 4.4 million additional cars on US roads are likely as a result of EPA inaction on finalizing the 2014 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) rules, according to a new white paper issued by The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO). billion gallons more diesel in 2014 than previously projected.

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AUGUST 19, 2014

Results of a lifecycle analysis by a team at the University of Michigan suggest that multiple types of natural gas-powered vehicles—i.e., Results of a lifecycle analysis by a team at the University of Michigan suggest that multiple types of natural gas-powered vehicles—i.e., —Dai and Lastoskie.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

There are four guidelines to follow: Refrain from using or burning oil, gas or coal. However, if an EV is charged using electricity that is generated by burning coal or in some other way that generates fossil fuel emissions, those emissions would be associated with that EV’s well to wheel emissions. of total U.S. They’re safer.

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MARCH 19, 2015

The project is funded by the Local Energy Challenge Fund, created in November 2014 by the Scottish Government. The hydrogen will be stored and used as a fuel source for hybrid commercial vehicles (HCV) powered by fuel cells and diesel engines. This marks Toshiba’s first hydrogen research project outside Japan.

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OCTOBER 11, 2011

If we assume about $5 MBtu for coal in China, we could convert those hydrocarbons to ethanol for somewhere between $1.50 The Clear Lake facility will use natural gas as a feedstock, while Nanjing will use coal. We’ll take coal, and using gasification, produce industrial ethanol. The plant could then scale to 1.1

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JUNE 25, 2013

In 2011, the Obama Administration finalized the first fuel economy standards for Model Year 2014-2018 for medium- and heavy-duty trucks, buses, and vans. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the US. A proposal for existing plants is due in 2014, with targeted file rule in 2015. of greenhouse gas emissions to 3% by 2020.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2018

The report finds that the greenhouse gas emissions of electric vehicles, with the current EU energy mix and over the entire vehicle life cycle, are about 17-30% lower than the emissions of gasoline and diesel cars. According to the briefing, the sector’s greenhouse gas emissions have been increasing in the EU since 2014.

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DECEMBER 12, 2013

Currently providing 80% of our energy, coal and other fossil fuels will continue to be a critical part of our energy portfolio as we move toward a low-carbon future. Projects that incorporate new or improved technologies to increase efficiencies and substantially reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with fossil fuel supply and use.

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MAY 18, 2015

Australia’s Liquefied National Gas (LNG) industry could become the world’s largest and most technologically advanced, contributing more than AUD$55 billion to Australia’s GDP in 2020, according to a new report from Accenture. The EIA reports that Australia was the third-largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter in 2013.

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APRIL 26, 2011

The Government of Saskatchewan has approved construction of the Boundary Dam Integrated Carbon Capture and Storage Demonstration Project—among the first commercial-scale carbon capture and storage facilities in the world. Construction on the project will begin immediately, with operations commencing in 2014. billion (US$1.3

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FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Global oil and gas companies are increasingly facing an uphill battle as global warming policies are taking their toll. And it has become clear that not only oil and gas giants are being targeted, after one of the world’s largest mining and commodity trading companies, Glencore, decided to put a limit on its thermal coal investment.

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DECEMBER 15, 2013

ExxonMobil projects that meeting future energy demand will be supported by more efficient energy-saving practices and technologies; increased use of less-carbon-intensive fuels such as natural gas, nuclear and renewables; as well as the continued development of technology advances to develop new energy sources. —“Outlook for Energy”.

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JULY 8, 2015

Its first commercial-scale production plant obtains carbon dioxide from gas emissions from a geothermal power plant and hydrogen via electrolysis of water using renewable sources of energy from the Icelandic power grid (from hydro, geothermal and wind sources). Methanol in China. Delving into the emissions side, Chen et al.

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MAY 14, 2020

ASTM International has approved and published a seventh annex to D7566 , the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) specification, with support from the Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative (CAAFI). Annex A3: Hydroprocessed Fermented Sugars to Synthetic Isoparaffins (HFS-SIP) (2014). Earlier post.). Feedstock(s): Sugars.

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MAY 13, 2010

The American Power Act, released as a discussion draft, targets reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by at least 4.75% compared to 2005 levels by 2013; by at least 17% compared to 2005 levels by 2020; by at least 42% compared to 2005 levels by 2030; and by at least 83% compared to 2005 levels by 2050. Natural Gas.

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JUNE 7, 2017

Compared to the reference case, in which gasoline vehicles (ICEVs) remain dominant through 2050 (BAU), OPT results in 16% and 36% reductions in LDV greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for 2030 and 2050, respectively, corresponding to 5% and 9% reductions in economy-wide emissions. Credit: ACS, Keshavarzmohammadian et al. Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2014

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Fuel Cell Technologies Office’ (FCTO) 2014 Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Program Annual Progress Report ( earlier post )—an annual summary of results from projects funded by DOE’s Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Program—described progress in the field of hydrogen production. Source: DOE. Click to enlarge.

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JULY 28, 2014

FCA is used to evaluate the energy and GHG emission impacts of a wide variety of existing and proposed fuels, including fossil options (coal-to-liquids, gas-to-liquids, unconventional petroleum) as well as electricity, gaseous fuels and biofuels from a range of feedstocks. —DeCicco (2014). DeCicco (2014).

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MARCH 13, 2016

Advanced air management system (exhaust gas recirculation, turbocharger, supercharging). Under CERC, 4 pairs of US and Chinese consortia are operating collaboratively on 4 technical tracks: Advanced Coal Technologies with Carbon Capture, Utilization and/or Sequestration. Combustion control and optimization technology. Background.

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JULY 10, 2011

Under the scheme, around 500 of the largest emitters in Australia—facilities that have direct greenhouse gas emissions of 25,000 tonnes of CO 2 -equivalent per year or more (excluding emissions from transport fuels and some synthetic greenhouse gases)—will need to buy and surrender to the Government a permit for every tonne they produce.

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APRIL 6, 2014

China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) said that it had made significant breakthroughs in the exploration and development of shale gas in China, and is planning to develop the Fuling shale gas field into China’s first shale gas field with an annual production capacity of 10 billion cubic meters by 2017.

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JUNE 19, 2009

Commercialization of those technologies must start in the next decade, noted ARB Executive Officer Tom Cackette in a presentation at the recent Advanced Automotive Battery Conference. Well-to-wheels greenhouse gas emissions in 2020. Current estimates of Li-ion storage cost are $1,000/kWh, with DOE targeting a cost of $300/kWh by 2014.

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The quantity of calcium carbonate to be released—about 1 kilogram—won’t be enough to trigger any measurable cooling, and it roughly equals the particle pollution that a large commercial airliner releases every minute of flight, says. 2014 research paper. There were nearly 40 million such flights in 2019. cancel the launch.

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MARCH 27, 2023

People have also looked at storing CO2 in old mineshafts, and the approaches that are most seriously looked at now, or already used in practice, actually, is storing CO 2 in old oil and gas-depleted reservoirs or in deep saltwater aquifers that are a couple kilometers below the surface. Is that how you think about it? Witte: I think so.

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APRIL 1, 2009

The bill also modifies the Clean Air Act to require the development of greenhouse gas emissions standards for all other mobile sources—e.g., The draft promotes development of carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) technologies to establish a continuing place for coal in the US energy mix. Clean Fuels and Vehicles.

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AUGUST 17, 2014

Zeolite A was selected because of its thermal and structural stability, and in addition, it is currently being cheaply produced from coal fly ash (CFA), which hitherto is the waste product of combustion of coal in coal-fired power stations with about 800 million tons per annum CFA production. —Ayodele et al. Resources.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

World petroleum and other liquid fuels consumption will increase 38% by 2040, spurred by increased demand in the developing Asia and Middle East, according to the Reference Case projections in International Energy Outlook 2014 ( IEO2014 ), released by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). oil sands, either diluted or upgraded).

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Ricardo Arduengo/The Honnold Foundation Puerto Rico’s government has committed to transitioning to 100 percent renewable energy by 2050 , with interim goals of 40 percent by 2025, the phaseout of coal-fired plants by 2028, and a 60 percent renewable system by 2040. percent to 2.8 megawatts to 224.6

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JULY 14, 2009

The DOE also announced a $5million Funding Opportunity Announcement to assist laboratory level research and development technologies to produce hydrogen from coal back in June (read ‘ Funding support for hydrogen projects ’). The stumbling block for fuel cell cars remains their high costs and the lack of hydrogen refuelling infrastructure.

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