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JULY 29, 2019
On 26 July, the first flue gas from the natural gas power plant, the Shepard Energy Center in Calgary, Canada, was directly transformed by the C2CNT process ( earlier post ) into carbon nanotubes. The carbon nanotubes are valued at more than $100,000 per tonne—a thousand-fold greater than coal. 2019.07.007. 201900056.
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DECEMBER 5, 2019
Driven by rising natural gas and oil consumption, levels of CO 2 are expected to hit 37 billion metric tons this year, according to new estimates from the Global Carbon Project (GCP), an initiative led by Stanford University scientist Rob Jackson. In 2019, consumption of coal is expected to drop 11% in the U.S.—down
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OCTOBER 27, 2019
Jacobson, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Stanford University, suggests that carbon capture technologies are inefficient and increase air pollution. In both plants, natural gas turbines power the equipment. Even without accounting for upstream emissions, the equipment associated with the coal plant was only 55.4%
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SEPTEMBER 13, 2022
The sedimentary-clay deposit at Thacker Pass will use similar mining techniques to many coal deposits. In 2019, Lithium Americas entered into a mine design, consulting and mine operations agreement with Sawtooth Mining, a subsidiary of North American Coal.
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APRIL 15, 2019
Researchers from Northwestern University and Princeton University have explored the impact on US air quality from an aggressive conversion of internal combustion vehicles to battery-powered electric vehicles (EVs). coal, oil, natural gas, and biomass). coal, oil, natural gas, and biomass). Seasons and times of day.
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NOVEMBER 14, 2019
It is commonly thought that the greenhouse gas emissions from hydropower plants are similar to those of wind-generated power facilities. However, some individual hydropower facilities were worse for the climate than coal and natural gas plants both in the near- and long-term. —Ocko and Hamburg (2019). Ocko and Steven P.
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JANUARY 27, 2020
In a working paper for the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), a team from UC Berkeley, UC Santa Barbara and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) calculate that the social cost of the phase out of nuclear electricity production in Germany is approximately $12 billion per year. —Jarvis et al.
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