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India directs Coal India to invest in EVs & charging pods

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India directs Coal India to invest in EVs & charging pods. In its many initiatives, the latest initiative the government’s Coal Ministry has asked state-run Coal India to diversify its interests to areas such as electric vehicles and charging stations. Read the complete article about India directs Coal India. .

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Indonesia’s Antam to start building new nickel smelter, HPAL plant in 2025 – ET Auto

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“Next year, at the industrial park, we must (start) building the RKEF and HPAL plants,” Nicolas Kanter, chief executive of Antam told reporters late on Monday. Most nickel processing facilities in Indonesia are currently powered by coal.

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Comment on BYD sells record 341,043 NEVs in Dec, reaches full-year 3 million target by daymanight

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I know the site I linked to is affiliated with falun gong, but that specific article is accurate. It's also a fact that China is building an alarming amount of coal plants and their CO2 emissions have outpaced every other country in the world. And yes I do believe them because I've been to China and know people from China.

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Heating Buildings With Solar Energy Stored in Sand

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This sponsored article is brought to you by COMSOL. When we turn up the heat in our homes and workplaces, we must balance our personal need for warmth with the global impact of burning fossil fuels like oil, gas, coal, and biomass. Out of Finland’s energy-related emissions, 82 percent come from heating domestic buildings (Ref.

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Researchers Say Mix of Policies and Current or Near-Term Technologies Could Phase Out US CO2 Emissions from Coal-Fired Power Plants by 2030

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CO 2 emissions from US coal-fired power plant could be phased out entirely by 2030 using existing technologies or ones that could be commercially competitive with coal within about a decade, according to a paper published online 30 April in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. Credit: ACS, Kharecha et al.

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DOE to award up to $15M for projects to improve reliability of solid oxide fuel cells

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The DOE Office of Fossil Energy’s (FE) Clean Coal Research Program (CCRP) is pursuing research, development and demonstration (RD&D) to decrease the cost of electricity (COE) and capture costs and increase base power plant efficiency, thereby reducing the amount of CO 2 that has to be captured and stored per unit of electricity generated.

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Tata Steel India has enough cash flow to fuel growth: TV Narendran – ET Auto

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In India, we had a strong quarter operationally with a good production run and usage of leaner coals. While steel prices did not go up as much as we had expected, the rise in coal prices was lower, so that was beneficial. While Europe has been a challenge, the worst is behind us in the Netherlands.

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