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OCTOBER 26, 2009

Regal Resources Limited, an Australia-based developer of an Underground Coal to Liquids (UCTL) process to convert low rank brown/coal lignite into hydrocarbon and gas products ( earlier post ), has signed a Farm-In Agreement with Greenpower Energy Limited through its wholly owned subsidiary MOL Gippsland Pty Ltd (MOL).

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DECEMBER 27, 2020

billion people, according to Landrigan, whose research was funded in part by UN Environment Programme. These increases in deaths from ambient air pollution reflect increasing emissions from cars, trucks, and buses, as well as the widespread use of coal to generate electricity in India. At the same time, US GDP grew by 250 percent.

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JULY 10, 2011

Australia’s per capita CO 2 emissions are higher than those of the US due to an emissions-intensive energy sector. Australia Prime Minister Julia Gillard unveiled Australia’s carbon pricing plan—a core element in a new clean energy plan—in a short address to the nation. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 10, 2012

In a project ( DE-FC26-04NT42237 ) funded by the US Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne has developed a high-pressure dry-solids feed pump that could make gasification economically competitive by improving efficiencies and introducing low-rank Western coal as a viable feedstock option. Source: NETL.

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JANUARY 31, 2011

The Queensland (Australia) Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability Kate Jones announced that the Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) trial plant near Kingaroy will not be allowed to recommence. An interim report by the same Expert Panel on the Linc Energy pilot at Chincilla recommends that it continue as planned.

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JANUARY 25, 2017

While non-fossil fuels are expected to account for half of the growth in energy supplies over the next 20 years, the Outlook projects that oil and gas, together with coal, will remain the main source of energy powering the world economy, accounting for more than 75% of total energy supply in 2035, compared with 86% in 2015.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Australia-based Linc Energy reports that it has more than doubled its underground coal gasification (UCG) Gasifier 4 flow rates with the workover processes it recently completed with its newly acquired coil tubing unit equipment.

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JULY 1, 2015

TransAlta Corporation has been awarded $250,000 from Alberta Innovates - Energy & Environment Solutions (AI-EES) to help launch Alberta’s first large-scale commercial energy storage project.

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JULY 17, 2010

The Queensland, Australia Department of Environment and Resource Management (DERM) is ordering Cougar Energy to keep its pilot Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) plant near Kingaroy closed until the Government is assured that groundwater resources are protected. Earlier post.)

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JULY 6, 2011

The scenarios take per capita energy demand from the A1F1 scenario, but assume slightly greater population growth and higher carbon intensity; one simulation assumes that fractional primary energy production remains at present day values while the other more extreme scenario assumes that all future energy demand is met by coal.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Even if electricity is produced from burning coal, the power plant is far away from population centers, transferred over power lines keeping any direct pollution away from the population. And the percentage of clean energy is growing every year as coal and gas plants are being replaced by renewable energy sources. In India 39.1%

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AUGUST 19, 2023

Longer term, California, the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, Japan, and Western Australia are all looking to the sea to help meet their demands for hydrogen. Almost all hydrogen produced today is designated as brown, black, or gray, meaning it was generated by burning natural gas or coal.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Overview of the bluegas catalytic coal methanation process. By adding a catalyst to the coal gasification system, GreatPoint Energy is able to reduce the operating temperature in the gasifier, while directly promoting the reactions that yield methane, (CH 4 ). Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 5, 2021

—Toshiaki Tanaka, Managing Executive Officer and Chief Environment and Sustainability Officer of MOL. In December 2020, MOL reached a coal transport deal with Tohoku Electric Power Co., using a coal carrier equipped with a hard sail wind power propulsion system.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

The last official UNFCCC meeting prior to the 15 th Congress ended 6 November in Barcelona, and environment ministers have been shuttling in and out of Copenhagen since then to conduct ad hoc negotiations prior to the summit. ” —British Energy Secretary Ed Miliband, summing up the historical significance of COP 15. ºF) increase.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Australia, USA. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia. Emesent, Australia. It is always a learning process to discover how the robots respond to new classes of obstacle; responding to this on the fly in a new environment is extremely challenging. Team CSIRO Data61. Team CSIRO Data61.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

The island gets on average nearly 3,000 hours of sunshine per year, putting it on a par with Honolulu and Brisbane, Australia. Meanwhile, though, much of the island continues to rely on a centralized grid that is fed mainly by power plants that burn natural gas, petroleum, or coal. percent to 2.8

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Home Page Todays Paper Video Most Popular Times Topics Search All NYTimes.com Energy & Environment World U.S. So far Israel, Denmark, Australia , Hawaii and California’s Bay Area have plans to implement the Better Place model. Are we going to burn more oil, natural gas, or (gasp) coal to produce it?

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APRIL 16, 2009

Cleantech Blog Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on news and technology relating to clean tech, greentech, energy, climate change and carbon, and the environment. Renewables That Even Coal-Based Utilities Can Love. Thinking Globally, Acting Locally San Francisco City Carbon Collobarative 18th and 1.

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AUGUST 20, 2022

Manufacturing an EV battery using coal-based electricity results in more than three times the greenhouse-gas emissions of manufacturing a battery with electricity from renewable sources. 70 percent of lithium-ion batteries are produced in China, which derived 64 percent of its electricity from coal in 2020.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Home Page Todays Paper Video Most Popular Times Topics Search All NYTimes.com Energy & Environment World U.S. Even if you charge your EV with electricity made from coal fired generators you reduce your car’s pollution by half. Ted Kulongoski behind the wheel of Nissan’s prototype electric vehicle. Follow the money.

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APRIL 30, 2009

Local Weather Transportation/Traffic Education Environment Politics Real Estate Joel Connelly Webtowns/Neighborhoods Obituaries Special Reports Corrections US/World U.S. If we do things the wrong way, thats going to mean building more power plants, more dirty coal plants," he said. Washington, D.C.

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DECEMBER 20, 2009

Experts predict that by the year 2060 global warming, if left unchecked, could result in a temperature rise of seven degrees Fahrenheit higher than temperatures before the Industrial Revolution when man started widespread use of coal and other fossil fuels. The fact is, about half the world’s electricity comes from coal.

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