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DECEMBER 23, 2013

The global geothermal industry surpassed 12,000 MW of geothermal power operational, with about 600 MW of new geothermal power coming online globally, according to a year-end update by the Geothermal Energy Association (GEA). In Nevada, NV Energy is looking to replace coal plants with 300 MW of renewable energy, including geothermal.

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JUNE 23, 2022

Energy company RWE and steel producer ArcelorMittal have signed a memorandum of understanding to work together to develop, build and operate offshore wind farms and hydrogen facilities that will supply the renewable energy and green hydrogen required to produce low-emissions steel in Germany. —Reiner Blaschek, CEO ArcelorMittal Germany.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 13, 2021

Much of industry is responding well to the biggest issue of this century, one we've jointly created over the past 300 years. But there is still much work to be done.

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DECEMBER 27, 2021

Kawasaki Heavy Industries’ Suiso Frontier , the world’s first liquefied hydrogen carrier, has left Japan to pick up its first hydrogen cargo in Australia. A return to Japan is expected around late February.

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JUNE 2, 2020

SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall, the partners in the joint venture HYBRIT ( earlier post ), are preparing for the construction of a demonstration plant for the production of fossil-free steel on an industrial scale. We want to build the plant in Norrbotten. The goal is to be first in the world to produce fossil-free steel as early as 2026.

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Creative Greenius

JULY 11, 2022

Oil, gas and coal workers have all known for more than a dozen years that their work was helping to destroy people’s health and well being. So the justice I want to see is first, second and third for the victims in the sacrifice zones created by the oil, gas and coal companies. None of them are innocent bystanders.

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OCTOBER 7, 2022

By comparison, 69% of steel today is made at approximately 1,600 degrees Celsius (2,912 degrees Fahrenheit) using coal, emitting about two tons of carbon dioxide for every ton of steel produced. If the steel industry were a country, its carbon emissions would rank third in the world behind China and the United States.

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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. and the industrial relations framework which scored the lowest score at 0.32. out of a possible 1.0,

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The industry has also had trouble selling EVs down market, with the segment historically catering to more affluent buyers. Most of the United Kingdom’s reduction in greenhouse gas emissions have been attributed to the nation moving away from fossil fuels (mainly coal) in electricity generation.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2022

million) ammonia cracker prototype designed to produce green hydrogen at industrial scale. This innovative green ammonia cracker could be a game-changer for scaling up the green hydrogen industry – an important step to drive the energy transition. A Siemens Energy-led consortium has begun work in Newcastle, UK on a new £3.5

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NOVEMBER 12, 2017

billion coal-to-syngas production facility to be built in Yulin City, Shaanxi Province, China. SFEC), a subsidiary of Yankuang Group, intend to form an Air Products majority-controlled joint venture company which would build, own and operate an air separation, gasification and syngas clean-up system to supply the SFEC site.

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Electric Vehicles India

OCTOBER 6, 2021

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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FEBRUARY 11, 2013

An Ohio State University team has demonstrated the successful operation of Coal-Direct Chemical Looping (CDCL)—which chemically harnesses coal’s energy and efficiently contains the carbon dioxide produced before it can be released into the atmosphere. Hot iron and coal ash are left behind. 2 millimeters across.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Russian State Corporation Rostec, one of the largest Russian industrial conglomerates, and Chinese State Corporation Shenhua, the world’s leading producer and distributor of coal, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding. High calorific value coal concentrate will be exported to Asia-Pacific countries, mainly to China.

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JANUARY 11, 2023

This reversal in 2022 was largely due to the substitution of coal with natural gas—a less carbon-intensive fuel—and a rise in renewable energy generation. The most significant increase was seen in direct emissions from buildings, which rose by 6% and was the only sector to rebound to pre-pandemic levels. and 1.5%, respectively.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Celanese Corporation, a global technology and specialty materials company, intends to construct manufacturing facilities in China and the US to utilize recently-developed advanced technology for the production of ethanol for chemical applications and other industrial uses. The China units would utilize coal as the primary raw material.

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MAY 10, 2021

In the course of their transformation paths towards climate-neutral steel making, thyssenkrupp Steel and HKM will require large and increasing quantities of hydrogen to produce steel without coal. Green hydrogen is a sustainable alternative to coal, oil and natural gas.

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JULY 29, 2021

The Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIT) and majority state-owned energy group ?EZ The automotive industry is the cornerstone of the Czech economy and its share in our GDP is almost 10 percent. Our government is ready to ensure the conditions that would support the project, including by building key infrastructure.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 26, 2024

“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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MAY 21, 2020

Unlike other renewable energy sources, hydrogen can fuel hard-to-decarbonize heavy industrial sectors like steel, heavy transport, and cement. Bloomberg New Energy Finance reports that clean hydrogen could cut up to 34% of global greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels and industry.

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JULY 25, 2022

Hitachi Energy signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with H2 Green Steel to leverage electrification, digitalization, and hydrogen to support the decarbonization of the steel industry. This will be equivalent to removing 3 million passenger cars per year from road.

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JUNE 1, 2021

The large decline in emissions, achieved before the COVID-19 crisis, was mainly due to reduced coal use for power generation. Increasing carbon prices and gas becoming relatively cheaper compared with coal led to a significant reduction in coal use, in favor of gas and renewable energy sources. from 2018 to 2019.

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JULY 4, 2023

Raahe steelworks SSAB Fossil-free steel is produced using HYBRIT technology, which replaces coal in the iron ore reduction process with hydrogen. The FEED study will explore the possibilities of making fossil-free sponge iron at an industrial-scale in Raahe and of building a hydrogen production plant. Earlier post.)

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APRIL 10, 2009

GE Energy has introduced an 1,800 ft 3 High Capacity Quench Gasifier to meet increased demand from larger industrial gasification projects, especially in China. A quench gasifier uses a water filled quench chamber where the hot syngas is cooled down to around 300 °C and the liquid slag solidifies.

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OCTOBER 4, 2012

Japan-based JGC Corporation recently was awarded a contract by Osaki CoolGen Corporation for engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services of the core facilities for an Integrated Coal Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) demonstration plant. the Chugoku Electric) and Electric Power Development Co., Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

This includes industrial coal gasification applications in China as well as jointly pursuing the deployment of commercial scale IGCC plants with carbon capture. The US and China are two of the largest consumers of coal for industrial applications and power generation. Other agreements.

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JUNE 4, 2013

In a new report, energy, mining and minerals consultancy Wood Mackenzie projects that despite efforts to limit coal consumption and seek alternative fuel options, China’s strong appetite for thermal coal will lead to a doubling of demand by 2030. It is very unlikely that demand for thermal coal in China will peak before 2030.

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Coal China Gas-Electric Gas 218

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AUGUST 24, 2009

China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region—which, with coal reserves of about 2,190 billion tonnes is estimated to have about 40% of China’s total coal reserves—will launch 139 large and medium-sized coal mines by 2010. The coal output in Xinjiang hit nearly 67.7

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

.: MEK, Butadiene) from industrial waste gases, has signed a memorandum of understanding with one of the largest coal producers in China, Henan Coal and Chemical Industrial Corporation, to build a demonstration plant to produce ethanol and chemicals via LanzaTech’s fermentation process using syngas resulting from the gasification of coal.

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JUNE 14, 2021

Among other things, we will promote the production of hydrogen on an industrial scale in Australia with German-Australian ‘Hydrogen Hubs’ using German technology and explore possibilities for cooperation within the framework of our new international funding instrument ‘H2-Global’. —Anja Karliczek, Federal Research Minister.

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JANUARY 31, 2011

has received the first commercial order to deploy its algae oil extraction system in an industrial setting. MBD Energy (MBD) recently committed to purchase an initial OriginOil extraction unit for piloting at one of Australia’s three largest coal-fired power plants. OriginOil, Inc. Earlier post.)

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NOVEMBER 8, 2012

UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, has landed its third technology license for its methanol-to-olefins (MTO) technology, which converts methanol from coal into key plastics building blocks. China is the world’s largest producer of coal, accounting for nearly half of global production, according to the US Energy Information Administration.

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JUNE 15, 2019

The in-depth study, which analyzes hydrogen’s current state of play and offers guidance on its future development, was launched by Dr Fatih Birol, the IEA’s Executive Director, alongside Mr Hiroshige Seko, Japan’s Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, on the occasion of the meeting of G20 energy and environment ministers in Karuizawa, Japan.

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MAY 31, 2020

The World Energy Investment 2020 report’s assessment of trends so far this year is based on the latest available investment data and announcements by governments and companies as of mid-May, tracking of progress on individual projects, interviews with leading industry figures and investors, and the most recent analysis from across the IEA.

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JANUARY 26, 2023

Researchers from the University of Birmingham have designed a novel adaptation for existing blast furnaces that could reduce CO 2 emissions from the steelmaking industry by nearly 90%. Iron and steelmaking is the biggest emitter of CO 2 of all foundation industrial sectors, accounting for 9% of global emissions.

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MARCH 12, 2018

A consortium led by South Korea’s POSCO and Samsung SDI, and including China’s Sichuan Fulin Industrial Group and Chile’s Molyment, has won a bid to build a cathode materials plant in Chile to support that country’s Li-ion batteries project.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2009

billion from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for the capture carbon dioxide from industrial sources for storage or beneficial use. Noting that coal accounts for roughly 25% of the world energy supply and 40% of the carbon emissions. Roughly 6 billion metric tons of coal are used each year, producing 18 billion tons of CO 2.

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