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Ramaco Carbon partnering with ORNL on new processes to make graphite from coal

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APRIL 6, 2023

Ramaco Carbon is partnering with Oak Ridge National Laboratory to develop new, large-scale processes for making graphite from coal. The conversion of coal to higher value materials, such as graphene, graphite or carbon nanotubes, is of high interest, and a number of researchers have proposed processes.

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Coal West Virginia Carbon Wyoming

DOE awards $19M to 13 initiatives in fossil-fuel areas to produce rare earth elements and critical minerals

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MAY 3, 2021

San Juan River-Raton-Black Mesa Basin (Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico): New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology plans to determine the rare earth elements and critical minerals resource potential in coal and related stratigraphic units in the San Juan and Raton basins in New Mexico. DOE Funding: $1,499,999. DOE Funding: $1,483,787.

West Virginia

West Virginia Wyoming Coal North Dakota

UW researchers discover major lithium resource in Wyoming; potential integrated brine production/CO2 storage system

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MAY 1, 2013

Researchers at the University of Wyoming Carbon Management Institute (CMI) discovered a major new lithium resource near Rock Springs during a geological carbon dioxide storage site characterization project sponsored by the US Department of Energy. By comparison, the lithium reserves at Silver Peak, Nev.—the

Wyoming

Wyoming CO2 Production Sodium

DOE-sponsored project shows huge potential for carbon storage in Wyoming; potential for lithium recovery to offset cost

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JUNE 4, 2014

The Wyoming Rock Springs Uplift could potentially store 14 to 17 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2), according to results from a Department of Energy-sponsored study. For every 1 million metric tons of CO 2 stored, approximately 250 metric tons of lithium carbonate, with an approximate market value of $1.6

Wyoming

Wyoming Carbon Store CO2

Peabody Energy Grants $2M to Develop Coal Energy Technology Lab at the University of Wyoming

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MAY 20, 2010

The University of Wyoming (UW) has received a $2 million grant from coal giant Peabody Energy to create the Peabody Energy Clean Coal Technology Laboratory in the UW Energy Resources Center in Laramie. This gift will be doubled by the Wyoming State Legislature matching fund.

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Wyoming Coal Grant Universal

DOE launches $20M University Coalition for Fossil Energy Research at Penn State

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MAY 11, 2016

The Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has selected Pennsylvania State University as the lead institution to establish the University Coalition for Fossil Energy Research.

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MSU-led regional team awarded $6M NSF grant to research biofuel, carbon capture technologies

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OCTOBER 31, 2016

A regional interdisciplinary team led by Montana State University has received $6 million from the National Science Foundation to address questions about whether biofuels and carbon capture technologies can be sustainably introduced into the Upper Missouri River Basin.

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Grant Montana Missouri Carbon

DOE to Award $25M to Two Consortia for US-China Clean Energy Research with Combined Funding of $100M; Focus on EVs and Carbon Capture and Sequestration

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award two consortia—one led by the University of Michigan and one led by the West Virginia University—a total of $25 million over the next five years under the US-China Clean Energy Research Center (CERC). Tags: Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) China Electric (Battery).

West Virginia

West Virginia Clean Cleaning Carbon

NSF announces $55M toward national research priorities; intersection of food, energy and water systems

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AUGUST 22, 2016

Montana State University. The team, which includes researchers from Montana, Wyoming and South Dakota, seeks to identify a framework of carbon mitigation strategies that would minimize conflicts with food security and clean energy production priorities. Murray State University. University of Southern Mississippi.

Water

Water Puerto Rico West Virginia Energy

DOE-sponsored drilling projects demonstrate significant CO2 storage at three sites

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MAY 4, 2012

Evaluation-related test drilling at geologic sites in three states that could store a combined 64 million metric tons of CO 2 emissions—an important component of carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) technology development—has been completed in projects supported by the US Department of Energy (DOE).

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CO2 Alabama New York Wyoming

USDA awards nearly $10M for research on using beetle-killed trees as feedstock for on-site thermochemical conversion technologies

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NOVEMBER 6, 2013

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded nearly $10 million to a consortium of academic, industry and government organizations led by Colorado State University (CSU) and their partners to research using insect-killed trees in the Rockies as a sustainable feedstock for bioenergy.

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Conversion Montana Colorado Wyoming

DOE Regional Partnership Begins Core Sampling for Large-Volume Carbon Sequestration Test

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MAY 23, 2009

The Plains CO 2 Reduction (PCOR) Partnership, one of seven members of the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships program, has begun collecting core samples from a new characterization well near Spectra Energy’s Fort Nelson natural gas processing plant in British Columbia, Canada.

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DOE Selects 19 Projects to Monitor and Evaluate Geologic CO2 Storage

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AUGUST 25, 2009

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 19 projects to enhance the capability to simulate, track, and evaluate the potential risks of carbon dioxide storage in geologic formations. Columbia University , New York, N.Y. Montana State University , Bozeman, Mont. Schlumberger Carbon Services , Columbus, Ohio.

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CO2 Coal Austin Store

Study finds global rivers and streams emitting 3x IPCC estimates of the GHG N2O

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DECEMBER 22, 2010

—Jake Beaulieu of the University of Notre Dame and the US EPA, and lead author of the PNAS paper. The global warming potential of nitrous oxide is 300-fold greater than carbon dioxide; nitrous oxide accounts for some 6% of human-induced climate change, scientists estimate.

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New Hampshire Global Climate Change Ozone

DOE awards $34M to 19 projects to advance clean hydrogen

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AUGUST 19, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) awarded nearly $34 million to 19 industry- and university-led research projects that will advance technology solutions to make clean hydrogen a more available and affordable fuel for electricity generation, industrial decarbonization, and transportation. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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Hydrogen Clean Cleaning Gas-Electric

Converting Oil Shale to Gasoline via Alberta Taciuk Processor Results in Full Fuel Cycle GHG Emissions 1.5-1.75 Larger Than From Conventionally Produced Gasoline

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AUGUST 25, 2009

Converting oil shale to gasoline via the Alberta Taciuk Processor (ATP)—an above-ground shale retort—results in fuel-cycle greenhouse gas emissions of ~130-150 g CO 2 equivalent/MJ of gasoline produced, according to a new analysis by Dr. Adam Brandt at Stanford University. Emissions from carbonate decomposition are important in both cases.

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Gasoline Oil Emissions Convert

DOE to award up to $12.4M to 11 projects focused on shale gas and enhanced oil recovery

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AUGUST 2, 2011

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) has selected 11 research projects that will help find ways to extract more energy from unconventional oil and gas resources while reducing environmental risks for awards totalling $12.4 The selections include $10.3

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Oil Gas Oil-Sands Illinois

Idaho National Laboratory low-energy electrochemical process could eliminate need for steam cracking of hydrocarbons

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APRIL 5, 2018

Estimates put the product cost contribution of steam cracking at 60% and the manufacturing carbon footprint at two-thirds of the total. Comparison of process energies and carbon footprint in NDP and steam cracking. (a) b) A comparison of the carbon footprint for ethylene production from ethane. Ding et al. Click to enlarge.

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Idaho Energy Hydrogen Manufacturer

DOE Selects 15 Projects Aimed at Secure CO2 Underground Storage

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AUGUST 12, 2010

The US Department of Energy has selected 15 projects to develop technologies aimed at safely and economically storing carbon dioxide in geologic formations. The selected projects are described below: Advanced Resources International, Inc. Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, Calif.)

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CO2 Oil-Sands Austin Universal

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Ramaco Carbon partnering with ORNL on new processes to make graphite from coal

DOE awards $19M to 13 initiatives in fossil-fuel areas to produce rare earth elements and critical minerals

UW researchers discover major lithium resource in Wyoming; potential integrated brine production/CO2 storage system

DOE-sponsored project shows huge potential for carbon storage in Wyoming; potential for lithium recovery to offset cost

Peabody Energy Grants $2M to Develop Coal Energy Technology Lab at the University of Wyoming

DOE launches $20M University Coalition for Fossil Energy Research at Penn State

MSU-led regional team awarded $6M NSF grant to research biofuel, carbon capture technologies

DOE to Award $25M to Two Consortia for US-China Clean Energy Research with Combined Funding of $100M; Focus on EVs and Carbon Capture and Sequestration

NSF announces $55M toward national research priorities; intersection of food, energy and water systems

DOE-sponsored drilling projects demonstrate significant CO2 storage at three sites

USDA awards nearly $10M for research on using beetle-killed trees as feedstock for on-site thermochemical conversion technologies

DOE Regional Partnership Begins Core Sampling for Large-Volume Carbon Sequestration Test

DOE Selects 19 Projects to Monitor and Evaluate Geologic CO2 Storage

Study finds global rivers and streams emitting 3x IPCC estimates of the GHG N2O

DOE awards $34M to 19 projects to advance clean hydrogen

Converting Oil Shale to Gasoline via Alberta Taciuk Processor Results in Full Fuel Cycle GHG Emissions 1.5-1.75 Larger Than From Conventionally Produced Gasoline

DOE to award up to $12.4M to 11 projects focused on shale gas and enhanced oil recovery

Idaho National Laboratory low-energy electrochemical process could eliminate need for steam cracking of hydrocarbons

DOE Selects 15 Projects Aimed at Secure CO2 Underground Storage

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