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Haldor Topsoe and Yanchang form joint venture and build methanol catalyst facility in China

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Haldor Topsoe and Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum have formed a joint venture with the aim of delivering locally produced MK-151+ methanol synthesis catalysts to the Chinese market. According to statistics from the China Nitrogen Fertilizer Industry Association (CNFIA), in 2019, the installed capacity for methanol production in China reached 89.9

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Study finds 1.4 Gt discrepancy between national and provincial data sets for greenhouse gas emissions in China

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A study lead by researchers from the Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences has found a 1.4-gigatonne The area chart shows the increase of CO 2 emissions calculated from the national energy statistics since 1997 broken down by different fuel type. The provincial aggregation is the higher figure.) Source: Guan et al.

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PBL/JRC: Global CO2 emissions increase to new all-time record in 2013, but growth is slowing down

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The report is based on recent results from the joint JRC/PBL Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR), the latest statistics on energy use and various other activities. In 2013, the Chinese per capita CO 2 level of 7.4 After years of a steady decline, the CO 2 emissions of the United States grew by 2.5%

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Chinas 2008 GDP Up 9.6%, Unit GDP Energy Consumption Down 5.2%

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China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revised key economic figures for 2008 following its second national economic census, including gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate, energy use growth rate, and rate of reduction in energy use per unit of GDP. billion tonnes of standard coal equivalent, including 80.3

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Steep increase in global CO2 emissions despite reductions by industrialized countries; driven by power generation and road transport

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reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2012 as a group, partly thanks to large emission reductions from economies in transition in the early nineties and more recent reductions due to the 2008-2009 recession, according to the report. By comparison, Chinese per capita CO 2 emissions of 6.8 Source: JRC. Click each to enlarge.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

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Appendix D: Vehicle Driving Statistics. The combination of harvesting whole forests and burning long-sequestered carbon sources such as coal or oil has impaired the Earth’s carbon cycle at an increasing pace. Appendix A: PHEV compared to BEV for a zero CO 2 Society. Appendix B: Car of the Future: A Comparison of Alternative Vehicles.

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