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As states use less coal for electricity, driving electric vehicles becomes even cleaner

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APRIL 13, 2020

These results indicate that coal and oil are the energy sources leading to most emissions, and that hydro, wind, and nuclear are the energy sources leading to least emissions. On the two extremes, coal and oil result in about 176 times the emissions from hydro.

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Coal Cleaner Electric Vehicles Alaska

As states continue to use less coal for electricity, driving electric vehicles becomes even cleaner

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NOVEMBER 10, 2021

These results indicate that coal and oil are the energy sources leading to most emissions, and that hydro, wind, and nuclear are the energy sources leading to least emissions. On the two extremes, coal and oil result in about 176 times the emissions from hydro. from coal. Energy source. Natural gas. Natural gas. Geothermal.

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Coal West Virginia North Dakota Cleaner

DOE announces $64M for research into future coal power plants

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FEBRUARY 8, 2020

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $64 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development (R&D) projects under the funding opportunity announcement ( DE-FOA-0002057 ), “Critical Components for Coal FIRST Power Plants of the Future.”. —Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy Steven Winberg.

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Coal Future Power Powered

SK Inc. Materials initiates blue ammonia business with offtake agreement with ExxonMobil

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FEBRUARY 24, 2023

When co-fired with coal in an existing Coal Fired Power Plant (CFPP), blue ammonia emits no additional CO 2 , and total emissions from power generation is reduced by the amount of blue ammonia co-fired. Co-firing is a combustion technology that uses two or more fuel sources for power generation.

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South Korea Coal Hydrogen Carbon

BloombergNEF: clean energy investment in developing nations slumps as financing in China slows; coal burn surges to record high

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NOVEMBER 26, 2019

While the number of new clean power-generating plants completed stayed flat year-to-year, the volume of power derived from coal surged to a new high, according to Climatescope , an annual survey of 104 emerging markets conducted by research firm BloombergNEF (BNEF). thousand terawatt-hours in 2018, up from 6.4 thousand in 2017.

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Coal Clean Cleaning Financing

Polish study links pollution and winter with rise in heart attack treatment

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AUGUST 24, 2019

Heavily polluted areas have a higher rate of angioplasty procedures to treat blocked arteries than areas with clean air, according to research to be presented at ESC Congress 2019 together with the World Congress of Cardiology. Procedures are even more common in winter, the most polluted time of year. —Dr Rafal Januszek.

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Pollution Poland Congress Cleaner

CSIRO and partners to test Direct Injection Carbon Engine to reduce brown coal emissions by up to 50%

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APRIL 28, 2014

DICE involves converting coal or biomass into a water-based slurry (called micronised refined carbon, MRC) that is directly injected into a large, specially adapted diesel engine. CSIRO is excited about the potential for DICE to lower power costs, halve carbon dioxide intensity and create a new export market for both brown and black coal.

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Coal Carbon Engine Emissions

Modified SOFC anodes allow operation at lower temperatures with carbon-containing gases; potential for much more efficient and cleaner generation of electricity from coal

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JUNE 25, 2011

gasified coal—by eliminating the coking problem. The resulting lower-temperature SOFCs could provide a cleaner, more efficient alternative to conventional power plants for generating electricity from coal reserves. An open access paper on their work was published 21 June in the journal Nature Communications.

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Coal Carbon Cleaner Water

Researchers in China investigate use of coal as source of lithium

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FEBRUARY 27, 2015

Coal could become a major source of the metal lithium, according to a review of the geochemistry by scientists from Hebei University of Engineering in China published in the International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology. Indeed, the extraction of lithium from coal would offer an ironic twist to its continued use.

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Coal China 2003 Gas-Electric

GlobalData: hydrogen to become game changer as large-scale source of cleaner power

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JULY 6, 2020

Co-firing with a share of ammonia can decrease the impact of carbon in existing conventional coal-fired power plants, hydrogen gas turbines and combined-cycle gas turbines (CCGT), which can be a source of power system flexibility with increasing shares of variable renewable energy sources. However, this could change in the near future.

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Hydrogen Cleaner Power Powered

GE and Shenhua form coal gasification JV in China

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JANUARY 18, 2011

GE and Shenhua have agreed to form an industrial coal gasification joint venture to advance the deployment of “cleaner coal” technology solutions in China. The new company combines GE’s expertise in industrial gasification technologies with Shenhua’s expertise in coal gasification and coal-fired power generation.

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Coal China Cleaner Washington

GE and Shenhua to Create Joint Venture for Advanced Coal Gasification and Coal Technology Solutions in China

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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. Shenhua has significant experience in the development of coal-to-chemicals facilities and in the operation of coal gasification systems over a range of technology configurations.

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Coal China Cleaner Carbon

GE and Shenhua open coal gasification joint venture in China

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MAY 11, 2012

a 50:50 joint venture with Shenhua Group to advance the development and deployment of “cleaner coal” technology solutions in China. GBI report: Asia-Pacific to be the leading coal-producing region. The region’s coal industry comprises China, India, Australia, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Thailand, Vietnam and New Zealand.

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Coal China Asia Kazakhstan

US Fuels acquires coal-to-diesel IP for scalable plants near mine sites

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AUGUST 22, 2012

Startup US Fuel Corporation (USF), which plans to design, build, own and operate scalable facilities near coal mine sites to convert coal into synthetic fuels, will acquire coal-to-diesel intellectual property (IP) that USF co-developed with an executive team consisting of Paul Adams and Steve Luck. Andrew Halarewicz, Sr.

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Coal Diesel Fuel Kentucky

Novel adaptation for existing blast furnaces could reduce steelmaking emissions by 88%; closed-loop carbon recycling

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JANUARY 26, 2023

Devised by Professor Yulong Ding and Dr Harriet Kildahl from the University of Birmingham’s School of Chemical Engineering, the system is detailed in an open-access paper published in the Journal of Cleaner Production. If implemented in the UK alone, the system could deliver cost savings of £1.28 2023.135963.

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Carbon Emissions Cleaner Gas-Electric

Global Carbon Budget 2022: Global fossil CO2 emissions expected to grow 1.0% in 2022

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NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Growth in oil use, particularly aviation, and coal use are behind most of the increase in 2022. During the Global Financial Crisis in 2008/9, the COVID19 pandemic, and now the Ukrainian War, economic stimulus packages were meant to put the world on a cleaner and greener path, but this is not at all evident in the CO 2 emissions data.

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Global Emissions Carbon Coal

CMU study finds that coal retirement is needed for EVs to reduce air pollution

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FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Electric vehicles charged in coal-heavy regions can create more human health and environmental damages from life cycle air emissions than gasoline vehicles, according to a new consequential life cycle analysis by researchers from Carnegie Mellon University. That’s why the shift away from coal is so important for EVs. Jeremy Michalek.

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Coal Pollution Grid Gasoline-Electric

Obama climate plan calls for new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018; cleaner fuels and investment in advanced fossil energy

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JUNE 25, 2013

In terms of investment in innovation for cleaner energy, the plan calls for: Investment in advanced fossil energy projects. In addition, the President has directed his Administration to purchase cleaner alternatives to HFCs whenever feasible and transition over time to equipment that uses safer and more sustainable alternatives.

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Obama Cleaner Climate Fuel Economy

DOE selects 9 universities for about $2.7M in advanced coal technologies research awards

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JUNE 7, 2012

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected nine universities for awards for research projects that will continue to support innovation and development of advanced, lower emission coal technologies. The Energy Department’s $2.7 million investment will be leveraged with additional funds from the universities to support $3.1

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Coal Universal Indiana Tennessee

Ignite Energy Resources and TRUenergy Plan Direct Coal-to-Liquids and Coal Drying Demo Project for Supercritical Water Technology

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JULY 10, 2009

Ignite Energy Resources (IER), developer of a supercritical water technology, and TRUenergy have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop a commercial demonstration plant that will apply IER’s direct coal-to-oil and upgraded dry coal process to the brown coal at TRUenergy’s Yallourn mine in Australia.

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Coal Water Energy Australia

Accelergy Begins Production of Synthetic Jet Fuel from Coal and Biomass; USAF to Evaluate for 100% Synthetic Fuel Use

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MARCH 24, 2010

Accelergy Corporation has begun production of a synthetic fuel from coal and biomass, to be evaluated by the United States Air Force (USAF) as the industry benchmark for 100% synthetic jet fuel. The pilot facility will also provide a tool for evaluating new coal and biomass feedstocks as the technology moves towards commercial deployment.

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Coal Fuel North Dakota Production

IEA: global energy investment stabilized above $1.8T in 2018; security and sustainability concerns growing

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MAY 14, 2019

Global energy investment stabilized in 2018, ending three consecutive years of decline, as capital spending on oil, gas and coal supply bounced back while investment stalled for energy efficiency and renewables, according to the International Energy Agency’s latest annual review. Whichever way you look, we are storing up risks for the future.

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2018 Global Energy Coal

TCEQ grants air quality permits to Tenaska new-build carbon capturing coal plant in Texas; 85-90% capture

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DECEMBER 15, 2010

Trailblazer will be the first new-build carbon capturing coal plant in Texas to receive an air quality permit. The Trailblazer Energy Center would also be the first large-scale coal project in Texas to use dry cooling. Tenaska is applying proven pre- and post-combustion technologies on a commercial scale in two advanced coal projects.

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Coal Texas Grant Carbon

DOE: US average EV CO2e/year is 4,815 lbs, vs. 11,435 lbs for average gasoline car

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NOVEMBER 7, 2016

of the electricity sources in the state while cleaner sources such as nuclear, hydro, biomass, wind, and solar make up the rest. from coal, making it the state with the most well-to-wheel CO 2 -equivalent emissions. EVs charging in Vermont are estimated to produce the fewest emissions—oil and gas make up only 1.2%

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Gasoline Vermont Alternative Fuels Coal

Tsinghua University provincial-level lifecycle study finds fuel-cycle criteria pollutants of EVs in China could be up to 5x those of natural gas vehicles due to China’s coal-dominant power mix

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JANUARY 12, 2013

In regions where the share of coal-based electricity is relatively low, EVs can achieve substantial GHG reduction, the team reports in a paper in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. According to the 12 th Five-Year Plan of the China Coal Industry (2011?2015)

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Coal Pollution China Gas

IEA: COVID-19 crisis causing the biggest fall in global energy investment in history

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MAY 31, 2020

The IEA’s upcoming World Energy Outlook Special Report on Sustainable Recovery will provide clear recommendations for how governments can quickly create jobs and spur economic activity by building cleaner and more resilient energy systems that will benefit their countries for decades to come. —Dr Birol.

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Global Energy Coal 2020

EPA report shows progress in reducing urban air toxics across US; 50% reduction from mobile sources since 1990

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AUGUST 22, 2014

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the Second Integrated Urban Air Toxics Report to Congress—the final of two reports required under the Clean Air Act (CAA) to inform Congress of progress in reducing public health risks from urban air toxics (also referred to as hazardous air pollutants or HAPs).

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Accelergy Licenses EERC Technology for Coal Biomass to Synthetic Jet Fuels Process

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DECEMBER 15, 2009

Accelergy Corporation, an advanced coal-to-liquids company, has formed a strategic partnership with the Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) at the University of North Dakota.

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Coal San Diego North Dakota Fuel

Accelergy Receives Grant from Pennsylvania for Feasibility Study on Coal-Biomass-to-Liquids

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JULY 15, 2010

Following the site selection and facility design process, the Alliance will request a formal grant from the Commonwealth to construct a demonstration plant and produce its cleaner fuel on a larger scale. Earlier post.). The Alliance expects to complete the study in three to four months.

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Pennsylvania Grant Coal Cleaner

Hyperbaric Centrifuge Technology Successfully Dewaters Coal Fines

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FEBRUARY 13, 2009

A dewatering technology developed at Virginia Tech has succeeded in reducing the moisture content of ultrafine coal to less than 20%, transforming it to a salable product. During recent prototype tests at Arch Coal Company’s Cardinal plant in Logan County, W.Va., Roe-Hoan Yoon. as part of a license agreement with Virginia Tech.

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Coal Virginia West Virginia Waste

Linc Energy Enters MOU with GFZ for Carbon Capture and Storage in Underground Coal Gasification Cavities

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OCTOBER 5, 2010

Linc Energy Limited has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) to develop and apply carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) technology to Linc’s Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) operations.

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Coal Carbon Energy Cleaner

Tsinghua/Argonne Study Finds That Mass Use of EVs in China Could Result in Higher CO2 and Criteria Pollutant Emissions Than Conventional and Hybrid Gasoline Vehicles Due to Coal-Fired Generation of Electricity

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MAY 25, 2010

The researchers found that while EVs do offer a very promising solution to energy issues due to their replacement of petroleum fuels, for now “ the high pollution levels of coal-fired power plants will trade off EVs’ potential energy benefits in China ”. The power of EVs is electricity from the grid.

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Coal Gasoline-Electric Gasoline Pollution

Harvard team finds large-scale US wind power would cause warming that would take roughly a century to offset

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OCTOBER 5, 2018

All large-scale energy systems have environmental impacts, and the ability to compare the impacts of renewable energy sources is an important step in planning a future without coal or gas power. Wind beats coal by any environmental measure, but that doesn’t mean that its impacts are negligible. Source: Miller and Keith (2018a).

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Wind Power Powered Climate

ICCT LCA study finds only battery and hydrogen fuel-cell EVs have potential to be very low-GHG passenger vehicle pathways

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JULY 21, 2021

For battery EVs, the GHG emissions for “fuel/electricity” production are dominated by the coal and natural gas used in electricity generation. Although China and India rely more heavily on coal in electricity generation, even in these countries, battery EVs offer a clear climate benefit compared to gasoline cars, according to the report.

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Hydrogen Fuel Batteries Battery

Air Products to provide hydrogen fueling equipment to China Energy Investment Group’s first hydrogen fueling station in China

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MARCH 20, 2018

With assets exceeding US$270 billion, China Energy has set a number of world records including being the largest producer of coal, thermal power, renewable energy, and coal-to-oil and coal chemical products. Clean energy, including hydrogen, is a key focus of the Group.

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Hydrogen China Fuel Energy

DOE moves FutureGen 2.0 CCS project forward into second phase

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FEBRUARY 5, 2013

The project is important part of a portfolio of approaches we are pursuing to reduce carbon emissions from existing coal-fired power plants and perhaps other large, localized CO 2 emitters. In cooperation with the FutureGen project partners, the Department of Energy is investing in the upgrade of a coal-fired power plant in Meredosia, Ill.

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Coal Illinois Exhaust Carbon

Obama Announces Steps to Boost Biofuels, Clean Coal; RFS2, BCAP, BIWG and Carbon Capture and Storage Task Force

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FEBRUARY 4, 2010

First, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized the Renewable Fuel Standard Program (RFS2) rule to implement the long-term renewable fuels standard of 36 billion gallons by 2022 established by Congress and also issued the targets for 2010. And we want to get up 10 commercial demonstration projects, get those up and running by 2016.

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Obama Coal Clean Cleaning

Dominion Energy sets new goal of net zero emissions by 2050 for both power generation, natural gas operations

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FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Significant progress can be made by converting oil and coal-powered manufacturing facilities to lower-carbon natural gas. These emissions reductions would be analogous to the historic progress already achieved in electricity generation by transitioning from coal to cleaner natural gas. Industrial. Agriculture.

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Emissions Gas Energy Power

Rio Tinto, China Baowu, Tsinghua U sign MOU to explore improving environmental performance across steel value chain

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

We want to make a difference to the iron and steel ecosystem by developing greener factories and enterprises to deliver a cleaner, more sustainable steel industry. In 2018, it completed the divestment of its coal assets, becoming the only major mining company not producing fossil fuels.

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China Climate Change Carbon 2018

China unveils Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy; initial focus on clean fossil-fuel technologies

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NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Li says the facility will combine all major areas of energy research, including cleaner fossil fuels, solar power, and fuel cell technologies.Mindful that China relies on coal for more than two-thirds of its electricity, Li expects the DNL to focus much of its resources on clean fossil-fuel technologies, at least initially.

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Clean Cleaning China Energy

Codexis reports technical progress in enzyme-based carbon capture program

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AUGUST 26, 2011

Codexis, supported by a grant from the DOE’s ARPA-E Recovery Act program ( earlier post ), is using its patented CodeEvolver directed evolution technology to develop processes to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants. The data was presented by James Lalonde, Ph.D., Quebec, Canada.

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Carbon Coal Grant Cleaner

INFRA and Greenway to partner on GTL plants

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

GTL systems from the companies can also be used to process coal and biomass assets providing the ability to convert these natural gas streams into useable products including diesel, gasoline, and jet fuel. These fuels, derived from natural gas, will be incrementally cleaner than similar petroleum-based fuels.

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Gas Convert Gasoline Coal

IEA: carbon intensity of global energy supply has barely changed in last 20 years; “window of opportunity in transport”

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APRIL 18, 2013

The global energy supply became 6% cleaner from 1971 to 1990,in response to the oil shocks of the 1970s. The IEA said that this reflects the continued domination of fossil fuels—particularly coal—in the energy mix and the slow uptake of other, lower-carbon supply technologies. tCO 2 /TJ (2.39 tCO 2 /toe); in 2010 it was 56.7

Carbon

Carbon Supplies Global Transportation

ArcelorMittal investigates hydrogen-based direct reduction of iron ore for steel production; CDA

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MARCH 31, 2019

Likewise, methods are tested in which biocoal from waste wood is used instead of coking coal as a reducing agent in the blast furnace. Nilsson (2018) “Assessment of hydrogen direct reduction for fossil-free steelmaking,” Journal of Cleaner Production , Volume 203, Pages 736-745 doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.08.279. 2018.08.279.

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Hydrogen Production Carbon Waste

As states use less coal for electricity, driving electric vehicles becomes even cleaner

As states continue to use less coal for electricity, driving electric vehicles becomes even cleaner

DOE announces $64M for research into future coal power plants

SK Inc. Materials initiates blue ammonia business with offtake agreement with ExxonMobil

BloombergNEF: clean energy investment in developing nations slumps as financing in China slows; coal burn surges to record high

Polish study links pollution and winter with rise in heart attack treatment

CSIRO and partners to test Direct Injection Carbon Engine to reduce brown coal emissions by up to 50%

Modified SOFC anodes allow operation at lower temperatures with carbon-containing gases; potential for much more efficient and cleaner generation of electricity from coal

Researchers in China investigate use of coal as source of lithium

GlobalData: hydrogen to become game changer as large-scale source of cleaner power

GE and Shenhua form coal gasification JV in China

GE and Shenhua to Create Joint Venture for Advanced Coal Gasification and Coal Technology Solutions in China

GE and Shenhua open coal gasification joint venture in China

US Fuels acquires coal-to-diesel IP for scalable plants near mine sites

Novel adaptation for existing blast furnaces could reduce steelmaking emissions by 88%; closed-loop carbon recycling

Global Carbon Budget 2022: Global fossil CO2 emissions expected to grow 1.0% in 2022

CMU study finds that coal retirement is needed for EVs to reduce air pollution

Obama climate plan calls for new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018; cleaner fuels and investment in advanced fossil energy

DOE selects 9 universities for about $2.7M in advanced coal technologies research awards

Ignite Energy Resources and TRUenergy Plan Direct Coal-to-Liquids and Coal Drying Demo Project for Supercritical Water Technology

Accelergy Begins Production of Synthetic Jet Fuel from Coal and Biomass; USAF to Evaluate for 100% Synthetic Fuel Use

IEA: global energy investment stabilized above $1.8T in 2018; security and sustainability concerns growing

TCEQ grants air quality permits to Tenaska new-build carbon capturing coal plant in Texas; 85-90% capture

DOE: US average EV CO2e/year is 4,815 lbs, vs. 11,435 lbs for average gasoline car

Tsinghua University provincial-level lifecycle study finds fuel-cycle criteria pollutants of EVs in China could be up to 5x those of natural gas vehicles due to China’s coal-dominant power mix

IEA: COVID-19 crisis causing the biggest fall in global energy investment in history

EPA report shows progress in reducing urban air toxics across US; 50% reduction from mobile sources since 1990

Accelergy Licenses EERC Technology for Coal Biomass to Synthetic Jet Fuels Process

Accelergy Receives Grant from Pennsylvania for Feasibility Study on Coal-Biomass-to-Liquids

Hyperbaric Centrifuge Technology Successfully Dewaters Coal Fines

Linc Energy Enters MOU with GFZ for Carbon Capture and Storage in Underground Coal Gasification Cavities

Tsinghua/Argonne Study Finds That Mass Use of EVs in China Could Result in Higher CO2 and Criteria Pollutant Emissions Than Conventional and Hybrid Gasoline Vehicles Due to Coal-Fired Generation of Electricity

Harvard team finds large-scale US wind power would cause warming that would take roughly a century to offset

ICCT LCA study finds only battery and hydrogen fuel-cell EVs have potential to be very low-GHG passenger vehicle pathways

Air Products to provide hydrogen fueling equipment to China Energy Investment Group’s first hydrogen fueling station in China

DOE moves FutureGen 2.0 CCS project forward into second phase

Obama Announces Steps to Boost Biofuels, Clean Coal; RFS2, BCAP, BIWG and Carbon Capture and Storage Task Force

Dominion Energy sets new goal of net zero emissions by 2050 for both power generation, natural gas operations

Rio Tinto, China Baowu, Tsinghua U sign MOU to explore improving environmental performance across steel value chain

China unveils Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy; initial focus on clean fossil-fuel technologies

Codexis reports technical progress in enzyme-based carbon capture program

INFRA and Greenway to partner on GTL plants

IEA: carbon intensity of global energy supply has barely changed in last 20 years; “window of opportunity in transport”

ArcelorMittal investigates hydrogen-based direct reduction of iron ore for steel production; CDA

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