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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.

Coal

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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. The companies made the announcement at the 3 rd Algae Biomass Summit in San Diego. Earlier post.).

Coal

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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.

Coal

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MAY 25, 2010

The study was published online 24 May in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. Today in China one frequently proposed answer is electric vehicles (EVs), which could alleviate dependence on petroleum by using other energy sources such as coal and hydro.Nowadays, China is considered to be a very promising market for EVs.

Coal

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MAY 11, 2012

GE announced the opening of GE Shenhua Gasification Technology Company Ltd., 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.

Coal

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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.

Coal

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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.

Coal

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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.

Coal

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JUNE 25, 2013

The plan as outlined also calls for further work on advanced biofuels, advanced batteries and fuel cell technologies in every transportation mode. In terms of investment in innovation for cleaner energy, the plan calls for: Investment in advanced fossil energy projects. Earlier post.). A Federal Quadrennial Energy Review.

Obama

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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.

Pennsylvania

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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. Plans call for advanced technology at the plant to capture 85 to 90% of the plant’s CO 2 and greatly minimize other emissions. Earlier post.).

Coal

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OCTOBER 31, 2009

GE Energy has signed a technology licensing agreement with Hydrogen Energy (HEI) for a proposed 250-megawatt power plant that would use integrated gasification combined-cycle (IGCC) technology. The technology proposed for the Hydrogen Energy California plant would convert petroleum coke, coal or a combination of each into syngas.

Hydrogen

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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)

Coal

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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.

Coal

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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.

Clean

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NOVEMBER 18, 2009

The demonstrations will help facilitate large-scale introduction of this technology. It will be updated regularly to reflect advances in technology and the evolution of the marketplace. The United States and China will develop and disseminate materials to improve public understanding of electric vehicle technologies.

China

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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.

Carbon

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FEBRUARY 5, 2013

The Department of Energy is committed to the demonstration of carbon capture and storage technologies. 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. We believe FutureGen 2.0

Coal

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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.

Coal

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FEBRUARY 4, 2010

In addition, President Obama issued a Presidential Memorandum creating an Interagency Task Force on Carbon Capture and Storage to develop a comprehensive and coordinated federal strategy to speed the development and deployment of advanced lower-emission coal technologies. Biobutanol from corn starch complies with the 20% GHG threshold.

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JULY 6, 2020

In the short- to medium-term, hydrogen technology could be used to replace compressed natural gas (CNG) in some areas with minor changes to the existing infrastructure, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. Currently, in the power industry, hydrogen accounts for less than 0.2%

Hydrogen

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AUGUST 26, 2011

reported technical progress in its carbon capture program at the CO 2 Capture Technology Meeting sponsored by the US Department of Energy/National Energy Technology Laboratory in Pittsburgh. Codexis is jointly developing the technology with CO 2 Solution, Inc., Codexis, Inc. The data was presented by James Lalonde, Ph.D.,

Carbon

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APRIL 18, 2013

In a fairly bleak assessment of global progress towards low-carbon energy, the International Energy Agency (IEA) concluded that, despite a few bright spots such as the rapid expansion of renewable technologies and the growth of hybrid and EV sales, the progress is far below that required to achieve a 2 °C pathway—i.e., tCO 2 /toe).

Carbon

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MARCH 18, 2009

million) toward a $30-million underground coal gasification (UCG) project with Swan Hills Synfuels of Calgary. Swan Hills Synfuels expects the project to demonstrate the ability to manufacture synthetic gas from Alberta’s coal resources, with the future potential of utilizing the coal seams for carbon capture and storage.

Coal

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MAY 31, 2020

The slowdown in spending on key clean energy technologies also risks undermining the much-needed transition to more resilient and sustainable energy systems. The COVID-19 crisis is hurting the coal industry—with investment in coal supply set to fall by one-quarter this year—but does not pose an existential threat.

Global

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AUGUST 10, 2009

Duke Energy, one of America's largest electric utilities, will explore a variety of renewable and other clean-energy technologies with China Huaneng Group , China’s biggest electric utility, as part of a Memorandum of Understanding signed in Beijing. which is scheduled to go online in 2012.

Clean

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OCTOBER 10, 2009

Increasing natural gas production—and transportation by liquefying it and shipping the LNG to global markets—means that more natural gas will be available to displace coal as the fuel for power plants.Let me be clear: we don’t oppose electric mobility. This is not merely a shift in our portfolio. Why would we?

Gas-Electric

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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).

Wind

Green Car Reports

JANUARY 15, 2020

Coal plants closed and electric cars got greener. Honda looks to trucks for its fuel-cell technology. And the Lucid Air has a debut date. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

Isuzu

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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.

Hydrogen

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MARCH 11, 2011

PowerHouse had earlier completed an equity investment in and obtained exclusive licensing rights from the thermal reactor technology’s developer, Pyromex Holding AG of Switzerland. PowerHouse now offers integrated waste and biomass-to-energy systems on a turnkey basis. per share, exercisable within 12 months of the LSE-AIM listing.

Coal

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NOVEMBER 11, 2010

The costs of these alternative energy technologies are falling rapidly, and they are on the path to becoming cost-competitive within the next five to ten years, if not sooner. Even at these levels, these technologies could have disruptive effects on the status quo. Cleaner coal through carbon capture and sequestration.

Solar

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JULY 1, 2015

Further, drivers should not be encouraged to charge at night in coal-heavy regions. As the electric power grid becomes cleaner, as electric vehicles become cheaper and faster to recharge with longer range, and as policies adjust, electrification may offer benefits across the board, the brief notes.

San Francisco

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MAY 27, 2014

Due to strong federal and state emissions standards, the average new car has gotten 43% cleaner since 1998. Automakers are employing a number of different technologies to reduce global warming emissions from their vehicles. Percentages indicate the fraction of MY2013 vehicles sold with the given technology. Source: UCS.

2013

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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.

2018

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OCTOBER 22, 2009

A new report from the National Research Council examines and, when possible, estimates, “hidden” costs of energy production and use—such as the damage air pollution imposes on human health—that are not reflected in market prices of coal, oil, other energy sources, or the electricity and gasoline produced from them. cents to about 1.7

2005

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NOVEMBER 30, 2009

VSE) have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on the development of new technology for ethanol- and gas-powered industrial engines for the Brazilian market. VSE focuses on developing new technological solutions targeting the cleaner utilization of coal as well as renewable fuels.

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