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Converting Coal Power Plants to Nuclear Gains Steam

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On a planet aspiring to become carbon neutral, the once-stalwart coal power plant is an emerging anachronism. It is true that, in much of the developing world, coal-fired capacity continues to grow. But in every corner of the globe, political and financial pressures are mounting to bury coal in the past.

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DOE selects 7 Solid Oxide Fuel Cell research projects for further development

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The ultimate goal is the generation of efficient, cost-competitive electricity from domestic coal with near-zero emissions of carbon dioxide and air pollutants. West Virginia University. University of Connecticut. The projects include: ?. Topic Area 1: Electrochemical Performance Enhancement Activity. Boston University.

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EIA releases report on CO2 emissions by state; California led in 2010 with transportation-sector emissions

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For example, some states are located near abundant hydroelectric supplies, while others contain abundant coal resources. In 2010 the top 3 states included: Wyoming (1,886 mt CO 2 / million dollars of GDP), West Virginia (1,767 mt CO 2 / million dollars of GDP), and North Dakota (1,681 mt CO 2 / million dollars of GDP).

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Renewable Energy Generation: Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy, a lesson exported from Detroit

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These companies have sunk costs invested in coal, gas and oil plants and are content in maximizing the return on these investments. cents/kWh in West Virginia—a 23.59 Even ruling Hawaii out as an outlier, the cost of electricity in Connecticut was 17.79 in West Virginia to $6.12 in Connecticut.

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DOE to award ~$13.5M to 16 R&D projects for solid-oxide fuel cell technologies

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SOFC technologies enable efficient, cost-effective electricity generation from abundant domestic coal and natural gas resources, with minimal use of water and near-zero atmospheric emissions of carbon dioxide and pollutants. The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) has selected 16 projects to receive approximately $13.5

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