Coal, Conversion, Gas and Production

Equinor and RWE to develop hydrogen-fired power plants in Germany, Norway-to-Germany hydrogen pipeline

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JANUARY 6, 2023

The partners aim to replace coal-fired power plants with hydrogen-ready gas-fired power plants in Germany, and to build production of low carbon and renewable hydrogen in Norway that will be exported through pipeline to Germany. Building production facilities in Norway to produce low carbon hydrogen from natural gas with CCS.

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Norway Germany Hydrogen Power

IG Metall warns that Krupp Mannesmann steel plant may fail due to lack of financing for conversion to climate-neutral steel production

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DECEMBER 12, 2022

IG Metall, Germany’s largest union as well as Europe’s largest industrial union, warns that at Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann (HKM), the switch to climate-neutral steel production is may fail due to the lack of financing. With a current production volume of 4.2 This would be the end of the plant, IG Metall said.

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Financing Climate Conversion Production

Researchers use chemical looping process to produce hydrogen from hydrogen sulfide gas

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Researchers at The Ohio State University have used a chemical looping process to produce hydrogen from hydrogen sulfide gas—commonly called “sewer gas”. Hydrogen sulfide is emitted from manure piles and sewer pipes and is a key byproduct of industrial activities including refining oil and gas, producing paper and mining.

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Transform Materials plasma process converts abundant natural gas into high-value hydrogen and acetylene

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Transform Materials has developed a novel and sustainable microwave plasma reactor process to convert natural gas into high-value hydrogen and acetylene, thereby opening up a new pathway for green chemical manufacturing. Oxidation of methane also introduces impurities in the product stream.

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Convert Hydrogen Gas Low Cost

New catalyst opens door to CO2 capture in coal-to-liquids process

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OCTOBER 14, 2018

World energy consumption projections expect coal to stay one of the world’s main energy sources in the coming decades, and a growing share of it will be used in CT—the conversion of coal to liquid fuels (CTL). By 2020, CTL is expected to account for 15% of the coal use in China. —Wang et al.

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C2CNT process converts flue gas from natural gas power plant into carbon nanotubes

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JULY 29, 2019

On 26 July, the first flue gas from the natural gas power plant, the Shepard Energy Center in Calgary, Canada, was directly transformed by the C2CNT process ( earlier post ) into carbon nanotubes. C2CNT is rolling out its carbon nanotube products and licensing its carbon capture technology. Left and center. Earlier post.).

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Carbon Gas Convert Power

DOE selects 7 gasification projects for funding; focus on reducing cost of coal conversion

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JULY 15, 2015

This program supports a wide range of research and development activities aimed at improving fuel and product versatility, efficiency, and economics of gasification processes. Bio-gasification of Coal to Methane. In addition, the team will develop novel hydraulic fracturing methods to maximize nutrient delivery and product recovery.

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Coal Conversion Cost Of Montana

SK E&S, SK Plug Hyverse partner with Korea South-East Power for green hydrogen & green ammonia production

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AUGUST 21, 2022

SK E&S signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with SK Plug Hyverse and KOEN regarding cooperation for carbon neutrality and the production of green hydrogen and green ammonia which will be consumed for co-firing at KOEN’s natural gas and coal based thermal power plants, by using electrolyzers to be produced in Korea by SK Plug Hyverse.

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Green Hydrogen Plug Power

Clariant and Siemens to introduce new sour gas shift technology for coal gasification, focus on China

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MAY 30, 2014

Clariant and Siemens Fuel Gasification Technology will cooperate in the commercialization of a new, jointly developed sour gas shift (SGS) (sulfur removal) technology for coal gasification. The entrained-flow Siemens Fuel Gasifier (SFG) is able to produce syngas from a wide range of fuels, even for low ranks of coal.

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Coal Gas China Commercial

Consortium moves ahead with HESC pilot for conversion of Australian coal to LH2 for transport to Japan

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APRIL 18, 2018

The Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain ( HESC ) project will convert brown coal from the AGL Loy Yang mine into hydrogen at an adjacent site and then transport the gas by road in high pressure tube trailers to a liquefaction terminal at the Port of Hastings. The liquefaction process will cool the hydrogen gas to ?253°C

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Japan Coal Transportation Australia

DOE awarding about $16M to four projects for advanced gasification systems; focus on coal

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NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Awardees will receive approximately $16 million to advance the gasification process, which converts carbon-based materials such as coal into syngas for use as power, chemicals, hydrogen, and transportation fuels. Advanced Gasifier and Water-Gas Shift Technologies for Low-Cost Coal Conversion to High-Hydrogen Syngas.

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Coal Hydrogen Conversion Gas

DOE soliciting projects in advanced coal gasification for high carbon-capture power production and/or liquid fuels

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FEBRUARY 26, 2014

The US DOE is soliciting ( DE-FOA-0001051 ) projects for up to $10 million in awards to target technological advancements to lower the cost of producing hydrogen and/or high-hydrogen syngas from coal for use in 90% carbon capture power generation and/or gasification-based liquid (transportation) fuel production: methanol or diesel.

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Coal Carbon Fuel Power

ARPA-E announces $35M for technologies to reduce methane emissions

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APRIL 9, 2021

ARPA-E announced up to $35 million for a new program focused on developing technologies to reduce methane emissions in the oil, gas, and coal industries: “Reducing Emissions of Methane Every Day of the Year” ( REMEDY ) ( DE-FOA-0002504 ). Coal mine ventilation air methane (VAM) exhausted from operating underground mines.

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Emissions Coal Oil Exhaust

DOE and Air Force issue RFI on Mil-Spec jet fuel production using coal-to-liquid technologies

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

The US Department of Energy (DOE) in partnership with the US Air Force has issued a request for information (RFI)— DE-FOA-0000981 —on research & development aimed at greenhouse gas emissions reductions and cost competitiveness of Mil-Spec jet fuel production using coal-to-liquid (CTL) fuel technologies.

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Coal Fuel Production 2007

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

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JULY 29, 2021

The joint venture will secure fast delivery to local customers, who demand high-performance catalysts for energy-efficient methanol production. Together, the two companies will build a production facility in Shaanxi Fupin in China to produce methanol synthesis catalysts.

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Proposed process for low-emissions coal-to-liquids

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AUGUST 5, 2015

The EMS (Earth and Mineral Science) Energy Institute at Penn State has developed a conceptual novel process configuration for producing clean middle-distillate fuels from coal with some algal input with minimal emissions. Principal inputs are coal, water, non-carbon electricity, and make-up solvent. Schobert (2015) Click to enlarge.

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Coal Emissions Hydrogen Oil

Carbon Recycling International and Johnson Matthey collaborate on sustainable methanol

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OCTOBER 21, 2021

Conventional methanol production involves fossil feedstocks such as natural gas or coal. The CRI process takes waste gases captured from the points of emission at the stack and transfers them to a gas conditioning system where impurities are removed to produce carbon dioxide suitable for downstream methanol synthesis.

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Carbon International Waste Water

Wood Mackenzie: China thermal coal demand to double to nearly 7btpa by 2030

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JUNE 4, 2013

In a new report, energy, mining and minerals consultancy Wood Mackenzie projects that despite efforts to limit coal consumption and seek alternative fuel options, China’s strong appetite for thermal coal will lead to a doubling of demand by 2030. It is very unlikely that demand for thermal coal in China will peak before 2030.

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Coal China Gas-Electric Gas

New $20M XPRIZE tackles conversion of CO2 into products

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Teams are challenged to develop breakthrough technologies that convert the most CO 2 into one or more products with the highest net value. XPRIZE will also appoint a third-party Scientific Advisory Board of experts available to advise on a variety of approaches to CO 2 conversion. —Sicily Dickenson, chief marketing officer, NRG.

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Conversion CO2 Production Oil-Sands

DOE issues $13M funding opportunity for advanced coal gasification systems for power or fuels

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FEBRUARY 17, 2013

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a funding opportunity announcement ( DE-FOA-0000784 ) for up to $13 million to support the development of advanced coal gasification systems. AOI 1: Coal Feed Technologies - Low-rank Coal Feed or Coal-woody Biomass Feed Technologies. poplar, pine and hardwoods]).

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Coal Fuel Power Powered

Air France KLM signs 210M gallon SAF offtake agreement with DG Fuels

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NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The contract is expected to make Air France KLM DGF’s largest European airline customer and lays the groundwork for expansion of this commercial relationship as DGF scales up production at the Louisiana and additional planned SAF production plants to be located in the United States and beyond.

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France Fuel Louisiana Water

US DOE to award up to $3M for coal-biomass-to-liquid projects

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APRIL 29, 2012

The Funding Opportunity Announcement ( DE-FOA-0000703 ) for the awards is soliciting applications for R&D in two specific Areas of Interest: laboratory scale liquids production and assessment; and a feasibility study for a coal-biomass to liquids facility. Laboratory Scale Liquids Production and Assessment.

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Double catalyst for the direct conversion of syngas to lower olefins

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MARCH 21, 2016

This could make it more attractive to make olefins from alternative sources of carbon, such as biomass, natural gas, or coal. Currently, the production of lower olefins primarily involves the thermal cracking of lighter fractions of petroleum. An alternative method is the conversion of synthesis gas in two process steps.

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Conversion Convert Coal Gas

SGH2 building largest green hydrogen production facility in California; gasification of waste into H2

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MAY 21, 2020

Energy company SGH2 is bringing the world’s biggest green hydrogen production facility to Lancaster, California. SGH2’s gasification process uses a plasma-enhanced thermal catalytic conversion process optimized with oxygen-enriched gas. Hydrogen can also reduce and potentially replace natural gas in all applications.

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Waste Hydrogen Green California

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

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MARCH 31, 2019

To permanently reduce CO 2 emissions, steelmaker ArcelorMittal has developed a low-emissions technology strategy, which targets not only the use of alternative feedstocks and the conversion of CO 2 emissions, but also the direct avoidance of carbon (Carbon Direct Avoidance, CDA). The group runs four large production sites in the country.

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Hydrogen Production Carbon Waste

27 teams advancing in $20M NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE; converting CO2 to products

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OCTOBER 18, 2016

XPRIZE announced the 27 teams representing six countries advancing in the $20-million NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE, a global competition to develop technologies that convert the most carbon dioxide emissions from natural gas and power plant facilities into products with the highest net value. Coal plant. Coal plant.

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Convert Carbon Coal CO2

New catalysts enable photocatalytic version of water gas shift reaction for H2 production

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JUNE 18, 2013

Politécnica de Valencia (Spain) have found that noble metal nanoparticles supported on titanium dioxide or cerium dioxide can catalyze the industrially important water gas shift (WGS) reaction for hydrogen production at ambient temperatures using visible light irradiation. Catalysts Hydrogen Production Solar' Energy Environ.

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Water Gas Production Conversion

ORNL study finds best current use of natural gas for cars is efficient production of electricity for EVs

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

However, they also noted, high PTW efficiencies and the moderate fuel economies of current compressed natural gas vehicles (CNGVs) make them a viable option as well. The study investigated the the WTW energy and emissions from the use of natural gas in CNGVs with a range of CNGV fuel economy and natural gas compressor efficiency.

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Gas-Electric Gas Fuel Economy PHEV

Battelle team developing new hybrid direct coal-to-liquids process to produce jet fuel; lower costs and GHGs

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APRIL 20, 2016

In a cost-shared program supported by the US Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) and the Ohio Coal Development Office (OCDO) of the Ohio Development Services Agency (ODSA), a team at Battelle is demonstrating a new, hybrid, direct coal-to-liquids process for producing jet fuel using biomass-derived coal solvents.

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South Koreas POSCO and SK Energy to Develop Coal to Synthetic Natural Gas

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JULY 30, 2009

an energy and petrochemical producer, have signed a memorandum of understanding with the South Korean government to develop coal conversion technologies, including synthetic natural gas (SNG) produced through a coal-to-gas conversion process utilizing low-quality coal. billion won (US$6.3

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South Korea Coal Gas Energy

Electra raises $85M to advance Low-Temperature Iron process; electrochemical refining at 60?C

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OCTOBER 7, 2022

Electra’s process emits zero carbon dioxide emissions and carries zero green premium, meaning it will cost the same or less than existing production methods powered by fossil fuels. Conversion of iron ore into iron accounts for 90% of steelmaking emissions that may be eliminated using Electra’s process.

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Coal Boston Carbon Green

HYBRIT produces hydrogen-reduced sponge iron on pilot scale

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JUNE 22, 2021

The technological breakthrough within the HYBRIT ( earlier post ) initiative cuts about 90% of the emissions in connection with steel production and is a decisive step on the road to fossil-free steel. The production has taken place continuously and with good quality. It also creates jobs and export successes.

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Hydrogen Finland Sweden Emissions

MIT Report Finds Natural Gas Has Significant Potential to Displace Coal, Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Role in Transportation More Limited

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JUNE 26, 2010

Natural gas will play a leading role in reducing greenhouse-gas emissions over the next several decades, largely by replacing older, inefficient coal plants with highly efficient combined-cycle gas generation, according to a major new interim report out from MIT. —MITEI Director Ernest J.

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MIT Coal Gas Emissions

Company that biochemically converts coal to methane raises Series B funding

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JANUARY 3, 2011

an emerging natural gas production company which uses proprietary technology to convert both underground and mined low-rank coal to pipeline-quality methane biochemically at large scale and low cost, has raised equity in its second round of financing, led by new investor Khosla Ventures. Ciris Energy, Inc.,

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Coal Convert Companies Financing

Stanford GCEP awards $6.6M to 7 projects; focus on combining energy conversion with carbon-neutral fuel production

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MARCH 13, 2013

million to seven research teams—six from Stanford and one from Carnegie Mellon University—to advance research on technologies for renewable energy conversion to electricity or fuels and for capturing CO 2 emissions and converting CO 2 to fuels. Stanford’s Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) is awarding $6.6

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Conversion Carbon Fuel Energy

Feasibility study concludes Arckaringa coal-to-methanol project could be viable addition to CTL

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AUGUST 6, 2013

A Technical Feasibility Study (TFS) for a coal-to-methanol (CTM) plant based on the Arckaringa coal resources in Australia has concluded that CTM could be a viable project capable of augmenting the Bankable Feasibility Study (BFS) for Altona Energy’s Arckaringa Clean Energy CTL (coal-to-liquids) and Power Project in South Australia.

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Coal Australia Conversion Asia

DOE Selects 8 Projects to Advance Technologies for the Co-Production of Power and Hydrogen, Fuels or Chemicals from Coal-Biomass Feedstocks

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AUGUST 20, 2010

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 8 research projects for funding that will focus on gasification of coal/biomass to produce synthetic gas (syngas) as a pathway to producing power, hydrogen, fuel or chemicals. Tucker, Ga.) will blend coal and biomass to develop a feedstock for co-gasification. CoalTek, Inc.

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Coal Hydrogen Fuel Power

Synthesis Energy Systems and Ambre Energy enter into technical study agreement for coal to gasoline and LPG project; ExxonMobil MTG

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AUGUST 31, 2011

(SES), a global energy and gasification technology company that provides products and solutions to the energy and chemicals industries, has entered into a Technical Study Agreement with Ambre Energy of Australia to supply a proprietary gasification design to support Ambre’s development of a planned Coal to Liquids Project (ambreCTL).

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Coal Gasoline Energy Conversion

SRI developing process for co-gasification of methane and coal to produce liquid transportation fuels; negligible water consumption, no CO2

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DECEMBER 20, 2011

Researchers from SRI International (SRI) are developing a methane-and-coal-to-liquids process that consumes negligible amounts of water and does not generate carbon dioxide. If biogas is substituted for conventional natural gas, total GHG emissions can further significantly reduced (190 gCO 2 /mile). Lifecycle GHG comparison.

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Coal Water Transportation Fuel

MIT study concludes that absent climate policy, coal-to-liquids could account for around a third of global liquid fuels by 2050

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JUNE 9, 2011

A new assessment of the viability of coal-to-liquids (CTL) technology by researchers from the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change (JPSPGC) found that without climate policy, CTL has the potential to account for around a third of global liquid fuels by 2050. Credit: Chen et al., 2011 Click to enlarge.

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Coal MIT Climate Global

Celanese signs MOU with Wison for coal-derived syngas for ethanol production in China; transaction value approx. $815M

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JANUARY 21, 2011

a Chinese synthesis gas supplier, for the production of certain feedstocks used in Celanese’s advanced ethanol production process. Celanese Corporation, a global technology and specialty materials company, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Wison (China) Holding Co., Earlier post.).

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Coal China Production Chinese

DOE selects 8 new advanced coal projects for funding by University Coal Research Program

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JULY 11, 2011

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected eight new projects to further advanced coal research under the University Coal Research Program. The selected projects are intended to improve coal conversion and use and will help propel technologies for future advanced coal power systems. DOE Share: $300,000).

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Coal Universal Iowa Utah

Honeywell UOP’s Methanol To Olefins technology selected for China coal chemical complex

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JULY 6, 2011

has selected Honeywell’s UOP technology to convert methanol into building blocks for chemical products at an existing coal chemical complex in China. Located in Nanjing, China, the facility will be one of the world’s first methanol-to-olefin production facilities. China’s Wison (Nanjing) Clean Energy Company Ltd.

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Coal China Belgium Convert

DOE to award up to $6.7M to projects to convert captured CO2 to useful products, including fuels

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AUGUST 26, 2016

million in federal funding for cost-shared projects that will develop technologies that utilize CO 2 from coal-fired power plants to produce useful products. Another option is to use the CO 2 as a reagent to create useful products, such as cement, plastics, or liquid fuels. —DE-FOA-0001622.

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Convert Production Coal CO2

Equinor and RWE to develop hydrogen-fired power plants in Germany, Norway-to-Germany hydrogen pipeline

IG Metall warns that Krupp Mannesmann steel plant may fail due to lack of financing for conversion to climate-neutral steel production

Researchers use chemical looping process to produce hydrogen from hydrogen sulfide gas

Transform Materials plasma process converts abundant natural gas into high-value hydrogen and acetylene

New catalyst opens door to CO2 capture in coal-to-liquids process

C2CNT process converts flue gas from natural gas power plant into carbon nanotubes

DOE selects 7 gasification projects for funding; focus on reducing cost of coal conversion

SK E&S, SK Plug Hyverse partner with Korea South-East Power for green hydrogen & green ammonia production

Clariant and Siemens to introduce new sour gas shift technology for coal gasification, focus on China

Consortium moves ahead with HESC pilot for conversion of Australian coal to LH2 for transport to Japan

DOE awarding about $16M to four projects for advanced gasification systems; focus on coal

DOE soliciting projects in advanced coal gasification for high carbon-capture power production and/or liquid fuels

ARPA-E announces $35M for technologies to reduce methane emissions

DOE and Air Force issue RFI on Mil-Spec jet fuel production using coal-to-liquid technologies

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

Proposed process for low-emissions coal-to-liquids

Carbon Recycling International and Johnson Matthey collaborate on sustainable methanol

Wood Mackenzie: China thermal coal demand to double to nearly 7btpa by 2030

New $20M XPRIZE tackles conversion of CO2 into products

DOE issues $13M funding opportunity for advanced coal gasification systems for power or fuels

Air France KLM signs 210M gallon SAF offtake agreement with DG Fuels

US DOE to award up to $3M for coal-biomass-to-liquid projects

Double catalyst for the direct conversion of syngas to lower olefins

SGH2 building largest green hydrogen production facility in California; gasification of waste into H2

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

27 teams advancing in $20M NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE; converting CO2 to products

New catalysts enable photocatalytic version of water gas shift reaction for H2 production

ORNL study finds best current use of natural gas for cars is efficient production of electricity for EVs

Battelle team developing new hybrid direct coal-to-liquids process to produce jet fuel; lower costs and GHGs

South Koreas POSCO and SK Energy to Develop Coal to Synthetic Natural Gas

Electra raises $85M to advance Low-Temperature Iron process; electrochemical refining at 60?C

HYBRIT produces hydrogen-reduced sponge iron on pilot scale

MIT Report Finds Natural Gas Has Significant Potential to Displace Coal, Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Role in Transportation More Limited

Company that biochemically converts coal to methane raises Series B funding

Stanford GCEP awards $6.6M to 7 projects; focus on combining energy conversion with carbon-neutral fuel production

Feasibility study concludes Arckaringa coal-to-methanol project could be viable addition to CTL

DOE Selects 8 Projects to Advance Technologies for the Co-Production of Power and Hydrogen, Fuels or Chemicals from Coal-Biomass Feedstocks

Synthesis Energy Systems and Ambre Energy enter into technical study agreement for coal to gasoline and LPG project; ExxonMobil MTG

SRI developing process for co-gasification of methane and coal to produce liquid transportation fuels; negligible water consumption, no CO2

MIT study concludes that absent climate policy, coal-to-liquids could account for around a third of global liquid fuels by 2050

Celanese signs MOU with Wison for coal-derived syngas for ethanol production in China; transaction value approx. $815M

DOE selects 8 new advanced coal projects for funding by University Coal Research Program

Honeywell UOP’s Methanol To Olefins technology selected for China coal chemical complex

DOE to award up to $6.7M to projects to convert captured CO2 to useful products, including fuels

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