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Energy Vault to provide 1.6 GWh of gravity energy storage to support DG Fuels SAF projects

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OCTOBER 31, 2021

Energy Vault, a company developing grid-scale gravity energy storage solutions, has entered into an energy storage system agreement with DG Fuels, a developer of renewable hydrogen and biogenic-based, synthetic sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and diesel fuel. Under the terms of the agreement, Energy Vault agreed to provide 1.6

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Energy Storage Energy Fuel Louisiana

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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Honeywell’s UOP wins third license for methanol-to-olefins technology to convert coal into high-value petrochemicals

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NOVEMBER 8, 2012

UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, has landed its third technology license for its methanol-to-olefins (MTO) technology, which converts methanol from coal into key plastics building blocks. China is the world’s largest producer of coal, accounting for nearly half of global production, according to the US Energy Information Administration.

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Honeywell’s UOP Methanol-to-Olefins technology selected to convert coal to high-value petrochemicals in China

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced that China’s Jiutai Energy (Zhungeer) Co. has licensed Honeywell’s UOP methanol-to-olefins (MTO) technology to convert methanol from coal into key plastics building blocks. In 2011, Honeywell’s UOP announced a similar project with China’s Wison (Nanjing) Clean Energy Company Ltd.,

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Coal Convert Mongolia China

China team optimizes catalytic hydrogenation process to convert coal tar to gasoline and diesel

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JUNE 9, 2012

Flow diagram of coal tar hydrogenation process. Researchers in China report the production of gasoline and diesel from coal tar via an optimized catalytic hydrogenation using two serial fixed beds, the first with a hydrofining catalyst of MoNi/?-Al Their paper was published in the ACS journal Energy & Fuels. Click to enlarge.

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Coal Gasoline Diesel Hydrogen

Lawrence Livermore publishes state-by-state energy/water Sankey diagrams

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APRIL 20, 2018

For the first time, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has published state-by-state energy and water Sankey diagrams in one location so that analysts and policymakers can find all the information they need in one place. General location of energy and water categories. Energy and water generally “flows” from left to right.

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ExxonMobil to invest >$1B in Antwerp refinery to convert heavy, higher sulfur residual oil into diesel, other products

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JULY 2, 2014

plans to invest more than $1 billion to install a new delayed coker unit at its Antwerp refinery to convert heavy, higher sulfur residual oils into transportation fuels products such as marine gasoil and diesel fuel. The investment addresses an industry shortfall in capability to convert fuel oil to products such as diesel.

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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. Background.

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Coal Emissions Hydrogen Oil

Texas Clean Energy Project signs long-term CO2 offtake agreement with Whiting Petroleum for enhanced oil recovery; 90% CO2 capture from IGCC coal polygen plant

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JULY 22, 2011

The TCEP would integrate coal gasification, combined-cycle power generation, CO 2 capture, and. In the Permian Basin, approximately one additional barrel of oil can be recovered for each 6,000 cubic feet (6 Mcf) of compressed CO 2 injected into the oil field. urea production. CO 2 capture and shipment via pipeline shown at top.

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Coal Texas Oil CO2

Linc Energy submits permit for Wyoming underground coal gasification demo facility

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OCTOBER 28, 2011

Australia-based Linc Energy Ltd. a permit application and commenced the approval process with the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (WDEQ) to build and operate a Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) demonstration plant in its coal tenement lease areas in Wyoming’s. km) of coal within the Wyoming PRB.

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Wyoming Coal Energy Australia

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. The project is supported by industry partners including Exergen, Ignite Energy Resources, AGL, MAN Diesel & Turbo and EnergyAustralia.

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Coal Carbon Engine Emissions

Algae.Tec signs carbon capture biofuels deal with Australia’s largest coal-fired power company

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JULY 2, 2013

Algae.Tec has signed a deal with Australia’s largest power company to site an algae carbon capture and biofuels production facility alongside a 2640MW coal-fired power station near Sydney. million tonnes of coal per year and delivers power to eastern Australia, from South Australia to Northern Queensland.

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Coal Carbon Companies Power

DKRW Advanced Fuels secures EPC contract with Sinopec Engineering for Medicine Bow coal-to-liquids project in Wyoming

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Using bituminous coal from southern Wyoming, the Medicine Bow facility will produce 11,600 barrels per day of very low sulfur gasoline using GE gasification technology and methanol?to?gasoline controlled subsidiary of the Sinopec Group , one of the largest energy companies in the world. oil equivalent reserve at the Medicine Bow site.

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Wyoming Coal Engine Fuel

Wanxiang and GreatPoint Energy close $1.25B deal for 1 Tcf/year coal-to-natural-gas plant in Xinjiang; Sinopec to purchase output, building pipeline to east

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MAY 21, 2012

Overview of the Bluegas catalytic coal methanation process. GreatPoint Energy and China Wanxiang Holdings have officially closed their investment and partnership agreement which was highlighted during an official signing ceremony between senior US and Chinese government officials in 2012. Click to enlarge. pure methane).

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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

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

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

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. The process uses relatively little energy and a relatively cheap material—iron sulfide with a trace amount of molybdenum as an additive.

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IEA: time to tap into hydrogen’s potential to play a key role in a clean, secure and affordable energy future

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JUNE 15, 2019

In a major new report on hydrogen, the International Energy Agency says that the time is right to tap into hydrogen’s potential to play a key role in a clean, secure and affordable energy future. It can also help to improve air quality and strengthen energy security. —Dr Birol.

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Nordic Oil And Gas and Western Warner Oils Exploring Underground Coal Gasification for Canada Project

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JULY 4, 2009

Nordic Oil and Gas Ltd. and its joint venture partner, Western Warner Oils Ltd. are examining the possibility of using underground coal gasification (UCG) as a means to convert the coal into product gas at its recently acquired Drumheller, Alberta property. Donald Benson, Chairman and CEO of Nordic Oil and Gas Ltd.

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Coal Oil Canada Gas

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

Dominion Energy announced a significant expansion of the company's greenhouse gas emissions-reduction goals, establishing a new commitment to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. In addition to reducing its own emissions, Dominion Energy expects to go beyond its own efforts to help accelerate greenhouse gas reductions in other industries.

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Emissions Gas Energy Power

Lima Energy signs 10-year synthetic crude supply contract with Husky Energy refinery in Ohio

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OCTOBER 1, 2013

Lima Energy Company, a subsidiary of USA Synthetic Fuel Corporation in Washington, DC, has signed a contract to supply up to 80 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe) of its “Ultra Clean Synthetic Crude” (UCSC) to Husky Energy’s Lima, Ohio Refinery over ten years.

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Ohio Supplies Energy Oil

Synthesis Energy Systems Demonstrates Stable and Efficient Gasification at Hai Hua on Lignite Coal

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

Synthesis Energy Systems’ (SES) 95%-owned Hai Hua joint venture project in Shandong Province, China, has completed a successful commercial-scale gasification demonstration, converting lignite coal from the Inner Mongolia region of China to syngas. Earlier post.).

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Coal Mongolia Energy Waste

ETH Zürich, Total team develops new catalyst to convert CO2 and H2 directly to methanol efficiently

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JULY 30, 2019

Scientists at ETH Zürich and oil and gas company Total have developed a new catalyst that efficiently converts CO 2 and hydrogen directly into methanol. It is possible to convert it into fuels and a wide variety of chemical products, including those that today are mainly based on fossil resources.

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Convert CO2 Hydrogen Gas-Electric

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 supercritical water process diagram. IER’s proprietary supercritical water technology (SCW) transforms low-ranked coals, including lignite, directly into higher-valued oils and cleaner coal products. tonnes of high-ranked coal. tonnes of high-ranked coal. Source: IER. Source: IER.

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Coal Water Energy Australia

Tunable high-yield catalytic approach converts pyrolysis oil to bio-hydrocarbon chemical feedstocks including fuel additives

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NOVEMBER 26, 2010

Pyrolysis bio-oils are produced by the thermal decomposition of biomass by heating in the absence of oxygen at more than 500 °C; fast pyrolysis of biomass is much less expensive than biomass conversion technologies based on gasification or fermentation processes. Solid arrows: Pyrolysis oil is directly passed over the zeolite catalyst.

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

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JULY 6, 2011

China’s Wison (Nanjing) Clean Energy Company Ltd. has selected Honeywell’s UOP technology to convert methanol into building blocks for chemical products at an existing coal chemical complex in China. Wison (Nanjing) Clean Energy Co., UOP MTO Methanol to Olefins process. Click to enlarge.

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Coal China Belgium Convert

TransGas and SK EC team on West Virginia coal-to-gasoline project

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OCTOBER 28, 2010

Ltd (SKE&C) leading to engineering, procurement and construction of its first US coal-to-gasoline plant—Adams Fork Energy—to be located in Mingo County, West Virginia. The Adams Fork Energy project will convert regional coal into premium-grade gasoline, producing 18,000 barrels per day (756,000 gallons US, 2.86

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West Virginia Virginia Coal Gasoline

DOE ROD for coal-based Texas Clean Energy Project sets in motion $450M of federal funding

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

The ROD and cooperative agreement between DOE’s Office of Fossil Energy (FE) and Summit Texas Clean Energy, LLC (STCE) sets in motion continued federal cost-shared funding for the Summit Texas Clean Energy Project, to be built just west of Midland-Odessa, Texas.

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Coal Texas Clean Cleaning

Clean Energy delivers record 50.6M CNG gallons in Q3; acquires controlling interest in NG Advantage

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OCTOBER 15, 2014

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. Founded in 2011, NG Advantage transports CNG in high-capacity trailers to large industrial and institutional energy users such as hospitals, food processors, manufacturers and paper mills. Companies burning coal can reduce their CO2 emissions by 50% when converting to natural gas.

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Clean Cleaning Energy CO2

SRI wins $925,000 DOE award to liquefy biomass for production of transportation fuels

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MARCH 13, 2013

Southern Research Institute (SRI) entered into a cooperative agreement with the US Department of Energy (DOE) to develop a mild liquefaction process that will economically convert biomass to petroleum refinery-ready bio-oils. Other liquefaction processes either use severe conditions or expensive catalysts to achieve stability.

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Transportation Coal Fuel Production

Texas utility signs first US Power Purchase Agreement for low-emissions electricity from commercial-scale coal-fired power plant with carbon capture

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JANUARY 18, 2012

CPS Energy of San Antonio has signed a Power Purchase Agreement for approximately 200 MW of power from the Texas Clean Energy Project (TCEP), located just west of Midland-Odessa. The agreement marks the first US purchase by a utility of low-carbon power from a commercial-scale, coal-based power plant utilizing carbon capture.

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Coal Texas Purchase Carbon

DOE awards $7M to eight oxy-combustion coal technology projects; carbon capture, utilization and storage

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JULY 26, 2012

The US Department of Energy (DOE) selected eight projects to advance the development of transformational oxy-combustion technologies capable of high-efficiency, low-cost carbon dioxide capture from coal-fired power plants. The following projects have been selected for award negotiation: Alstom Power.

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Coal Carbon Gas-Electric Gas

Stealth Ventures Ltd. and Clean Coal Ltd. Partner on Underground Coal Gasification Project in Nova Scotia

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DECEMBER 24, 2009

has entered into an agreement with Clean Coal Ltd., an internationally based company whose technical team is based in the United Kingdom, for the development of an Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) project in Nova Scotia. Clean Coal Ltd. The United Kingdom Coal Authority has recently awarded five licences to Clean Coal Ltd.

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Coal Clean Cleaning United Kingdom

Energy Secretary Chu says US faces a new Sputnik Moment in Chinas clean energy successes

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NOVEMBER 29, 2010

In a speech at the National Press Club, US Energy Secretary Steven Chu said that the success of China and other countries in clean energy industries represents a new “Sputnik Moment” for the United States, and will require a similar mobilization of innovation to enable the US to compete in the global race for the jobs of the future.

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Energy China Clean Cleaning

The Complex Calculus of Clean Energy and Zero Emissions

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NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Congress has provided hundreds of billions of dollars to speed the deployment of clean-energy technologies. These investments are one reason why the International Energy Agency (IEA) in September insisted that there’s still hope to hold global temperature rise to 1.5 °C In the past two years, the U.S. C in this century.

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Clean Cleaning Energy Emissions

China to be Site of First Commercial Implementation of TRIG Coal Gasifier

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

Beijing Guoneng Yinghui Clean Energy Engineering Co., The contract award marks China as the site for the first worldwide commercial implementation of the TRIG technology with the goal of producing low-emission, coal-based electricity. TRIG coal gasification technology was co-developed developed by Southern Company, KBR Inc.,

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Coal China Commercial Gas-Electric

Algae harvesting company OriginOil’s second CLEAN-FRAC licensing agreement targets Canadian oil sands market; urban algae demo project in Paris

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NOVEMBER 28, 2012

the developer of a process for harvesting algae and cleaning up oil & gas water, announced that its second original equipment manufacturer’s (OEM) agreement will target oil service companies in the Canadian oil sands market. LH was an early private investor in Athabasca Oil Corporation. OriginOil, Inc.,

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Oil-Sands Oil Clean Cleaning

Rice flash Joule heating process recycles plastic from end-of-life F-150 trucks into high-value graphene for new vehicles

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MAY 27, 2022

The Rice lab of chemist James Tour introduced flash Joule heating in 2020 to convert coal, petroleum coke and trash into graphene. The lab has since adapted the process to convert plastic waste into graphene and to extract precious metals from electronic waste. Wyss et al. Wyss et al.

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F-150 Vehicles Ford Waste

Northwestern/Princeton study explores air quality impacts of aggressive conversion to EVs

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APRIL 15, 2019

coal, oil, natural gas, and biomass). Summer fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) increases on average and largest in areas with increased coal-fired power generation demands. Locations with more coal-fired power in their energy mix experienced an increase in PM during the summer. Winter while PM 2.5

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Conversion Jordan Ozone Coal

BG Group sanctions US$15B coal seam gas to LNG project; first such

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OCTOBER 31, 2010

BG Group has approved implementation of the first phase of a US$15-billion project to convert coal seam gas (CSG) to LNG—the first major commercial project to do so. Total gross discovered coal seam gas reserves and resources presently amount to an estimated 17.3 Those contractors include: Bechtel Oil and Gas, Inc.,

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Coal Gas Australia Water

Regal Resources Secures Funding for Underground Coal-to-Liquids Pilot Test

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APRIL 12, 2009

cents to fund the pilot test of a novel Underground Coal to Liquids (UCTL) process near Melbourne. UCTL is an in situ process that converts brown coal/lignite to liquid hydrocarbon and gas products within the coal seam. The preferred coal type is lignite; the water and impurities aid the UCTL process.

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Coal Water Oil 2008

GE Technology Selected for Hydrogen Energy IGCC Project in California

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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. would be designed to capture up to 90% of its carbon dioxide for enhanced oil recovery and sequestration in an adjacent oil field.

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Hydrogen California Energy Tampa

UC Riverside opening Sustainable Integrated Grid Initiative; integration of solar energy, battery storage and electric and hybrid vehicles

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MAY 15, 2014

Schematic of the “New Grid Testbed” components, including renewable energy generation, energy storage, smart distribution and electric transportation Click to enlarge. It is the largest renewable energy project of its kind in California. Two megawatt-hours of battery energy storage. Solar carport. Click to enlarge.

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Grid Solar Energy Energy Storage

PNNL, NETL and Chinese Academy Begin Cooperative Work on Coal Conversion, Emissions Capture and Carbon Storage

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JULY 15, 2010

Researchers from the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have formed the Clean Energy Partnership to accelerate the development and deployment of coal conversion, emissions capture and carbon storage technologies.

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Coal Chinese Conversion Emissions

DOE advances HECA polygeneration plant with CCS through NEPA process

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JULY 10, 2012

The US Department of Energy (DOE) and the California Energy Commission (CEC) are working together to advance a coal-based polygeneration plant with carbon capture and storage (CCS) simultaneously through the federal National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) review and a complementary California Energy Quality Act process.

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Coal Oil California Hydrogen

Energy Vault to provide 1.6 GWh of gravity energy storage to support DG Fuels SAF projects

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

Honeywell’s UOP wins third license for methanol-to-olefins technology to convert coal into high-value petrochemicals

Honeywell’s UOP Methanol-to-Olefins technology selected to convert coal to high-value petrochemicals in China

China team optimizes catalytic hydrogenation process to convert coal tar to gasoline and diesel

Lawrence Livermore publishes state-by-state energy/water Sankey diagrams

ExxonMobil to invest >$1B in Antwerp refinery to convert heavy, higher sulfur residual oil into diesel, other products

Proposed process for low-emissions coal-to-liquids

Texas Clean Energy Project signs long-term CO2 offtake agreement with Whiting Petroleum for enhanced oil recovery; 90% CO2 capture from IGCC coal polygen plant

Linc Energy submits permit for Wyoming underground coal gasification demo facility

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

Algae.Tec signs carbon capture biofuels deal with Australia’s largest coal-fired power company

DKRW Advanced Fuels secures EPC contract with Sinopec Engineering for Medicine Bow coal-to-liquids project in Wyoming

Wanxiang and GreatPoint Energy close $1.25B deal for 1 Tcf/year coal-to-natural-gas plant in Xinjiang; Sinopec to purchase output, building pipeline to east

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

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

IEA: time to tap into hydrogen’s potential to play a key role in a clean, secure and affordable energy future

Nordic Oil And Gas and Western Warner Oils Exploring Underground Coal Gasification for Canada Project

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

Lima Energy signs 10-year synthetic crude supply contract with Husky Energy refinery in Ohio

Synthesis Energy Systems Demonstrates Stable and Efficient Gasification at Hai Hua on Lignite Coal

ETH Zürich, Total team develops new catalyst to convert CO2 and H2 directly to methanol efficiently

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

Tunable high-yield catalytic approach converts pyrolysis oil to bio-hydrocarbon chemical feedstocks including fuel additives

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

TransGas and SK EC team on West Virginia coal-to-gasoline project

DOE ROD for coal-based Texas Clean Energy Project sets in motion $450M of federal funding

Clean Energy delivers record 50.6M CNG gallons in Q3; acquires controlling interest in NG Advantage

SRI wins $925,000 DOE award to liquefy biomass for production of transportation fuels

Texas utility signs first US Power Purchase Agreement for low-emissions electricity from commercial-scale coal-fired power plant with carbon capture

DOE awards $7M to eight oxy-combustion coal technology projects; carbon capture, utilization and storage

Stealth Ventures Ltd. and Clean Coal Ltd. Partner on Underground Coal Gasification Project in Nova Scotia

Energy Secretary Chu says US faces a new Sputnik Moment in Chinas clean energy successes

The Complex Calculus of Clean Energy and Zero Emissions

China to be Site of First Commercial Implementation of TRIG Coal Gasifier

Algae harvesting company OriginOil’s second CLEAN-FRAC licensing agreement targets Canadian oil sands market; urban algae demo project in Paris

Rice flash Joule heating process recycles plastic from end-of-life F-150 trucks into high-value graphene for new vehicles

Northwestern/Princeton study explores air quality impacts of aggressive conversion to EVs

BG Group sanctions US$15B coal seam gas to LNG project; first such

Regal Resources Secures Funding for Underground Coal-to-Liquids Pilot Test

GE Technology Selected for Hydrogen Energy IGCC Project in California

UC Riverside opening Sustainable Integrated Grid Initiative; integration of solar energy, battery storage and electric and hybrid vehicles

PNNL, NETL and Chinese Academy Begin Cooperative Work on Coal Conversion, Emissions Capture and Carbon Storage

DOE advances HECA polygeneration plant with CCS through NEPA process

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