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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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DECEMBER 1, 2021

The report “Decarbonizing Steel: A Net-Zero Pathway” outlines the path to making profitable, low-emissions steel and describes how a combination of falling hydrogen costs, cheap clean power, and increased recycling could reduce emissions to net zero, even while total output increases.

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DECEMBER 9, 2009

Australia-based underground coal gasification (UCG) company Linc Energy ( earlier post ) has signed an exclusive agreement with the UK-based alkaline fuel cell technology company AFC Energy Plc and its related company, B9 Coal ( earlier post ).

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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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MARCH 31, 2020

The falling cost of making hydrogen from wind and solar power offers a promising route to cutting emissions in some of the most fossil-fuel-dependent sectors of the economy, such as steel, heavy-duty vehicles, shipping and cement, according to a new report from BloombergNEF (BNEF). Abatement cost with hydrogen at $1/kg (7.4/MMBtu).

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2011

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award up to $14 million to six projects aimed at developing technologies to lower the cost of producing electricity in integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) power plants using carbon capture. EPRI will team with Dooher Institute of Physics and Energy, Worley Parsons Group, Inc.,

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FEBRUARY 16, 2014

The purpose of the FOA is to advance the reliability, robustness and endurance of low-cost solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology suitable for ultimate deployment in equal to or greater than (?) CCRP has recently established new goals for coal power with carbon capture. is anticipated in order to meet the program goals.

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EV Info

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

It comes upon us when we have barely started ripping out our gas boilers to make way for the expensive and inefficient heat pumps the Government is telling us to buy, or building the costly new power stations that will be needed to charge the electric cars we will all soon require.

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AUGUST 4, 2015

The US Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has selected Thar Energy, LLC to develop new recuperator technologies leading to more cost-effective and efficient supercritical carbon dioxide (SCO 2 )-based power cycles. DOE will contribute $9,394,828 toward the overall project cost of $11,743,535.

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JUNE 19, 2019

Deep declines in wind, solar and battery technology costs will result in a grid nearly half-powered by the two fast-growing renewable energy sources by 2050, according to the latest projections from BloombergNEF (BNEF). Global power generation mix. Source: BloombergNEF. —Matthias Kimmel, NEO 2019 lead analyst.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2015

million to advance solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology for application in commercial power generation plants. Technical areas of interest include: Innovative Concepts: This topic area will support the research and development of SOFC technology that has the potential to significantly undercut current DOE cost targets in a SOFC system.

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MAY 8, 2010

The US Department of Energy has selected 13 projects for investment of up to $62 million over five years to research, develop, and demonstrate Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) systems capable of providing low-cost electrical power. The project will explore new materials for the central power tower receiver.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Pie charts show the proportion of different types of energy sources generating power and flowing between load areas if there were a carbon tax of $70 per ton. Decarbonization of the electric power sector is critical to achieving greenhouse gas reductions that are needed for a sustainable future. Click to enlarge.

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JANUARY 17, 2015

The cost of generating power from renewable energy sources has reached parity or dropped below the cost of fossil fuels for many technologies in many parts of the world, according to a new report released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Real weighted average cost of capital is 7.5% Source: IRENA.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Under this cost-shared research and development (R&D), DOE is awarding $51 million to nine new projects for coal and natural gas power and industrial sources. In prior work with DOE, MTR has advanced membrane CO 2 capture technology for coal power plants through small engineering scale testing and studies.

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EV Info

MARCH 26, 2021

Having an EV you learn about the basics of electric power, charge rates and kilowatt-hours or KWh. . Very basic maths gives the LEAF a power usage of close to 4 miles per KWh. Power companies also use KWh as the base charge unit for billing consumers. That rate would give the LEAF a cost of 17.2 * 24 to drive 100 miles.

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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. However, they may be considered in order to establish a baseline for making comparisons with results from coal-derived flue gas. coal, metals, etc.),

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OCTOBER 11, 2012

In addition, improvements in the methods used to characterize crude oil will allow it to be processed more efficiently, which can improve the yield from each barrel and lower the cost of refined products.

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DECEMBER 7, 2009

ARPA-E’s first solicitation, announced earlier this year, was highly competitive and resulted in awarding $151 million to 37 projects aimed at transformational innovations in energy storage, biofuels, carbon capture, renewable power, building efficiency, vehicles, and other areas. Earlier post.)

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JULY 14, 2015

The 400 kilowatt SOFC prototype system represents an important advancement in SOFC technology development and demonstration toward the ultimate goal of deploying SOFCs in highly efficient coal-based central generation systems with carbon capture. DOE: $200,000 Non DOE: $91,152 Total: $291,152 (31% cost share). Redox Power Systems, LLC.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2009

The projects—led by FuelCell Energy, in partnership with VersaPower Systems, and Siemens Energy—have successfully demonstrated solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) designed for aggregation and use in coal-fueled central power generation. Cost of $700 per kilowatt (2007 dollars) for an integrated fuel cell power block.

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AUGUST 30, 2013

In an open access paper on the process is published in the ACS Journal of Physical Chemistry C , the researchers speculated that the reactions may be related to those of coal gasification. Hydrogen was efficiently generated at higher laser power densities; gas yield varied nonlinearly on the laser power density.

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APRIL 30, 2010

ARPA-E’s first solicitation awarded $151 million to 37 projects aimed at transformational innovations in energy storage, biofuels, carbon capture, renewable power, building efficiency, vehicles, and other areas. The critical barrier to wider deployment of electric vehicles is the high cost and low energy of today’s batteries.

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OCTOBER 29, 2018

Unlike carbon capture and storage technologies that remove carbon dioxide emissions directly from large point sources such as coal power plants, NETs remove carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere or enhance natural carbon sinks. However, it is currently limited by high cost.

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JULY 10, 2010

Specifically, low cost and energy-efficient processes are sought that can be demonstrated and validated under field conditions to meet needs of the nascent algal biomass industry. Algae cultures tend to be relatively dilute, and the energy requirement to remove water from the cultures can be a significant portion of the energy balance.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

To answer this question, we gathered data on (i) the quantity and location of emissions released from tailpipes and from upstream processes to produce and operate vehicles, (ii) the externality costs of damages caused by the release of these emissions, and (iii) estimates of externalities and other costs to the US associated with oil consumption.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Within the stationary heat and power sector, the DOE-QTR finds that the Department should increase emphasis on efficiency and understanding the grid. As a result of this Review, we find that DOE is underinvested in the transportation sector relative to the stationary sector (energy efficiency, grid, and electric power).

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NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Featuring CleanFUEL’s new 8L liquid propane injection (LPI) system, the medium-duty engine will offer fleet managers a high-performance, propane-powered alternative. From a fleet standpoint, we see immense potential for this new 8L platform to stimulate additional interest and adoption in the market for propane-powered vehicles.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

However, managed EV adoption can reduce the cost of achieving GHG reductions through a RES, they concluded in their paper published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. For the study, they define EVs as including both battery-electric (BEV) and plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV) vehicles. In contrast, the ?TCE

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MARCH 27, 2017

This synthesis consumes only CO 2 and electricity, and is constrained only by the cost of electricity. This research article focuses on a highly favored route to the synthesis of controlled nanostructures at high rate, high yield, and low cost by molten carbonate electrolysis. —Licht (2017). 2017.02.005.

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APRIL 5, 2011

As private companies, automobile manufacturers look for the lowest cost means of getting from A to B and the premiums that they can charge for getting from A to B faster. Power plant capital costs. The same can be said for the electricity companies that generate power in the USA. Source: EIA. Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Smart grid regional demonstrations involving plug-in vehicles include (ranked by DOE funding): Columbus Southern Power Company (doing business as AEP Ohio). DOE funding $75,161,246, total project value with cost share $150,322,492). Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. Beacon Power Corporation (MA). 24,978,264.

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MARCH 18, 2013

To reach the 2050 goals for reducing petroleum use and greenhouse gases, vehicles must become dramatically more efficient, regardless of how they are powered. In addition, alternative fuels to petroleum must be readily available, cost-effective and produced with low emissions of greenhouse gases. —Douglas M.

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JANUARY 13, 2011

Electrification will reduce emissions, with the scale determined by the carbon intensity of the power sector. With the current fuel mix of the US power sector (about half coal, about 30% “carbon-free”), CO 2 emissions for HEVs and EVs are similar. low cost is only achieved in large-volume, highly automated factories.

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JANUARY 24, 2023

The new PNNL carbon capture and conversion system brings the cost to capture CO 2 down to about $39 per metric ton. The process takes flue gas from power plants, uses a PNNL-patented solvent to strip out CO 2 , then converts the CO 2 into methanol. The team brought the cost of capture down to $47.10 Energy Mater. 2022.135696

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APRIL 5, 2010

emissions are small two-stroke engines that are used in outdoor power equipment such as leaf blowers, chain saws, and string trimmers, as well as larger two-stroke engines used in recreational vehicles such as all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), motorcycles, snowmobiles, and marine outboard motors. Significant sources of PM2.5

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JULY 22, 2009

Neil Auerbach is a Managing Partner at Hudson Clean Energy Partners which is a global private equity firm investing in renewable power, alternative fuels, energy efficiency and storage. Within the US electric power sector the biggest question was whether the Production Tax Credits (PTC) were going to be extended beyond 2008.

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