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MAY 10, 2010

Researchers at Penn State University have shown that certain ionic liquids can be used to fragment, disperse, and partially dissolve coal to such an extent that good contact can be made with catalyst particles by simply mixing these particles with the ionic liquid/coal dispersion for improved efficiency of liquefaction. Painter et al.

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Coal Illinois 2010 Fuel 186

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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. will blend coal and biomass to develop a feedstock for co-gasification. Clean Coal Briquette Inc.

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Coal Hydrogen Fuel Power 218

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MAY 9, 2016

A University of Illinois study drawing from over 20 years of data shows that sulfur levels in Midwest watersheds and rivers have steadily declined, so much so that farmers may soon need to consider applying sulfur. Most fields in Illinois do not receive fertilizers containing sulfur. David, Lowell E. Gentry, and Corey A.

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Pollution Illinois Coal Water 150

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

The US Department of Energy has signed final cooperative agreements with the FutureGen Industrial Alliance and Ameren Energy Resources that formally commit $1 billion in Recovery Act funding to build FutureGen 2.0. This site could eventually become a regional CO 2 storage site in downstate Illinois. Earlier post.).

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Illinois Energy Mercury CO2 186

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OCTOBER 29, 2020

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) has selected four projects for cost-shared research and development under the funding opportunity announcement (FOA), DE-FOA-0002180, Design Development and System Integration Design Studies for Coal FIRST Concepts.

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Coal Carbon Hydrogen Nebraska 186

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DECEMBER 17, 2012

University of Illinois researchers have developed mats of Zn–Ti–O nanofibers that adsorb sulfur from raw fuels such as natural gas and coal/biomass-derived syngas much more effectively than traditional materials. Hydrogen sulphide is found in raw fuels such as natural gas and coal/biomass-derived syngas. —Prashant Jain.

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Fuel Coal Illinois Gas 239

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MAY 5, 2015

New airborne measurements downwind from an Archer Daniels Midland fuel ethanol plant in Decatur, Illinois, show that ethanol emissions are 30 times higher than government baseline estimates. De Gouw said the VOC emissions are likely generated by the production process, not the coal-burning that powers it. —Joost de Gouw.

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Ozone Emissions Colorado Coal 150

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APRIL 16, 2015

Results from the study also suggest that with sufficient coal plant retirement and sufficient wind power, controlled charging could result in positive net benefits instead of negative. A paper describing the work is published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. other parts of the US and the world could be different.

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Charging Coal Grid District of Columbia 150

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APRIL 22, 2011

Chemists at the University of Illinois report the development of a nickel-based homogeneous catalyst that could more effectively support the production of fuels and chemical feedstocks from biomass as well as improved liquefaction of coal. A paper on their work is published in the current issue of Science. —Sergeev and Hartwig.

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Fuel Production Hydrogen Coal 218

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AUGUST 25, 2009

Coal supplies nearly 50% of domestic electricity. In order for low-cost electricity from coal-fired power plants to remain available, the DOE said, economical methods for capturing and storing the greenhouse gas emissions from these plants must be developed. Advanced Resources International , Arlington, Va. Risk Assessment.

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CO2 Coal Austin Store 225

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JANUARY 16, 2013

Reducing emissions from diesel engines and domestic wood and coal fires is a no-brainer, as there are tandem health and climate benefits. —co-lead author Tami Bond of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. There are exciting opportunities to cool climate by reducing soot emissions but it is not straightforward.

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Climate Change Climate Carbon CO2 286

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MARCH 22, 2010

Professor George Miley of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and director of its Fusion Studies Lab, reported on progress toward a “cold fusion battery”—a small power unit that uses a low energy nuclear reaction (LENR) (i.e., Vysotskii is a scientist with Kiev National Shevchenko University in Kiev, Ukraine.

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Fusion Power Powered Batteries 326

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MAY 11, 2009

The power generated by the Rialto Project is expected to qualify under California’s Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) program, which requires utilities to increase the amount of electric power they sell from qualified renewable-energy resources. The plant will be capable of providing enough electricity for approximately 30,000 homes.

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California Power Powered Building 170

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NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Improved energy storage technologies will allow for expanded integration of renewable energy resources like wind and photovoltaic systems and will improve frequency regulation and peak energy management. Demonstrate 1 MW vanadium redox battery (VRB) storage system at the 32 MW municipal coal fired power plant in Painesville.

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Energy Storage Grid Energy Wind 270

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JANUARY 7, 2023

economy away from dependence on fossil fuels like petroleum, coal and natural gas to 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2035. Public opposition to wind turbine projects is growing in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio as well. Mike Love of Toyota is at the podium at a meeting of the California Air Resources Board, with chair Mary D.

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Grid Iowa Wind Miles 107

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JANUARY 17, 2023

Workers lower an R1T truck body onto a chassis in the assembly line at the Rivian electric vehicle plant in Normal, Illinois, on April 11, 2022. The EV battery start-up company SPARKZ is going to fill its worker needs in its planned West Virginia plant by recruiting and retraining laid off coal miners.

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Market Auto Industry Auto Michigan 99

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APRIL 10, 2010

Cap-and-trade was first tried on a significant scale twenty years ago under the first Bush administration as a way to address the problem of airborne sulfur dioxide pollution–widely known as acid rain–from coal-burning power plants in the eastern United States. Coverage: In 2012–50% of emissions. In 2015–nearly 90% of emissions.

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Gas Climate Change Emissions Climate 244