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DOE awards $19M to 13 initiatives in fossil-fuel areas to produce rare earth elements and critical minerals

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MAY 3, 2021

San Juan River-Raton-Black Mesa Basin (Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico): New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology plans to determine the rare earth elements and critical minerals resource potential in coal and related stratigraphic units in the San Juan and Raton basins in New Mexico. DOE Funding: $1,499,997. DOE Funding: $1,483,787.

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DOE Awarding More Than $3.3M to 7 Universities To Conduct Advanced Turbine Technology Studies for Advanced Coal-Based Power Generation

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AUGUST 6, 2010

million to 7 universities to conduct advanced turbine technology studies under the Office of Fossil Energy’s (FE) University Turbine Systems Research (UTSR) Program. Texas A&M University , College Station, Texas. University of Texas at Austin , Austin, Texas. University of North Dakota , Grand Forks, N.D.

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$4M ARPA-E award to Lanzatech to improve design of bioreactors for waste-gas-to-fuels fermentation technology

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

LanzaTech and its partners, The City College of New York (CUNY), Louisiana State University (LSU) and Michigan Technological University (Michigan Tech) will collaborate to extend LanzaTech’s core fermentation technology to unlock the potential of waste methane gases through novel and smaller-scale bioreactor design.

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DOE funding boost for coal-based power generation

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AUGUST 9, 2010

Seven universities have picked up a significant funding boost from the US Department of Energy in an effort to investigate the technology needed for turbines using coal-derived synthesis gas and high hydrogen content fuels.

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Study finds methane leaks from three large US natural gas fields in line with EPA estimates

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FEBRUARY 20, 2015

CIRES is a partnership of NOAA and the University of Colorado Boulder. If leak rates are too high, natural gas does not compare favorably with one alternative, coal, in terms of climate impact. Methane emissions in the Haynesville shale of eastern Texas/northwestern Louisiana of about 88 tons (176,000 lbs) per hour, or 1.0-2.1%

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

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JULY 2, 2018

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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Alabama Project Testing Potential for Combining CO2 Storage with Enhanced Methane Recovery

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JUNE 21, 2010

Southern Company, El Paso Exploration & Production, the Geological Survey of Alabama, and the University of Alabama are all participating in the field test, known as the Black Warrior CO 2 Storage Project. Coal in the Black Warrior Basin has the potential to sequester 1.1 trillion cubic feet of natural gas from these coal seams.

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DOE Makes First Awards from $1.4B for Industrial Carbon Capture and Storage Projects

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OCTOBER 3, 2009

Noting that coal accounts for roughly 25% of the world energy supply and 40% of the carbon emissions. Chu said that it was highly unlikely that the US, Russia, China and India, which account for two-thirds of the coal reserves, “ will turn their back on coal anytime soon.”.for University of Utah. DOE Share: $2,723,512).

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DOE Awards $377 Million in Funding for 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers

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AUGUST 7, 2009

US Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced the delivery of $377 million in funding for 46 new multi-million-dollar Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) ( earlier post ) located at universities, national laboratories, nonprofit organizations, and private firms across the nation. Pennsylvania State University. Purdue University.

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Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

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MARCH 22, 2010

According to a report by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the margin of error in measuring emissions by DOEs can be as high as: 10% for the cement and fertilizer industries; 60% for the oil, gas, and coal industries; and. Mr. Donovan drafted the “Advanced Biofuel Industry Development Initiative” for the State of Louisiana.

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Perspective: The Role of Offsets in Climate Change Legislation

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MARCH 6, 2010

coal-fired power plants) would either be required by the emissions cap. Methane (CH 4 ) emissions from landfills, livestock operations, or coal mines (GWP = 25). Mr. Donovan drafted the “Advanced Biofuel Industry Development Initiative” for the State of Louisiana. Emission reductions from regulated sources (e.g.,

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Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

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DECEMBER 20, 2009

Renergie was formed for the initial purpose of raising capital to develop, construct, own and operate a decentralized network of ten modular-designed small advanced biofuel manufacturing facilities (SABMFs) in the parishes of the State of Louisiana which were devastated by hurricanes Katrina and Rita. ]. Donovan, CEO of Renergie, Inc.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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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. Reduced Output. Mr. Donovan, a member of The Florida Bar, The U.S.

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DOE awards $19M to 13 initiatives in fossil-fuel areas to produce rare earth elements and critical minerals

DOE Awarding More Than $3.3M to 7 Universities To Conduct Advanced Turbine Technology Studies for Advanced Coal-Based Power Generation

$4M ARPA-E award to Lanzatech to improve design of bioreactors for waste-gas-to-fuels fermentation technology

DOE funding boost for coal-based power generation

Study finds methane leaks from three large US natural gas fields in line with EPA estimates

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

Alabama Project Testing Potential for Combining CO2 Storage with Enhanced Methane Recovery

DOE Makes First Awards from $1.4B for Industrial Carbon Capture and Storage Projects

DOE Awards $377 Million in Funding for 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers

Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

Perspective: The Role of Offsets in Climate Change Legislation

Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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