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Tesla Megapacks power on at Western Australia’s largest battery yet

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OCTOBER 29, 2024

The project, located near the coal town of Collie on the land of the Wilman people of the Bibbulmun nation, is being operated under contract with the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO), and Neoen says that Stage 1 of the project has been operational since October 1.

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IEEE Recognizes Itaipu Dam’s Engineering Achievements

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MARCH 20, 2025

The ceremony commemorated the projects impact on engineering and energy production. GW Three Gorges Dam , on the Yangtze River near the city of Yichang, surpassed Itaipus capacity in 2012, the South American dam remains one of the worlds most productive hydroelectric facilities. Although Chinas 22.5-GW TWh output).

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China’s BYD Going Big Mode in South Africa

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JUNE 10, 2025

The country is primarily dependent upon coal for energy production. That isn’t all BYD is selling and that’s presumably wise considering South Africa has been confronting a self-confessed energy crisis since roughly 2007. However, those plants and the surrounding infrastructure are old and haven’t been updated.

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Tesla Megapacks arrive for massive battery replacing coal plant

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JULY 14, 2025

The first of over 300 Tesla Megapacks have arrived to the site of a massive battery energy storage system (BESS) being built in Australia, dubbed the Stanwell Battery Project after a coal plant it’s set to replace. o ya Tesla currently has two Megapack production facilities, located in Lathrop, California, in the U.S.

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JUNE 16, 2025

His fields of expertise are environmental and energy economics, with a specific focus on the impacts and regulation of climate change and air pollution. How To Fix the Solar Cost Shift Is U.S.

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Extracting rare earth elements from coal with plasma assist

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FEBRUARY 13, 2020

The US National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) is collaborating with the University of Kentucky and their subcontractor Virginia Tech to demonstrate a novel process for the extraction of REEs from coal using plasma. However, domestic coal is of interest as a potentially abundant and easily accessible REE source in the US.

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EIA: US coal exports increased 23% between 2020 and 2021

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MARCH 17, 2022

In 2021, coal exports from the United States increased by 23% to 85 million metric short tons (MMst) from 69 MMst in 2020, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Steam coal exports increased by 47% to 40 MMst, and metallurgical coal exports increased by 8% to 45 MMst. MMst, or 77%, was steam coal).

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GlobalData: Global coal production set to grow to 2022, despite major players scaling down capacities

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MARCH 6, 2019

Although Germany, the UK, US, Canada and Ukraine are phasing out domestic coal production capacity, expansion of production capacity in countries such as India and Indonesia is predicted to generate modest annual growth of 1.3% in coal production over the next four years, with output reaching 7.6 to 7,188.8

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EIA forecasts US fossil fuel production to reach new highs in 2023

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JANUARY 23, 2022

After declining in 2020, the combined production of US fossil fuels (including natural gas, crude oil, and coal) increased by 2% in 2021 to 77.14 Of the total US fossil fuel production in 2021, dry natural gas accounted for 46%, the largest share. In 2020, US coal production had fallen to its lowest level since 1964.

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DOE announces $64M for research into future coal power plants

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FEBRUARY 8, 2020

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $64 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development (R&D) projects under the funding opportunity announcement ( DE-FOA-0002057 ), “Critical Components for Coal FIRST Power Plants of the Future.”. —Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy Steven Winberg.

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Nippon Steel to invest in Canadian coal company; steelmaking coal offtake agreement

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FEBRUARY 22, 2023

EVR), which will be spun-off from Teck as an independent publicly-listed Canadian company and will own and operate the steelmaking coal business previously conducted by Teck. The remainder of Teck’s business will be spun-off as the independent company Teck Metals, which will focus on base metals production.

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DOE to award $32M for FEED studies for production of rare earths and critical minerals and materials from coal

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JULY 15, 2023

Similarly, in 2021, for at least 43 of the 50 CMM, the United States imported more than half its consumption, with no domestic production of 14 CMM. Coal and coal production waste contain a wide variety of valuable rare earth elements that can be converted into clean energy technology components. DE-FOA-0002854 ).

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Study finds methane emissions from coal mines ~50% higher than previously thought

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FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The amount of methane released into the atmosphere as a result of coal mining is likely approximately 50% higher than previously estimated, according to research presented at the recent annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union. The authors point out that less coal production doesn’t translate to less methane.

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DOE announces up to $6M to develop clean energy products from coal and coal wastes

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AUGUST 8, 2022

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) has announced up to $6 million available ( DE-FOA-0002620 ) for research and development (R&D) projects that will repurpose domestic coal resources for products that can be employed in clean energy technologies such as batteries and advanced manufacturing.

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X-MAT successfully fabricates full cell battery with ceramic coal composite anode

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DECEMBER 21, 2021

X-MAT , the Advanced Materials Division of Semplastics , has successfully fabricated a full cell battery by combining a commercial cathode and its proprietary ceramic coal composite anode. The basic production process involves mixing raw powdered coal with a proprietary resin. To date, the company has received $10.7

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JERA and IHI to demo ammonia co-firing at a large-scale commercial coal-fired power plant

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MAY 30, 2021

This will be the world’s first demonstration project in which a large amount of ammonia will be co-fired in a large-scale commercial coal-fired power plant. Earlier in May, JERA and Yara agreed to cooperate in the ammonia value chain business, including development of a blue ammonia production plant.

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DOE awards $56.5M to 32 coal technology projects

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

million in federal funding to 32 cost-shared research and development (R&D) projects for advanced coal technologies and research under six separate funding opportunity announcements (FOAs). The first funding opportunity award is for $10 million for ten projects under DE-FOA-0001992, Maximizing the Coal Value Chain.

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Roskill: CO2 emissions from lithium production set to triple by 2025

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OCTOBER 6, 2020

With demand for lithium set to increase over the next decade, Roskill has calculated , using its in-house analysis, that CO 2 emissions from lithium production are set to triple by 2025 versus current levels and to grow by a factor of six by 2030, with the vast majority of this coming from mineral concentrate production, shipping and refining.

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Wärtsilä report finds accelerated adoption of renewables can reduce electricity production costs by up to 50%

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OCTOBER 11, 2021

The Front-Loading Net Zero report states that electricity production costs could be reduced by up to 50% by 2050 if countries and states adopt 100% renewable systems faster than currently planned. coal and gas), significantly reducing the overall levelised cost of electricity.

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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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EIA expects increased US crude oil production, with continued high petroleum prices in 2022

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MAY 11, 2022

The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasts that US crude oil production will average 11.9 million barrels per day in 2023, which would surpass the record average production of 12.3 US coal production will total 598 million short tons in 2022, which is a 3% increase from 2021.

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BMW Group secures CO2-reduced steel for global production network

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NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Following initial contracts with European suppliers, the BMW Group has now concluded further 2 -reduced-steel-for-global-production-network">agreements for the supply of CO 2 -reduced steel in the US and China. This manufacturing process has significant potential for CO 2 savings, compared to coal-based steel production in a blast furnace.

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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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Report: Plastics industry will release more GHGs than coal plants in the US by 2030

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OCTOBER 24, 2021

Plastics are on track to contribute more greenhouse gas emissions than coal plants in the US by 2030, according to new report by Beyond Plastics, a nationwide project based at Bennington College in Vermont. These 35 cracker facilities release as much GHG as 35 coal-fired power plants. million tons of GHG each year.

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First China-developed hydrogen fuel cell locomotive starts trial runs

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NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The first China-developed hydrogen fuel cell hybrid locomotive—from core power to main components—has started trial runs on a 627 km railway line for coal transport in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Source: Xinhua. and the Hydrogen Energy Co.,

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DOE awards $2M to Ohio University to develop products for energy storage and motors from coal waste

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MARCH 3, 2023

The Department of Energy (DOE) is funding six research and development projects that will repurpose domestic coal resources for high-value graphitic products and carbon-metal composites that can be employed in clean energy technologies. Earlier post.) Understanding ultra-conductive carbon metal composite wire for electric motors.

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Ramaco Carbon partnering with ORNL on new processes to make graphite from coal

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APRIL 6, 2023

Ramaco Carbon is partnering with Oak Ridge National Laboratory to develop new, large-scale processes for making graphite from coal. The conversion of coal to higher value materials, such as graphene, graphite or carbon nanotubes, is of high interest, and a number of researchers have proposed processes.

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SK Inc. Materials initiates blue ammonia business with offtake agreement with ExxonMobil

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FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Blue ammonia is produced by combining nitrogen and hydrogen derived from natural gas feedstocks with the CO 2 by-product captured and sequestered for permanent storage, ensuring less carbon is emitted through the process.

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Major deposits of rare earth elements reported at Ramaco’s Brook Mine in Wyoming

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MAY 4, 2023

In association with researchers from the Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) and analysts at mining consultancy Weir International, metallurgical coal producer Ramaco Resources released an independent Exploration Target report with technical assessment of rare earth elements (REE) found at its Brook Mine in Wyoming.

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Norwegian startup Blastr plans €4B green steel plant in Finland

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JANUARY 5, 2023

Norwegian startup Blastr Green Steel is planning to establish a green steel plant with an integrated hydrogen production facility in Inkoo, Finland. Fortum has developed the Joddböle area since the dismantling of its Inkoo coal-fired power plant there in 2017-2020. The production is planned to start by end of 2026.

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DOE awards $3M to MP Materials for project to extract rare earths from fossil fuel waste streams

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MAY 17, 2021

MP Materials has received a $3-million award from the Department of Energy (DOE) to complete a feasibility study, working with the University of Kentucky (UK), on a system to produce rare earth oxides, metals, and other critical materials recovered from coal by-products. Mountain Pass facility. Source: MP Materials.

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68% of primary energy imports to US in 2018 was crude oil; 48% of US energy exports were petroleum products

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FEBRUARY 18, 2020

The majority (69%) of primary energy imported into the United States in 2018 was crude oil, with petroleum products and natural gas also having significant shares, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Small amounts of biofuels, electricity, and coal were also imported. Coal category includes coal coke.

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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

The composite blocks can be made from low-cost and locally sourced materials, including the excavated soil at the construction site, but can also utilize waste materials such as mine tailings, coal combustion residuals (coal ash), and fiberglass from decommissioned wind turbine blades. barrel per ton of feedstock.

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BloombergNEF: clean energy investment in developing nations slumps as financing in China slows; coal burn surges to record high

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NOVEMBER 26, 2019

While the number of new clean power-generating plants completed stayed flat year-to-year, the volume of power derived from coal surged to a new high, according to Climatescope , an annual survey of 104 emerging markets conducted by research firm BloombergNEF (BNEF). thousand terawatt-hours in 2018, up from 6.4 thousand in 2017.

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Bosch to receive €160.7M in funding to support scale-up of solid-oxide fuel cell system production

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JULY 13, 2023

The aim of the funding project is to ensure the mass production and series ramp-up of the decentralized SOFC technology up to the start of series production. When the heat generated by the SOFC is also put to productive use, the SOFC system can even reach an overall efficiency of up to 90%.

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Samsung Heavy and Seaborg to develop floating nuclear power plant combined with hydrogen and ammonia plants

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APRIL 9, 2022

The floating nuclear power plant comes as a turn-key product, ready to be moored at an industrial harbor. An optional solution is to place a hydrogen or ammonia production plant next to the floating nuclear power plant utilizing the CO 2 -free fission energy to produce hydrogen and ammonia.

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Rice lab’s flash Joule heating extracts rare earth elements from waste at high yields

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FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The lab’s flash Joule heating process, introduced several years ago to produce graphene from any solid carbon source ( earlier post ), has now been applied to three sources of rare earth elements—coal fly ash, bauxite residue and electronic waste—to recover rare earth metals. —Deng et al. We have mountains of it.

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TMRC consortium awarded second phase of DOE contract targeting production of mixed rare earth oxides from PA coal waste

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MAY 10, 2021

TMRC’s project partners include Penn State, Jeddo Coal Company and McCarl’s. This is the fourth US Government award relating to the production of rare earth minerals in which Texas Mineral Resources has participated. The award value is approximately $1.1

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EIA: US fossil fuel consumption fell by 9% in 2020, the lowest level in nearly 30 years

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JULY 7, 2021

In 2020, total consumption of fossil fuels in the United States, including petroleum, natural gas, and coal, fell to 72.9 Petroleum products, including motor gasoline, distillate fuel oil (diesel), and hydrocarbon gas liquids (HGLs), accounted for 44% of US fossil fuel consumption in 2020.

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DOE Coal FIRST Initiative invests $80M in net-zero carbon electricity and hydrogen plants

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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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Hitachi Energy and H2 Green Steel partner to leverage electrification, digitalization, and hydrogen for green steel production

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JULY 25, 2022

H2 Green Steel, a Swedish industrial start-up, is on a mission to accelerate the global steel industry’s greatest technological shift by eliminating almost all of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions from the steel production process. H2 Green Steel production. Electrolysis is the starting point for the green steel production process.

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Study finds total greenhouse gas footprint of blue hydrogen “quite high” due to fugitive methane

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AUGUST 13, 2021

“Blue” hydrogen—produced through steam methane reforming (SMR) of natural gas or coal gasification, but with CO 2 capture and storage—is being described as having low or zero carbon emissions. Carbon dioxide emissions, including emissions from developing, processing, and transporting the fuels, are shown in orange.

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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

The US Department of Energy (DOE) awarded $19 million for 13 projects in traditionally fossil-fuel-producing communities across the country to support production of rare earth elements and critical minerals essential to the manufacturing of batteries, magnets, and other components important to the clean energy economy.

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DOE awards $1.95M for conceptual designs that extract critical minerals and rare earth elements from coal sources

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OCTOBER 7, 2020

million in federal funding to develop conceptual designs of commercially viable technologies that will extract rare earth elements (REEs) from US coal and coal by-product sources. The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy selected 13 projects to receive approximately $1.95

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Tesla Megapacks power on at Western Australia’s largest battery yet

IEEE Recognizes Itaipu Dam’s Engineering Achievements

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China’s BYD Going Big Mode in South Africa

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Tesla Megapacks arrive for massive battery replacing coal plant

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Extracting rare earth elements from coal with plasma assist

EIA: US coal exports increased 23% between 2020 and 2021

GlobalData: Global coal production set to grow to 2022, despite major players scaling down capacities

EIA forecasts US fossil fuel production to reach new highs in 2023

DOE announces $64M for research into future coal power plants

Nippon Steel to invest in Canadian coal company; steelmaking coal offtake agreement

DOE to award $32M for FEED studies for production of rare earths and critical minerals and materials from coal

Study finds methane emissions from coal mines ~50% higher than previously thought

DOE announces up to $6M to develop clean energy products from coal and coal wastes

X-MAT successfully fabricates full cell battery with ceramic coal composite anode

JERA and IHI to demo ammonia co-firing at a large-scale commercial coal-fired power plant

DOE awards $56.5M to 32 coal technology projects

Roskill: CO2 emissions from lithium production set to triple by 2025

Wärtsilä report finds accelerated adoption of renewables can reduce electricity production costs by up to 50%

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

EIA expects increased US crude oil production, with continued high petroleum prices in 2022

BMW Group secures CO2-reduced steel for global production network

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

Report: Plastics industry will release more GHGs than coal plants in the US by 2030

First China-developed hydrogen fuel cell locomotive starts trial runs

DOE awards $2M to Ohio University to develop products for energy storage and motors from coal waste

Ramaco Carbon partnering with ORNL on new processes to make graphite from coal

SK Inc. Materials initiates blue ammonia business with offtake agreement with ExxonMobil

Major deposits of rare earth elements reported at Ramaco’s Brook Mine in Wyoming

Norwegian startup Blastr plans €4B green steel plant in Finland

DOE awards $3M to MP Materials for project to extract rare earths from fossil fuel waste streams

68% of primary energy imports to US in 2018 was crude oil; 48% of US energy exports were petroleum products

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

BloombergNEF: clean energy investment in developing nations slumps as financing in China slows; coal burn surges to record high

Bosch to receive €160.7M in funding to support scale-up of solid-oxide fuel cell system production

Samsung Heavy and Seaborg to develop floating nuclear power plant combined with hydrogen and ammonia plants

Rice lab’s flash Joule heating extracts rare earth elements from waste at high yields

TMRC consortium awarded second phase of DOE contract targeting production of mixed rare earth oxides from PA coal waste

EIA: US fossil fuel consumption fell by 9% in 2020, the lowest level in nearly 30 years

DOE Coal FIRST Initiative invests $80M in net-zero carbon electricity and hydrogen plants

Hitachi Energy and H2 Green Steel partner to leverage electrification, digitalization, and hydrogen for green steel production

Study finds total greenhouse gas footprint of blue hydrogen “quite high” due to fugitive methane

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

DOE awards $1.95M for conceptual designs that extract critical minerals and rare earth elements from coal sources

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