Coal, Resource and Transportation

DOE awards U of North Dakota $2.5M to sample and characterize coal-based resources containing rare earth elements

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OCTOBER 30, 2017

million contract to sample and characterize US coal-based resources containing high concentrations of rare earth elements (REEs). The university will also perform a round-robin inter-laboratory study on the analytical methods used to measure the concentration of REEs in US coal-based resources.

North Dakota

North Dakota Coal Universal Transportation

Hydrogen embrittlement in ferritic steels creates complications for clean energy storage, transportation

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OCTOBER 6, 2020

As the global energy market shifts from coal, petroleum fuel, and natural gas to more environmentally friendly primary energy sources, hydrogen is becoming a crucial pillar in the clean energy movement. As new experimental techniques are refined it is expected the field will continue to develop at a remarkable pace.

Energy Storage

Energy Storage Hydrogen Clean Cleaning

Consortium moves ahead with HESC pilot for conversion of Australian coal to LH2 for transport to Japan

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APRIL 18, 2018

The Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain ( HESC ) project will convert brown coal from the AGL Loy Yang mine into hydrogen at an adjacent site and then transport the gas by road in high pressure tube trailers to a liquefaction terminal at the Port of Hastings. J-Power will use its gasification technology for gasification of brown coal.

Japan

Japan Coal Transportation Australia

NETL publishes review of safety challenges of production, transportation and storage of hydrogen

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AUGUST 23, 2023

The National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has published The Hydrogen Safety Review for Gas Turbines, SOFC, and High Temperature Hydrogen Production to review and summarize the unique safety challenges involved with the production, transportation and storage of hydrogen.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Transportation Production Waste

Ethanol-fueled solid oxide fuel cells with HEA internal reforming catalyst for transportation applications

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AUGUST 27, 2023

Researchers from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of Connecticut have demonstrated high-performance metal-supported solid oxide fuel cells (MS-SOFC) with an integrated high entropy alloy (HEA) internal reforming catalyst (IRC) for transportation applications using ethanol and methanol as fuels. doi: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2023.233544

International

International Fuel Transportation Water

Exhausted: How We Can Stop Lithium Mining from Depleting Water Resources, Draining Wetlands, and Harming Communities in South America

CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 14, 2022

To mitigate the worst impacts of climate change, we must transition away from fossil fuels like petroleum and coal and toward clean energy generation and zero-emission transportation options. Lithium resources are concentrated in locations that have […].

South America

South America Lithium Ion Exhaust Climate Change

Study suggests China urban passenger transport emissions could peak in 2030

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AUGUST 9, 2019

A team of researchers in China suggest that, in the context of promoting the use of clean fuel vehicles and increasing vehicle fuel efficiency, CO 2 emissions of China’s urban passenger transport sector could reach a peak of 225 MtCO 2 in 2030. A paper on their study appears in the journal Energy Policy.

Transportation

Transportation Emissions China Taxi

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.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Gas Coal Exhaust

Rostec and Shenhua to invest up to $10B into coal mine development and infrastructure in Russian Far East; coal and power

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Russian State Corporation Rostec, one of the largest Russian industrial conglomerates, and Chinese State Corporation Shenhua, the world’s leading producer and distributor of coal, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding. High calorific value coal concentrate will be exported to Asia-Pacific countries, mainly to China. billion tons.

Coal

Coal Power Powered Asia

DOE awarding about $16M to four projects for advanced gasification systems; focus on coal

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NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Awardees will receive approximately $16 million to advance the gasification process, which converts carbon-based materials such as coal into syngas for use as power, chemicals, hydrogen, and transportation fuels. Advanced Gasifier and Water-Gas Shift Technologies for Low-Cost Coal Conversion to High-Hydrogen Syngas.

Coal

Coal Hydrogen Conversion Gas

Lux: alternative fuels in China could replace up to 483B GGE in 2020; coal-to-ethanol conversion offers near-term potential

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APRIL 14, 2015

China’s shift toward alternative fuels in order to cut its reliance on imported oil is creating large opportunities, notably in natural gas vehicles (NGVs) and in the conversion of coal to ethanol, according to a new report from Lux Research. Coal-to-ethanol is on verge of large-scale commercialization. Renewable resources.

Alternative Fuels

Alternative Fuels Coal Conversion China

Study from Thuringia shows 50% of harmful soot comes from local sources, 50% from long-distance transport

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JUNE 12, 2021

During transport, ageing processes not only change the chemical composition of the particles, but also influence their physical properties (e.g. Long-distance transport also affects the chemical composition of aerosol particles through the origin of the air masses. forest fires).

Transportation

Transportation Germany Climate Change Climate

$1.1B Huineng SNG plant goes on-stream transforming coal into natural gas in China

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NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Topsoe has designed the methanation section of this plant, which is the company’s second large-scale coal-based industrial SNG reference to begin operations in China following last years’ opening of Qinghua, the world’s largest SNG plant located in the Xinjiang region. Block diagram with major units of an SNG plant. Click to enlarge.

Coal

Coal Gas China Mongolia

BNEF: Net-zero transition potentially a $3.5T investment opportunity for Indonesia

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NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Today, coal-fired plants meet more than 60% of Indonesia’s power demand. Under the ETS, coal’s share rises to a peak of 74% by 2027 and then declines to 24% in 2050. Due to its wealth of nickel resources, Indonesia has already attracted plans for 25 gigawatt-hours of battery manufacturing capacity. trillion under the NZS.

Indonesia

Indonesia Coal Lithium Ion Asia

Haldor Topsoe and Yanchang form joint venture and build methanol catalyst facility in China

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JULY 29, 2021

Shaanxi Yangchang Petroleum, an energy & chemical giant in China, is engaged in efficient development, comprehensive utilization and deep conversion of petroleum, natural gas, coal, and other resources, ranking 265 among the Fortune Global Top 500. Yanchang was established in 1905 with the approval of the government of Qing Dynasty.

China

China Building Coal Chinese

DOE soliciting projects in advanced coal gasification for high carbon-capture power production and/or liquid fuels

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FEBRUARY 26, 2014

The US DOE is soliciting ( DE-FOA-0001051 ) projects for up to $10 million in awards to target technological advancements to lower the cost of producing hydrogen and/or high-hydrogen syngas from coal for use in 90% carbon capture power generation and/or gasification-based liquid (transportation) fuel production: methanol or diesel.

Coal

Coal Carbon Fuel Power

Kawasaki Heavy to build first ocean-going liquid hydrogen tanker with demo in 2017; H2 for transport, industry, power in Japan

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

As part of Japan’s WE-NET (World Energy Network) research program of the New Sunshine Project begun in 1993, Kawasaki and its other industrial colleagues in Japan have been considering the large-scale marine transportation of liquid hydrogen for some time (e.g., Resources. Storage tank capacity of 250,000 m 3. Nakamura, I.

Japan

Japan Hydrogen 2017 Transportation

EIA: US energy-related CO2 emissions in 2012 lowest since 1994; reflects drop in coal use

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APRIL 5, 2013

The largest drop in emissions in 2012 came from coal, which is used almost exclusively for electricity generation. During 2012, particularly in the spring and early summer, low natural gas prices led to competition between natural gas- and coal-fired electric power generators. Lincoln F.

Coal

Coal 2012 Emissions Energy

Conservation group opposing Thacker Pass lithium mine seeks endangered status for Kings River pyrg (snail)

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Thacker Pass is the largest known lithium resource in the United States. The sedimentary-clay deposit at Thacker Pass will use similar mining techniques to many coal deposits. In 2019, Lithium Americas entered into a mine design, consulting and mine operations agreement with Sawtooth Mining, a subsidiary of North American Coal.

Nevada

Nevada Coal Pollution Argentina

EIA: world energy consumption to grow 56% 2010-2040, CO2 up 46%; use of liquid fuels in transportation up 38%

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JULY 25, 2013

In the Reference case, all the growth in liquids use is in the transportation and industrial sectors. In the transportation sector, in particular, liquid fuels continue to provide most of the energy consumed. Despite rising fuel prices, use of liquids for transportation increases by an average of 1.1% million barrels per day.

2010

2010 Transportation Fuel Energy

MIT Report Finds Natural Gas Has Significant Potential to Displace Coal, Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Role in Transportation More Limited

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JUNE 26, 2010

Natural gas will play a leading role in reducing greenhouse-gas emissions over the next several decades, largely by replacing older, inefficient coal plants with highly efficient combined-cycle gas generation, according to a major new interim report out from MIT. The first two reports dealt with nuclear power (2003) and coal (2007).

MIT

MIT Coal Gas Emissions

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 million tons of coal tar was further processed. Credit: ACS, Kan et al.

Coal

Coal Gasoline Diesel Hydrogen

CMU study finds that coal retirement is needed for EVs to reduce air pollution

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FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Electric vehicles charged in coal-heavy regions can create more human health and environmental damages from life cycle air emissions than gasoline vehicles, according to a new consequential life cycle analysis by researchers from Carnegie Mellon University. That’s why the shift away from coal is so important for EVs. Jeremy Michalek.

Coal

Coal Pollution Grid Gasoline-Electric

DOE to provide ~$1B in cost-shared funding to FutureGen; oxy-combustion of coal with carbon capture and storage

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JANUARY 16, 2014

Project is a public-private partnership formed for the purpose of developing the world’s first commercial-scale, coal-fueled oxy-combustion electric generation project integrated with carbon capture and geologic storage. Earlier post.) The FutureGen 2.0 Project (DOE/EIS-0460). For the FutureGen 2.0 Click to enlarge. million tons (1.1

Coal

Coal Carbon Illinois Jacksonville

Stanford study finds current carbon capture technology inefficient & increases air pollution

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OCTOBER 27, 2019

Even if you have 100 percent capture from the capture equipment, it is still worse, from a social cost perspective, than replacing a coal or gas plant with a wind farm because carbon capture never reduces air pollution and always has a capture equipment cost. Only when wind replaced coal itself did social costs decrease.

Pollution

Pollution Carbon Coal Wind

B9 Coal Assembles Consortium to Combine Underground Coal Gasification, Alkaline Fuel Cells and Carbon Capture and Storage

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AUGUST 26, 2010

UK-based B9 Coal, established in 2009 with the objective of developing projects combining Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) with Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and alkaline hydrogen fuel cells, is bringing together a consortium including WSP Group, AFC Energy and Linc Energy to develop such a project.

Coal

Coal Carbon Fuel Climate Change

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

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MARCH 13, 2013

million cooperative agreement with the US Department of Energy to test an innovative method for producing liquid transportation fuels from coal and biomass, thereby improving the economics and lifecycle impacts of coal-to-liquid (CTL) and coal-biomass-to-liquid (CBTL) processes. In January, SRI entered into a $1.5-million

Transportation

Transportation Coal Fuel Production

ExxonMobil projects natural gas will overtake coal as second most widely used source of energy by 2025

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JUNE 6, 2012

By 2025, ExxonMobil predicts natural gas will overtake coal to become the second most widely used source of energy worldwide. The need for natural gas resources is greatest in regions like the Asia-Pacific, where energy demand is projected to grow by more than 50% over the next three decades, ExxonMobil says. —Rex Tillerson.

Coal

Coal Gas North America Energy

Americans Using Less Energy Overall and Using More Renewable Energy Resources

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AUGUST 24, 2010

The United States used significantly less coal and petroleum in 2009 than in 2008, and significantly more wind power. EIA reports flows for non-thermal resources (i.e., EIA reports flows for non-thermal resources (i.e., Energy use in the residential, commercial, industrial and transportation arenas all declined by.22,09,

Energy

Energy Renewable 2009 Wind

Keliber says studies show its lithium hydroxide will have smaller carbon footprint than most of the competition

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MARCH 10, 2022

The analysis has been performed according to the model by World Resources Institute, and it encompasses all CO 2 emissions associated with the company’s own production at the mine site, refining facility, and transport between these facilities (Scope 1), as well as the emissions emanating from the production of purchased electricity (Scope 2). ?.

Carbon

Carbon Chile Australia Emissions

DOE to award $160M to improve fossil-based hydrogen production, transport, storage, and utilization

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JANUARY 16, 2021

The funding, for cost-shared cooperative agreements, is aimed to develop technologies for the production, transport, storage, and utilization of fossil-based hydrogen, with progress towards net-zero carbon emissions. This will enable the US to continue to extract the maximum economic value from fossil fuel energy resources.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Transportation Production Carbon

EIA projects decline in transportation sector energy consumption through 2037 despite increase in VMT, followed by increase

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JANUARY 28, 2019

For the Transportation sector, EIA projects that energy consumption will decline between 2019 and 2037 (in the Reference case) because increases in fuel economy more than offset growth in vehicle miles traveled (VMT). This growth arises from increases in air transportation outpacing increases in aircraft fuel efficiency.

Transportation

Transportation Energy Fuel Economy 2018

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. Clean Coal Ltd. Clean Coal Ltd. Stealth Ventures Ltd.

Coal

Coal Clean Cleaning United Kingdom

DKRW Advanced Fuels signs major off-take contract for 100% of coal-derived gasoline from Medicine Bow project

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DECEMBER 1, 2011

The contract is one of the first major commercial agreements in the US for the sale of liquid transport fuels made from coal. The Medicine Bow project will use Carbon Basin coal optioned from DKRW partner (and coal mine operator) Arch Coal to produce refined hydrocarbon liquid products.

Coal

Coal Gasoline Wyoming Fuel

EIA projects increases in global energy consumption and emissions through 2050

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OCTOBER 7, 2021

Liquid fuels remain the largest source of energy consumption, driven largely by the industrial and transportation sectors. Renewables will be the primary source for new electricity generation, but natural gas, coal, and increasingly batteries will be used to help meet load and support grid reliability.

Global

Global Energy Emissions Asia

Updated NETL study provides more detailed economic and environmental assessment of coal-to-liquids and CTL with modest biomass

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MAY 15, 2012

The National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has released a follow-on study to its 2009 evaluation of the economic and environmental performance of Coal-to-Liquids (CTL) and CTL with modest amounts of biomass mixed in (15% by weight) for the production of zero-sulfure diesel fuel. per gallon increase in fuel price over the coal cases.

Coal

Coal Diesel Oil Prices Water

Altona Energy enters into coal and biomass gasification cooperation agreement with Rentech

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MAY 13, 2011

The agreement with Rentech includes working together to evaluate coal and biomass gasification projects for the application of Rentech’s technologies in South Australia, where the Arckaringa Project is located. billion tonne Arckaringa coal resource (of which 1.287 billion tonnes is JORC compliant). Earlier post.)

Coal

Coal Energy Australia Chinese

Pertamina to collaborate with Celanese to develop fuel ethanol projects using Celanese TCX process in Indonesia; use of lower-rank coal

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JULY 19, 2012

TCX builds on Celanese’s acetyl platform and integrates new technologies to produce ethanol using basic hydrocarbon feedstocks—natural gas, coal and pet coke now, with biomass and waste planned for the future. Earlier post.). So far, Celanese has been targeting the industrial ethanol market as part of its acetyl business.

Indonesia

Indonesia Coal Fuel Gasoline

Oxford Resource Partners and Mendel Biotechnology, Inc. Launch Miscanthus Biomass Pilot Project on Reclaimed Mine Land in Ohio

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Oxford Resource Partners, LP, a low-cost producer of high-value steam coal in Northern Appalachia and the Illinois Basin, and Mendel Biotechnology, Inc. Oxford markets its coal primarily to large electric utilities with coal-fired, base-load scrubbed power plants under long-term coal sales contracts.

Ohio

Ohio Coal Columbus Illinois

BioJet forms strategic alliance with Council of Energy Resource Tribes (CERT); envisioning up to $1B in joint projects over 10 years

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JANUARY 27, 2012

The Council of Energy Resource Tribes (CERT) and BioJet International have formed a strategic business relationship. CERT members collectively own and manage more than 30% of the coal west of the Mississippi; 40% of domestic uranium; and 10% of known national oil and gas reserves in the United States. Earlier post.).

Mississippi

Mississippi Energy United States 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 Coal seam gas and LNG. Source: QCLNG EIS.

Coal

Coal Gas Australia Water

CSIRO study finds little to no environmental impact from fracing in Queensland

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APRIL 27, 2020

A comprehensive three-year scientific study into the air, water and soil impacts of hydraulic fracturing (HF) in coal seam gas (CSG) in Queensland, Australia has found little to no impacts on air quality, soils, groundwater and waterways.

Coal

Coal Water Australia Gas

Hydro-Québec will support the clean hydrogen sector in Québec

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DECEMBER 8, 2019

In addition to having access to Québec’s vast water resources to generate green, renewable power at competitive prices, Hydro-Québec has everything it needs to support the development of green hydrogen. Road and trail transportation. Québec has vast hydraulic resources in the form of some 500,000 lakes and 4,500 rivers.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Clean Cleaning Gas-Electric

MIT study estimates ~7,500 early deaths per year in UK from PM2.5 from transport

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APRIL 19, 2012

concentration due to combustion emissions from (a) power generation; (b) commercial, institutional, residential, and agricultural sources; (c) industry; (d) road transport; (e) other transport; and (f) all UK combustion sources. exposure attributable to transport (as a whole) is BC [black carbon]. Annual average PM 2.5

MIT

MIT Transportation United Kingdom Emissions

DOE awards U of North Dakota $2.5M to sample and characterize coal-based resources containing rare earth elements

Hydrogen embrittlement in ferritic steels creates complications for clean energy storage, transportation

Consortium moves ahead with HESC pilot for conversion of Australian coal to LH2 for transport to Japan

NETL publishes review of safety challenges of production, transportation and storage of hydrogen

Ethanol-fueled solid oxide fuel cells with HEA internal reforming catalyst for transportation applications

Exhausted: How We Can Stop Lithium Mining from Depleting Water Resources, Draining Wetlands, and Harming Communities in South America

Study suggests China urban passenger transport emissions could peak in 2030

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

Rostec and Shenhua to invest up to $10B into coal mine development and infrastructure in Russian Far East; coal and power

DOE awarding about $16M to four projects for advanced gasification systems; focus on coal

Lux: alternative fuels in China could replace up to 483B GGE in 2020; coal-to-ethanol conversion offers near-term potential

Study from Thuringia shows 50% of harmful soot comes from local sources, 50% from long-distance transport

$1.1B Huineng SNG plant goes on-stream transforming coal into natural gas in China

BNEF: Net-zero transition potentially a $3.5T investment opportunity for Indonesia

Haldor Topsoe and Yanchang form joint venture and build methanol catalyst facility in China

DOE soliciting projects in advanced coal gasification for high carbon-capture power production and/or liquid fuels

Kawasaki Heavy to build first ocean-going liquid hydrogen tanker with demo in 2017; H2 for transport, industry, power in Japan

EIA: US energy-related CO2 emissions in 2012 lowest since 1994; reflects drop in coal use

Conservation group opposing Thacker Pass lithium mine seeks endangered status for Kings River pyrg (snail)

EIA: world energy consumption to grow 56% 2010-2040, CO2 up 46%; use of liquid fuels in transportation up 38%

MIT Report Finds Natural Gas Has Significant Potential to Displace Coal, Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Role in Transportation More Limited

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

CMU study finds that coal retirement is needed for EVs to reduce air pollution

DOE to provide ~$1B in cost-shared funding to FutureGen; oxy-combustion of coal with carbon capture and storage

Stanford study finds current carbon capture technology inefficient & increases air pollution

B9 Coal Assembles Consortium to Combine Underground Coal Gasification, Alkaline Fuel Cells and Carbon Capture and Storage

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

ExxonMobil projects natural gas will overtake coal as second most widely used source of energy by 2025

Americans Using Less Energy Overall and Using More Renewable Energy Resources

Keliber says studies show its lithium hydroxide will have smaller carbon footprint than most of the competition

DOE to award $160M to improve fossil-based hydrogen production, transport, storage, and utilization

EIA projects decline in transportation sector energy consumption through 2037 despite increase in VMT, followed by increase

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

DKRW Advanced Fuels signs major off-take contract for 100% of coal-derived gasoline from Medicine Bow project

EIA projects increases in global energy consumption and emissions through 2050

Updated NETL study provides more detailed economic and environmental assessment of coal-to-liquids and CTL with modest biomass

Altona Energy enters into coal and biomass gasification cooperation agreement with Rentech

Pertamina to collaborate with Celanese to develop fuel ethanol projects using Celanese TCX process in Indonesia; use of lower-rank coal

Oxford Resource Partners and Mendel Biotechnology, Inc. Launch Miscanthus Biomass Pilot Project on Reclaimed Mine Land in Ohio

BioJet forms strategic alliance with Council of Energy Resource Tribes (CERT); envisioning up to $1B in joint projects over 10 years

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

CSIRO study finds little to no environmental impact from fracing in Queensland

Hydro-Québec will support the clean hydrogen sector in Québec

MIT study estimates ~7,500 early deaths per year in UK from PM2.5 from transport

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