Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2010

Water purification technology company Aquatech has been awarded a contract for a Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) plant for a coal-to-chemicals facility in Hailer in Inner Mongolia. of it, producing 2000 m 3 /day (528,000 gallons US/day) of process water and 220 m 3 /day (58,000 gallons US/day) of distilled water for various end-user applications.

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Coal Mongolia Chinese Water 210

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JUNE 26, 2020

Two versions of the process were developed more or less in parallel, with the U-GAS technology developed for gasification of all ranks of coal and the RENUGAS technology for gasification of highly reactive fuels such as peat, biomass, pulp mill residues and wastes. GTI gasification technology.

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Renewable Design Coal 2000 221

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JUNE 13, 2012

Oil demand grew by less than 1%—the slowest rate amongst fossil fuels—while gas grew by 2.2%, and coal was the only fossil fuel with above average annual consumption growth at 5.4% Coal was again the fastest growing fossil fuel with predictable consequences for carbon emissions; it now accounts for 30.3% globally, and 8.4%

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Coal Oil Renewable Saudi Arabia 261

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JANUARY 21, 2010

Headwaters direct coal liquefaction process. Headwaters Inc and Axens are forming a strategic alliance to provide a single-source solution for producing synthetic fuels by direct coal liquefaction (DCL) alone or in combination with refinery residues or biomass. billion from 1975-2000 to develop DCL technology. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 5, 2011

billion) in total, Alstom has signed a power plant contract worth the equivalent of more than €650 million (US$923 million) with Tenaga Janamanjung Sdn Bhd to provide key power generation equipment to South East Asia’s first 1000 MW supercritical coal-fired power plant Manjung, Malaysia. In a project worth about €1 billion (US$1.4

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Malaysia Coal Asia Building 210

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MAY 17, 2024

In his last stint at Adani Enterprise, he managed operations and commercials of 59 million tonnes/ Rs 6600 crore spend base in FY23 of coal and other commodities, reaching 2000+ customers in India through road & rail, heading three separate business segments.

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Transportation 2000 India Mariner 40

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NOVEMBER 28, 2019

Fine particulate air pollution is composed of tiny solids and liquids floating in the air that come from sources such as motor vehicles, coal-fired power plants, and wildfires. —Yaguang Wei, a doctoral candidate at Harvard Chan School and lead author. Researchers classified the diseases into 214 disease groups. To estimate daily PM 2.5

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APRIL 18, 2018

coal, wood, and dung) for cooking and heating. billion people—one in three global citizens—were exposed to household air pollution from the use of solid fuels (for example, coal, wood, charcoal, dung, or other biomass) for cooking and heating. was industrial coal; transportation followed as a close second.

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Pollution Coal 2016 India 218

Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2014

For the first time since UCS began the Automaker Rankings report in 2000, all eight major automakers reduced their average greenhouse gas (GHG) and smog-forming emissions compared to their fleet averages from 1998, the model year examined in the first report. Climate Change Coal Emissions Fuel Efficiency' Source: UCS. Click to enlarge.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 19, 2024

The project is expected to create approximately 2000 direct and indirect job opportunities, contributing to the socio-economic development of the region. The strategic advantage of the project is enhanced by Jharsuguda’s recognition as India’s aluminium hub, a region extensively utilizing coal tar pitch.

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MARCH 27, 2017

Specific circumstances, such as the very warm fourth quarter of 2015 and relatively low natural gas prices, put downward pressure on emissions as natural gas was substituted for coal in electricity generation. Coal’s share of total electricity generation in the power sector fell from 54% in 1990 to 34% in 2015. between 2014 and 2015.

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2015 Transportation CO2 Energy 150

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APRIL 4, 2016

Conventional direct reduced iron is produced by the reduction (removal of oxygen) of iron oxide lumps or pellets at 800-1050 °C—below the melting point of iron (1536 °C)—by interaction with reductants (H2+CO) derived from natural gas or coal. Resources. Fortini H.W.

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CO2 Production Coal Hydrogen 150

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MAY 15, 2014

Shale gas in particular has grown rapidly, from less than one percent of US production in 2000 to 34% in 2012, and projections show strong production growth continuing for the foreseeable future. Advances in technologies for extracting oil and gas from shale formations have dramatically increased production in the United States.

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Climate Gas Coal Gas-Electric 199

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

They used a lot more coal than they originally admitted to, several hundred million tons more. Like many other people, we were writing articles around 2000 about the decline in China’s energy consumption in the late 1990s. Like the United States, China has become among the world’s largest importers of oil, gas and coal.

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Environment Energy Coal United States 210

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JULY 20, 2012

Some of the findings of the report include: Global consumption of coal (responsible for about 40% total CO 2 emissions) grew in 2011 by 5%, whereas global consumption of natural gas and oil products increased by only 2% and 1%, respectively. Coal consumption in China increased by 9.7% Japan (4%).

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2011 Emissions CO2 Global 236

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MAY 6, 2010

In 2009, the carbon intensity of the electric power sector decreased by nearly 4.3%, primarily due to fuel switching as the price of coal rose 6.8% Increased use of natural gas in place of coal caused the sector’s carbon intensity to decrease. The average decline in energy intensity from 2000 to 2008 was 2.0%.

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2009 Emissions Carbon Transportation 239

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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

The authors, under the umbrella of the Global Carbon Project , reported a 29% increase in global CO 2 emissions from fossil fuel between 2000 and 2008 (the latest year for which figures are available), and by 41% between 2008 and 1990, the reference year of the Kyoto Protocol. between 2000 and 2008, compared with 1% per year in the 1990s.

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2008 Emissions Carbon Climate Change 218

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DECEMBER 18, 2014

The emissions increase in the United States in 2013 (+2.5%) was mainly due to a shift in power production from gas back to coal together with an increase in gas consumption due to a higher demand for space heating. The much lower emissions increase in China of 4.2% in 2013 and 3.4% The consumption of oil products increased by 1.7%

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2013 Emissions Global CO2 240

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MAY 29, 2012

From 2000 to 2010, China’s energy use grew 130%, up from a growth of 50% the previous decade. China’s share of global energy-related CO 2 emissions has increased in just eight years from 14% in 2000 to 22% in 2008. Eighty percent of those emissions came from coal, making China the consumer of about half the world’s coal.

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Climate Change MIT Climate Tax 324

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MARCH 8, 2015

Apart from combustion of leaded gasoline, major sources of anthropogenic Pb emissions include mining, metallurgical processing, and coal burning. Record of the ratio of the lead isotopes 208Pb/207Pb in the Illimani ice core during the period AD 1850–2000. —Anja Eichler, first author. Resources. Eichler, G. Gramlich, T.

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South America Gasoline Emissions America 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2014

giga tonne carbon dioxide equivalent (GtCO 2 eq) (2.2%) per year from 2000 to 2010 compared to 0.4 GtCO 2 eq (1.3%) per year from 1970 to 2000. Total anthropogenic GHG emissions were the highest in human history from 2000 to 2010 and reached 49 (±4.5) GtCO 2 eq/yr in 2010.

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Emissions Climate Change 2000 Climate 257

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MAY 14, 2013

The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) has released a new report, State-Level Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions, 2000-2010. For example, some states are located near abundant hydroelectric supplies, while others contain abundant coal resources. From 2000 to 2010, CO 2 emissions fell in 32 states and rose in 18 states.

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2010 Emissions California Transportation 236

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JANUARY 13, 2013

Unintentional emission sectors: Coal burning, ferrous- and non-ferrous (Au, Cu, Hg, Pb, Zn) metal production, cement production. Artisanal and small-scale gold mining and coal burning are the major sources of anthropogenic mercury emissions to air. Use of coal for power generation and industry is increasing, especially in Asia.

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Mercury Emissions 2013 Global 262

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NOVEMBER 22, 2010

The poor improvements in carbon intensity were caused by an increased share of fossil-fuel CO 2 emissions produced by emerging economies with a relatively high carbon intensity, and an increasing reliance on coal.

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2010 Global Emissions CO2 210

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JUNE 3, 2012

Projected changes in summer mean usable capacity of power plants in the US and Europe for the SRES A2 emissions scenario for the 2040s (2031–2060) relative to the control period (1971–2000). Source: van Vliet et al. Click to enlarge. A study published in Nature Climate Change suggests that thermoelectric power plants (i.e.,

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Climate Change Water Climate Europe 244

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NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Lux Research has investigated the trends of corporate financing of alternative fuels from oil majors, based on a non-exhaustive database of more than 1,000 deals and partnership engagements from 2000 through September, 2014.

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Alternative Fuels Oil Chevron Fuel 225

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Remember when the dot.com bubble burst in 2000 and, seemingly overnight, some companies ceased making millions hand-over-fist? With subsidies long in place for nuclear, coal and gas in the US along with the cheap cost of production for coal and natural gas, solar is essentially competing with that $0.10/kWh

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Solar Energy Future New Jersey 246

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AUGUST 14, 2012

Since 1949, the 2011 decline in coal generation of more 6% is second only to the decline in 2009 of almost 12%. As recently as 2005, coal’s share of electric power sector generation was more than 51%. and 3.2%, respectively) as these sectors rely heavily on electricity to meet their energy needs.

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2011 Emissions Energy CO2 231

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AUGUST 29, 2013

2000 (90% CI: 0–4,000) early deaths from ozone, according to the study. The largest impact was seen in the east-central United States and in the Midwest: Eastern power plants tend to use coal with higher sulfur content than Western plants. 52,000 (90% CI: 23,000–94,000) PM 2.5 related and ?2,000 2,000 (90% CI: ?300

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MIT Emissions Ozone Power 378

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FEBRUARY 24, 2016

A paper by a team from the University of Chicago and MIT suggests that technology-driven cost reductions in fossil fuels will lead to the continued use of fossil fuels—oil, gas, and coal—unless governments pass new taxes on carbon emissions. for oil, 24% for coal, and 20% for natural gas.

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Chicago MIT Carbon Tax 150

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

Between 2000 and 2012, these included mandating the closure of many polluting sources, auditing companies that produced large amounts of toxic and hazardous materials, setting pollutant emissions standards, and promoting energy efficiency and pollution reduction. Particulate matter is released by coal-burning plants and other sources.

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Pollution Chinese 2001 2010 218

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Underlying global demand for energy by 2050 could triple from its 2000 level if emerging economies follow historical patterns of development. But this still leaves a gap between business as-usual supply and business-as-usual demand of around 400 EJ/a: the size of the whole industry in 2000. Zone of uncertainty. Supply-demand tensions.

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DECEMBER 28, 2022

The new breeder reactors in China, meanwhile, are demonstration projects, the second step in a three-step program to develop fast breeder reactors to reduce the country’s dependence on coal. The country will soon decide whether to continue to the third step of building a commercial 1,000-MW breeder reactor.

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Russia China United States United Kingdom 113

Green Car Congress

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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Coal Low Cost 2007 2012 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

The main reason for the increase is the accelerated economic activity in India and China over the last 20 years; top sources of black carbon include shipping, vehicle emissions, coal burning and inefficient stoves. According to Menon’s data, black carbon emitted in India increased by 46% from 1990 to 2000 and by another 51% from 2000 to 2010.

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Carbon India 2000 Bangladesh 186

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MAY 1, 2011

billion coal-gasification project, but called off the project in late 2009 due to high capital requirements, the narrow difference between petroleum and natural gas prices and uncertain US energy policy. van Wijk sold Saturn to Methanex in 2000 due to funding issues. Eastman originally bought the plant in 2007 for a $1.6-billion

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Alaska Gasoline Gas Trinidad 257

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AUGUST 22, 2014

Other results include: a 66% reduction in benzene; a nearly 60% reduction in mercury from man-made sources such as coal-fired power plants; an 84% decrease of lead in outdoor air; the removal of an estimated 1.5 The EPA issued the first Urban Air Toxics Report to Congress in 2000.

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