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FEBRUARY 5, 2013

project development with a new cooperative agreement between the FutureGen Industrial Alliance and DOE for a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Illinois. In cooperation with the FutureGen project partners, the Department of Energy is investing in the upgrade of a coal-fired power plant in Meredosia, Ill.

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Coal Illinois Exhaust Carbon 252

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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 Powered 218

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OCTOBER 30, 2024

He says that this giant building and four others DataBank has recently built or is planning in the Atlanta area will together add 133,000 square meters (1.44 Hundreds of electricians swarm the building to wire it up in just a few days. For now, the industry’s mantra is “Build, baby, build.”

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Portland Carbon Coal Emissions 140

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

The Excel-based Upstream Dashboard provides “upstream” data for lifecycle analysis of coal, natural gas, crude oil, uranium, and biomass, as well as gasoline, ethanol, jet fuel, and diesel derived from either petroleum or coal-gasification.

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Fuel Coal Climate Change Illinois 236

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FEBRUARY 9, 2010

intends to join the FutureGen Alliance, a public-private partnership established to build a first-of-its-kind coal-fired, near-zero emissions power plant in Mattoon, Illinois. Caterpillar Inc.

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Coal Illinois United States Gas-Electric 210

Green Car Congress

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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SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

The selected projects focus on advancing the development of a suite of post-combustion CO 2 capture and supersonic compression systems for new and existing coal-based electric generating plants, specifically: (1) supersonic compression systems; (2) small pilot-scale (from 0.5 FuelCell Energy Inc. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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Fuel Coal CO2 Exhaust 150

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MAY 11, 2009

a Fischer-Tropsch process company, plans to build a plant in Rialto, California for the production of synthetic fuels and electric power from renewable waste biomass feedstocks. The Rentech Process is based on Fischer-Tropsch chemistry. Click to enlarge. Rentech, Inc. , Earlier post.).

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California Power Powered Building 170

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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. The projects’ total value is approximately $35.8 Risk Assessment.

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CO2 Coal Austin Store 225

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JANUARY 28, 2023

In states (or countries ) with a high proportion of coal-generated electricity, the miles needed to break-even climb more. Hundreds of billions in annual investment are needed not only to fix the current public transport system but to build new ones to significantly reduce car dependency in America.

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Climate Change Climate San Diego Emissions 142

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

This effort will build on Austin Energy’s existing Smart Grid programs by creating a microgrid that will initially link 1,000 residential smart meters, 75 commercial meters, and plug-in electric vehicle charging sites. . Pecan Street Project (TX). 29,561,142. 125,006,103. Pacific Gas & Electric Company (CA). 25,000,000. 24,978,264.

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Energy Storage Grid Energy Wind 270

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

Building Efficiency (3 projects). Seaweed is a potentially sustainable source of biomass for the production of fuels, expanding and building opportunities for bio-butanol as a fuel and fuel extender. Energy Efficient Capture of CO 2 from Coal Flue Gas. BUILDING EFFICIENCY. Biomass Energy (5 projects). Water (1 project).

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Energy Grant Low Cost Li-ion 231

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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 103

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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. In addition, there is also strong opposition to building the high-voltage transmission lines needed to connect wind farms to the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) and Southwest Power Pool (SPP) grids.

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Grid Iowa Wind Miles 112

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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

Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Meanwhile many Chinese automakers were pivoting to EVs, and China made no secret about nurturing strong global automakers while building out a supporting clean-energy infrastructure. He made a pledge to “bring back coal,” and he has suggested that climate change itself is a hoax created by China to hurt U.S. businesses.

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Auto Industry Industrial Industry Auto 52