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IEA: global CO2 emissions rebounded to their highest level in history in 2021; largely driven by China

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MARCH 9, 2022

billion tonnes, their highest ever level, as the world economy rebounded strongly from the COVID-19 crisis and relied heavily on coal to power that growth, according to new IEA analysis. China was the only major economy to experience economic growth in both 2020 and 2021. In 2021 alone, China’s CO 2 emissions rose above 11.9

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Benchmark: battery supply chain hit by Chinese energy cuts

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OCTOBER 23, 2021

Benchmark Minerals reports that China’s ongoing energy shortage, which has seen local governments enforce intermittent power cuts since July 2021, has begun to affect domestic anode and cathode production as several producers were forced to scale back production in late Q3.

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Air Products to acquire Shell’s coal gasification technology business and patent portfolio for liquids (residue) gasification; coal-to-fuels in China

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JANUARY 11, 2018

Air Products will acquire Royal Dutch Shell’s Coal Gasification Technology business as well as Shell’s patent portfolio for Liquids (Residue) Gasification. As a leading industrial gas company, Air Products has extended its onsite supply model to use coal gasification to generate synthesis gas (syngas) for major projects.

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Air Products signs deal for $3.5B coal-to-syngas production facility in China

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NOVEMBER 12, 2017

billion coal-to-syngas production facility to be built in Yulin City, Shaanxi Province, China. SFEC), a subsidiary of Yankuang Group, intend to form an Air Products majority-controlled joint venture company which would build, own and operate an air separation, gasification and syngas clean-up system to supply the SFEC site.

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Coal China Production Supplies

DOE to award $28.35M for R&D on advanced processing of rare earth elements and critical minerals from coal-based resources

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JANUARY 20, 2021

The US has no domestic production for 14 CMs and is completely dependent on imports to supply its demand. The US currently imports 80% of its REEs directly from China, with remaining portions indirectly sourced from China through other countries.

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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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Praxair China starts up air separation plant to supply coal gasification in Wuwei

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JULY 6, 2012

Praxair China has started up a large air separation plant in Wuwei, Anhui province, 100 kilometers from Nanjing, to supply oxygen, nitrogen, and clean air to the Anhui Wuwei coal-based chemicals project of Anhui HuaYi Chemical Co., Anhui HuaYi Chemical Co., Anhui HuaYi Chemical Co.,

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

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NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Haldor Topsoe A/S announced that Huineng, a large-scale SNG (Substitute Natural Gas) plant, went successfully on-stream near the city of Ordos, located in Inner Mongolia in the northern part of China. The Huineng SNG plant is owned and operated by the private Chinese company Huineng Coal Electricity Group and represents an investment of US$1.1

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Siemens to supply eight 500MW coal gasifiers to China for synthetic gas

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AUGUST 1, 2011

Siemens Energy has received an order from China to deliver eight 500 MW thermal coal gasifiers for a coal gasification plant in Yili City (Xinjiang province, earlier post ) that will convert locally mined subbituminous coal into synthetic natural gas (SNG) with the aim of reducing imports of natural gas for power and heat generation.

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Coal Gas China Supplies

Aramco, Shandong Energy to collaborate on downstream projects in China; cooperation across H2, renewables and carbon capture technologies

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DECEMBER 12, 2022

The Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco), one of the world’s leading integrated energy and chemicals companies, and Shandong Energy Group, are exploring collaboration on integrated refining and petrochemical opportunities in China. Shandong Energy Group is the third-largest coal mining group in China in terms of production volume.

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Wood Mackenzie: China thermal coal demand to double to nearly 7btpa by 2030

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JUNE 4, 2013

In a new report, energy, mining and minerals consultancy Wood Mackenzie projects that despite efforts to limit coal consumption and seek alternative fuel options, China’s strong appetite for thermal coal will lead to a doubling of demand by 2030. It is very unlikely that demand for thermal coal in China will peak before 2030.

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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. Steel is one of the main sources of CO 2 emissions in our supply chain.

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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.

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Utility solar dethrones coal as the cheapest power source in Asia

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FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Photo: China News Service Renewable energy costs in Asia last year were 13% cheaper than coal and are expected to be 32% cheaper by 2030, according to a new study. This is significant because it marks a shift toward making renewables increasingly competitive with coal, a mainstay in APAC’s energy mix.

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Air Products to provide hydrogen fueling equipment to China Energy Investment Group’s first hydrogen fueling station in China

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MARCH 20, 2018

(New Energy), a subsidiary of China’s energy conglomerate China Energy Investment Group Co., China Energy), to provide two hydrogen dispensers to China Energy’s first commercial hydrogen fueling station project in Rugao City of Jiangsu Province, eastern China.

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Air Products and Lu’An Clean Energy to form $1.3B JV for coal-to-syngas project

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

billion coal-to-syngas joint venture (JV) with Lu’An Clean Energy Company, which will significantly expand Air Products’ scope of supply serving Lu’An Mining (Group) Co., s syngas-to-liquids production in Changzhi City, Shanxi Province, China. Air Products will form a $1.3-billion

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NETL framework for assessing economic viability of recovering REEs from unconventional sources

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JULY 26, 2023

China has been the dominant global supplier of REEs since 1988, providing up to 95% of the global REE market annually. Unconventional REE sources such as domestic coal and coal waste could yield the materials needed for the strong magnets necessary to turn wind into electricity and operate electric vehicles.

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Electra raises $85M to advance Low-Temperature Iron process; electrochemical refining at 60?C

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OCTOBER 7, 2022

By comparison, 69% of steel today is made at approximately 1,600 degrees Celsius (2,912 degrees Fahrenheit) using coal, emitting about two tons of carbon dioxide for every ton of steel produced. If the steel industry were a country, its carbon emissions would rank third in the world behind China and the United States.

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Tsinghua University provincial-level lifecycle study finds fuel-cycle criteria pollutants of EVs in China could be up to 5x those of natural gas vehicles due to China’s coal-dominant power mix

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JANUARY 12, 2013

In regions where the share of coal-based electricity is relatively low, EVs can achieve substantial GHG reduction, the team reports in a paper in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. According to the 12 th Five-Year Plan of the China Coal Industry (2011? While the increases in PM 10 and PM 2.5

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Honeywell UOP’s Methanol To Olefins technology selected for China coal chemical complex

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JULY 6, 2011

China’s Wison (Nanjing) Clean Energy Company Ltd. has selected Honeywell’s UOP technology to convert methanol into building blocks for chemical products at an existing coal chemical complex in China. Located in Nanjing, China, the facility will be one of the world’s first methanol-to-olefin production facilities.

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Tesla suppliers halt production as China faces power issues

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

A number of key Tesla suppliers from China are temporarily halting their production as the country deals with an ongoing power crunch. Foxconn affiliate Eson Precision Engineering, which produces crucial mechanical components for Tesla, noted on Sunday that it suspended its production from Sunday until Friday at its plants in Kunshan, China.

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Air Products awarded order in China for largest on-site air-separation unit to support Shaanxi coal chemical plant; collaboration with USTB

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DECEMBER 19, 2011

The facility, to be located in Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China, will include multiple ASU trains and produce 12,000 tons per day (TPD) of oxygen and significant tonnage volumes of nitrogen and compressed dry air for Shaanxi’s coal chemical plant. It is jointly-owned by YanKuang Coal Group (50%), Yanzhou Coal Co.,

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Coal China Production 2013

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

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OCTOBER 6, 2020

Roskill’s new Sustainability Monitor, and subsequent White Paper, analyze the energy consumption and CO 2 emissions of the lithium supply chain. Using this, Roskill has been able to produce detailed energy and emissions intensity curves of the lithium supply chain.

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Wison signs long-term cooperation agreement with Foster Wheeler and Clariant on SNG pilot plant in China; coal or coke to methane

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JUNE 14, 2013

China’s largest private chemical engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor, has signed a cooperation agreement with a subsidiary in Foster Wheeler’s Global Engineering and Construction Group and Clariant International AG to build a pilot plant to demonstrate Foster Wheeler’s VESTA substitute natural gas (SNG) technology.

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China Datang Begins Construction on Chinas First Large Coal to Synthetic Natural Gas Project

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AUGUST 31, 2009

China Datang Corporation began construction of China’s first major coal to synthetic natural gas project. Prior to that, it is expected to supply 1.34 China Datang Corporation (CDT) is one of China’s largest power generation groups. Output from the project is targeted at Beijing. cubic meters in 2011.

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China lags in efforts to achieve 2025 green steel goals, analysts say – ET Auto

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MARCH 18, 2024

China is falling short when it comes to decarbonising its huge steel industry, with slowing demand, low recycling rates and lingering overcapacity concerns hindering the transition towards lower-emission production, researchers said on Tuesday. Currently, most of China’s steel scrap supplies are used by traditional blast furnaces.

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ICCT LCA study finds only battery and hydrogen fuel-cell EVs have potential to be very low-GHG passenger vehicle pathways

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JULY 21, 2021

This study uses recent data on industrial-scale battery production and considers regional battery supply chains. There will not be sufficient supply of very low-GHG biofuels, biogas, and e-fuels to decarbonize internal combustion engine vehicles, according to the ICCT. Source: The ICCT.

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China’s 3GW Gobi Desert solar farm can power 2 million households

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NOVEMBER 16, 2024

China just connected its largest single-capacity solar farm built on a former coal mining area, which is in the Gobi Desert, to the grid. million tons of standard coal each year and cut carbon dioxide emissions by roughly 4.7 With a massive installed capacity of 3 gigawatts (GW) and over 5.9 This huge project will save about 1.71

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Solar Powered Power Mongolia

Air Products Building Air Separation Units for China Coal-to-Chemicals Project

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JULY 21, 2010

PCEC, a state-owned enterprise established in 2008, will use the industrial gas products in a coal gasification process for chemical production. Air Products’ ASU facility at the PCEC plant in Weinan, Shaanxi Province, China is to be onstream in mid-2013. The facility is to be onstream in early 2012.

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Coal Building China Production

Wanxiang and GreatPoint Energy close $1.25B deal for 1 Tcf/year coal-to-natural-gas plant in Xinjiang; Sinopec to purchase output, building pipeline to east

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MAY 21, 2012

Overview of the Bluegas catalytic coal methanation process. GreatPoint Energy and China Wanxiang Holdings have officially closed their investment and partnership agreement which was highlighted during an official signing ceremony between senior US and Chinese government officials in 2012. China Petroleum and Chemical Corp.

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This 3GW Gobi Desert solar farm can power 2 million households

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NOVEMBER 15, 2024

China just connected its largest single-capacity solar farm built on a former coal mining area, which is in the Gobi Desert, to the grid. million tons of standard coal each year and cut carbon dioxide emissions by roughly 4.7 With a massive installed capacity of 3 gigawatts (GW) and over 5.9 This huge project will save about 1.71

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Solar Powered Power Mongolia

Benchmark: hard-rock lithium can be 3x as carbon intensive as lithium from brine

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MARCH 10, 2023

Hard rock sources of lithium currently make up 60% of global mined lithium supply and are forecast to continue to do so through to 2030, according to Benchmark’s Lithium Forecast. This concentrate is then shipped to China where it is processed into lithium hydroxide.

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Drought Resulting in Coal Shortage in Hubei

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APRIL 4, 2010

The drought in southwest China is causing a shortage of hydro-generated electricity, resulting in the need to bring in about 300,000 tonnes of thermal coals to central China’s Hubei Province. The province’s plan to supply power to the Shanghai Expo was suspended.

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Coal China Water Supplies

BP Statistical Review finds global oil share down for 12th year in a row, coal share up to highest level since 1969; renewables at 2%

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JUNE 13, 2012

China alone accounted for 71% of energy consumption growth. 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% OECD coal consumption declined by 1.1%, although the EU used 3.6%

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Clean Global Energy in JV for $400M Underground Coal Gasification Project in China

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NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Ltd of Beijing, China (YSJY ), Inner Mongolia Gu Xin Mining Co. Ltd of Beijing, China (GX) and Goldbridge Clean Tech Energy of East Sussex, United Kingdom (GB) to undertake a US$400M commercial UCG (underground coalgasification) project on GX’s Inner Mongolia coal deposit. Underground coal gasification. Click to enlarge.

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IEA finds CO2 emissions flat for third straight year even as global economy grew in 2016

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MARCH 18, 2017

This was the result of growing renewable power generation, switches from coal to natural gas, improvements in energy efficiency, as well as structural changes in the global economy. The decline was driven by a surge in shale gas supplies and more attractive renewable power that displaced coal.

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Sasol and Origin Energy form JV for coal bed methane exploration in Botswana

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NOVEMBER 13, 2011

Sasol recently signed a joint venture agreement with Australia-based Origin Energy Limited for the purposes of exploring for coal bed methane (CBM) in Botswana. However, CBM accounts for approximately 10% of total natural gas produced in the United States and makes up most of Australia’s natural gas supply.

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BloombergNEF reports 11% year-on-year rise in renewable energy financing in the first half of 2022, for a total of $226B

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AUGUST 2, 2022

Both sectors have been challenged recently by rising input costs for key materials such as steel and polysilicon, as well as supply chain disruptions and rising financing costs. China posted remarkable investment growth in both wind and solar project finance, according to the report. —Nannan Kou, BNEF’s head of China analysis.

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IEA: COVID-19 crisis causing the biggest fall in global energy investment in history

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MAY 31, 2020

It means lost jobs and economic opportunities today, as well as lost energy supply that we might well need tomorrow once the economy recovers. Companies with weakened balance sheets and more uncertain demand outlooks are cutting back on investment while projects are also being hampered by lockdowns and disrupted supply chains.

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IEA: global energy investment stabilized above $1.8T in 2018; security and sustainability concerns growing

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MAY 14, 2019

Global energy investment stabilized in 2018, ending three consecutive years of decline, as capital spending on oil, gas and coal supply bounced back while investment stalled for energy efficiency and renewables, according to the International Energy Agency’s latest annual review. —Dr Fatih Birol, IEA Executive Director.

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BNEF: steel industry set to pivot to hydrogen in green push; additional $278B for clean capacity and retrofits

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DECEMBER 1, 2021

Efforts to decarbonize steel production are central to the net-zero aspirations of China, Japan, Korea and the European Union. But continuing to build new coal-fired plants will leave producers with only bad options toward a net-zero future by 2050. Retrofit or close any remaining coal-fired capacity by 2050.

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Bloomberg NEF forecasts falling battery prices enabling surge in wind and solar to 50% of global generation by 2050

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JUNE 19, 2018

The result will be renewables eating up more and more of the existing market for coal, gas and nuclear. Coal emerges as the biggest loser in the long run. However, coal consumption was also up, growing for the first time since 2013. Coal’s share in primary energy in 2017 fell to 27.6%, the lowest since 2004.

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MIT study concludes that absent climate policy, coal-to-liquids could account for around a third of global liquid fuels by 2050

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JUNE 9, 2011

A new assessment of the viability of coal-to-liquids (CTL) technology by researchers from the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change (JPSPGC) found that without climate policy, CTL has the potential to account for around a third of global liquid fuels by 2050. Credit: Chen et al., 2011 Click to enlarge.

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Battery startup Sparkz, United Mine Workers of America announce labor-management agreement for W Va Gigafactory

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MAY 25, 2022

Sparkz will be focused on creating a strong and diverse workforce capable of competing against foreign batteries made in China and securing the supply chain. This agreement is a win-win for the laid-off coal miners who will work in this facility, their families and their communities.

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IEA: global CO2 emissions rebounded to their highest level in history in 2021; largely driven by China

Benchmark: battery supply chain hit by Chinese energy cuts

Air Products to acquire Shell’s coal gasification technology business and patent portfolio for liquids (residue) gasification; coal-to-fuels in China

Air Products signs deal for $3.5B coal-to-syngas production facility in China

DOE to award $28.35M for R&D on advanced processing of rare earth elements and critical minerals from coal-based resources

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

Praxair China starts up air separation plant to supply coal gasification in Wuwei

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

Siemens to supply eight 500MW coal gasifiers to China for synthetic gas

Aramco, Shandong Energy to collaborate on downstream projects in China; cooperation across H2, renewables and carbon capture technologies

Wood Mackenzie: China thermal coal demand to double to nearly 7btpa by 2030

BMW Group secures CO2-reduced steel for global production network

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

Utility solar dethrones coal as the cheapest power source in Asia

Air Products to provide hydrogen fueling equipment to China Energy Investment Group’s first hydrogen fueling station in China

Air Products and Lu’An Clean Energy to form $1.3B JV for coal-to-syngas project

NETL framework for assessing economic viability of recovering REEs from unconventional sources

Electra raises $85M to advance Low-Temperature Iron process; electrochemical refining at 60?C

Tsinghua University provincial-level lifecycle study finds fuel-cycle criteria pollutants of EVs in China could be up to 5x those of natural gas vehicles due to China’s coal-dominant power mix

Honeywell UOP’s Methanol To Olefins technology selected for China coal chemical complex

Tesla suppliers halt production as China faces power issues

Air Products awarded order in China for largest on-site air-separation unit to support Shaanxi coal chemical plant; collaboration with USTB

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

Wison signs long-term cooperation agreement with Foster Wheeler and Clariant on SNG pilot plant in China; coal or coke to methane

China Datang Begins Construction on Chinas First Large Coal to Synthetic Natural Gas Project

China lags in efforts to achieve 2025 green steel goals, analysts say – ET Auto

ICCT LCA study finds only battery and hydrogen fuel-cell EVs have potential to be very low-GHG passenger vehicle pathways

China’s 3GW Gobi Desert solar farm can power 2 million households

Air Products Building Air Separation Units for China Coal-to-Chemicals Project

Wanxiang and GreatPoint Energy close $1.25B deal for 1 Tcf/year coal-to-natural-gas plant in Xinjiang; Sinopec to purchase output, building pipeline to east

This 3GW Gobi Desert solar farm can power 2 million households

Benchmark: hard-rock lithium can be 3x as carbon intensive as lithium from brine

Drought Resulting in Coal Shortage in Hubei

BP Statistical Review finds global oil share down for 12th year in a row, coal share up to highest level since 1969; renewables at 2%

Clean Global Energy in JV for $400M Underground Coal Gasification Project in China

IEA finds CO2 emissions flat for third straight year even as global economy grew in 2016

Sasol and Origin Energy form JV for coal bed methane exploration in Botswana

BloombergNEF reports 11% year-on-year rise in renewable energy financing in the first half of 2022, for a total of $226B

IEA: COVID-19 crisis causing the biggest fall in global energy investment in history

IEA: global energy investment stabilized above $1.8T in 2018; security and sustainability concerns growing

BNEF: steel industry set to pivot to hydrogen in green push; additional $278B for clean capacity and retrofits

Bloomberg NEF forecasts falling battery prices enabling surge in wind and solar to 50% of global generation by 2050

MIT study concludes that absent climate policy, coal-to-liquids could account for around a third of global liquid fuels by 2050

Battery startup Sparkz, United Mine Workers of America announce labor-management agreement for W Va Gigafactory

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