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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.
GE and Shenhua have agreed to form an industrial coal gasification joint venture to advance the deployment of “cleaner coal” technology solutions in China. The new company combines GE’s expertise in industrial gasification technologies with Shenhua’s expertise in coal gasification and coal-fired power generation.
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Overview of the Bluegas catalytic coal methanation process. billion from Wanxiang to finance and construct the first phase of a coal-to-natural gas facility that ultimately will have an annual production capacity of one trillion cubic feet (1 Tcf) (30 billion cubic meters) per year. Click to enlarge. pure methane).
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LanzaTech uses a novel biological fermentation process to transform carbon-rich wastes and residues from industrial sources into low carbon fuels and chemicals. Extending our platform technology to other waste carbon sources extends the availability of lowcost carbon to make the fuels and other products we rely on.
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Requires that new electricity sources must be as least as clean as natural gas plants, effectively blocking new development of conventional coal. Senate Bill 101. This is similar to legislation passed in Washington and California. House Bill 2626. Loans can be paid back on utility bills. House Bill 3039.
million of non-Federal cost sharing. 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.
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coal, biomass, or waste—is heated in the absence of molecular oxygen to produce a solid containing char and ash and volatile gases. lower cost) and gasification/F-T processes (e.g., Some of the feedstocks that Altex plans to use include alfalfa, corn stover, switchgrass, and processed woodchips. Carbonaceous materials—e.g.,
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