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NOVEMBER 18, 2009

The US-China Electric Vehicles Initiative builds on the first-ever US-China Electric Vehicle Forum in September 2009. The two leaders emphasized their countries’ strong shared interest in accelerating the deployment of electric vehicles in order to reduce oil dependence, cut greenhouse gas emissions and promote economic growth.

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JANUARY 4, 2011

Syngas Limited has raised A$530,000 (US$532,000) via a share placement to contribute toward the continued development of the proposed coal-and-biomass-to-liquids Clinton Project in South Australia. Coal is the primary feedstock, supplemented with non-food biomass to reduce carbon emissions. First production is targeted for mid-2015.

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DECEMBER 11, 2011

Exxon Mobil Corporation’s new The Outlook for Energy: A View to 2040 , released last week, projects that global energy demand in 2040 will be about 30% higher than it was in 2010 as population grows to 9 billion and global GDP doubles. The mix of fuels used to produce electricity will change significantly. 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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JULY 22, 2011

The TCEP would integrate coal gasification, combined-cycle power generation, CO 2 capture, and. We now have sales commitments in place for all three of TCEP’s main commercial products—electric power, urea for fertilizer, and CO 2 for enhanced oil recovery—and that is obviously key to getting this project underway.

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Coal Texas Oil CO2 186

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APRIL 7, 2020

Australia-based Woodside has signed an agreement with Japanese companies JERA Inc, Marubeni Corporation and IHI Corporation to undertake a joint study examining the large-scale export of hydrogen as ammonia for use decarbonizing coal-fired power generation in Japan. and Chubu Electric Power Company Inc.

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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. The liquefaction process will cool the hydrogen gas to ?253°C

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DECEMBER 11, 2022

Nucor Corporation, a North American manufacturer of steel and steel products, has made an equity investment in Electra , a Colorado-based start-up developing a process to produce carbon-free iron that can be used to make steel. —Leon Topalian, Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer of Nucor Corporation.

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JUNE 1, 2022

Globally, steel production is responsible for around 7% of all greenhouse gas emissions. HYBRIT aims to replace coking coal, traditionally needed for iron ore-based steelmaking, with fossil-free electricity and hydrogen.

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APRIL 1, 2011

SES licenses its proprietary U-GAS fluidized bed gasification technology from the Gas Technology Institute. China Energy, a Hong Kong-based limited liability corporation, has been formed by Zhongjixuan Investment Management Ltd. Gasification company Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc. —Feng Feng, Managing Chairman of ZJX.

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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.

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Coal Pollution Grid Gasoline-Electric 150

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AUGUST 9, 2010

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has finalized a $43-million loan guarantee for Beacon Power Corporation’s 20 megawatt innovative flywheel energy storage plant in Stephentown, NY. This is the second loan guarantee announced that will provide significant improvements to New York state’s electrical grid. Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Dominion Energy announced a significant expansion of the company's greenhouse gas emissions-reduction goals, establishing a new commitment to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. The goal covers carbon dioxide and methane emissions, the dominant greenhouse gases, from both electricity generation and gas infrastructure operations.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Capstone Turbine Corporation released the CR200 Low Btu microturbine product; landfill gas applications are a key market for the Capstone CR200 200 kW.

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JANUARY 25, 2011

If the US military increases its use of alternative jet and naval fuels that can be produced from coal or various renewable resources, including seed oils, waste oils and algae, there will be no direct benefit to the nation’s armed forces, according to a new RAND Corporation study. ” —James Bartis, lead author.

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MAY 15, 2014

Schematic of the “New Grid Testbed” components, including renewable energy generation, energy storage, smart distribution and electric transportation Click to enlarge. 27 electric vehicle charging stations. A UCR-owned and RTA-operated trolley bus that has been converted from diesel combustion to battery electric operation.

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Grid Solar Energy Energy Storage 287

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FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Exelon Corporation intends to join the FutureGen Alliance, a non-profit organization developing an advanced low-emissions coal demonstration facility to be located in Mattoon, Ill. Exelon Corporation is one of the largest US electric utilities with approximately $19 billion in annual revenues. Earlier post.).

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Blink Charging

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Every business is trying to find ways to cut down on their greenhouse gas emissions, and that includes your customers and your suppliers. What Are the Three Types of Greenhouse Gas Emission Sources? Here is how the GHG Protocol describes the Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Accounting and Reporting Standard.

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DECEMBER 1, 2021

Steel is responsible for around 7% of man-made greenhouse gas emissions every year and is one of the world’s most polluting industries. Government and corporate net-zero commitments are pushing the steel industry to cancel out its emissions by 2050. Retrofit or close any remaining coal-fired capacity by 2050.

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Hydrogen Clean Cleaning Green 221

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AUGUST 12, 2013

It will also allow energy organizations to easily integrate other conventional sources such as coal and natural gas. State Grid Jibei Electricity Power Company Limited (SG-JBEPC), a subsidiary company of the State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC), is using HyRef to integrate renewable energy into the grid.

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Creative Greenius

APRIL 23, 2009

Now it’s time for a straight and heavy carbon tax and I’d like that tax to pay for the development of the necessary renewable energy, plug-in cars and the smart electric grid we need to be building today. I want it to help pay for my plug-in car too and upgrading my electrical system to a more efficient one.

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Carbon Corporation Climate Change Tax 150

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JANUARY 27, 2011

Centennial, CO, developing technology to biochemically convert coal to methane at large scale and low cost. The joint venture’s initial investments are in: Alta Devices, Santa Clara, CA, improving the production economics of advanced materials for high-efficiency, low-cost solar energy. Ciris Energy , Inc.,

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Under this cost-shared research and development (R&D), DOE is awarding $51 million to nine new projects for coal and natural gas power and industrial sources. This work will focus on designing a carbon capture system capable of capturing 50 to 70 percent of CO 2 emissions from blast furnace gas. LH CO 2 MENT Colorado Project.

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Carbon Coal Gas-Electric Gas 236

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APRIL 12, 2010

Mirant Corporation and RRI Energy, Inc. have entered into a definitive agreement to create GenOn Energy, which will be the second-largest independent power producer in the United States (behind Exelon), with approximately 24,700 megawatts (MW) of electric generating capacity and a pro forma market capitalization of $3.1

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APRIL 23, 2013

Tesoro Corporation subsidiary Tesoro Refining & Marketing Company LLC and Savage Companies have formed a joint venture to develop and to operate a new 120,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) crude-by-rail unloading and marine loading facility at the Port of Vancouver, Wash., subject to approval by regulatory agencies and Port Commissioners.

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Mariner USA Oil Corporation 210

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MARCH 5, 2013

Shell and its affiliates will build two additional small-scale natural gas liquefaction units to provide liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuel for marine and heavy-duty on-road customers in North America. Shell is also working to use natural gas as a fuel in its own operations. The new Mountains scenario: gas as the energy backbone.

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North America Transportation America Building 218

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JULY 22, 2010

Hawaii Electric Company will qualify the biocrude for boiler use, and Tesoro will supply CO 2 and evaluate fuel products. Skyonic Corporation (Austin, TX) Skyonic Corporation will continue the development of SkyMine mineralization technology-a potential replacement for existing scrubber technology. DOE Share: $24,243,509).

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Conversion CO2 San Antonio Carbon 225

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NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Nikola Corporation and KeyState Natural Gas Synthesis , a clean hydrogen and chemicals production facility under development, are working together to create Pennsylvania’s first low-carbon hydrogen production value chain, which includes full integration of commercial carbon capture and storage.

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Hydrogen Carbon Pennsylvania Gas-Electric 199

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NOVEMBER 25, 2009

In the first group, 16 awards totaling $435 million will support fully integrated, regional Smart Grid demonstrations in 21 states, representing more than 50 utilities and electricity organizations with a combined customer base of almost 100 million consumers. Center for the Commercialization of Electric Technologies (TX).

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Energy Storage Grid Energy Wind 270

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MARCH 18, 2021

The scheme therefore provides customers with the opportunity to buy certificates attached to their physical orders of steel, enabling them to report a reduction in their Scope 3 carbon emissions in accordance with the GHG Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard. XCarb recycled and renewably produced.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

The Maverick Oasis system allows producers to monetize biogas and natural gas (including associated or flare gas, and stranded gas reserves), as an alternative to producing electricity or venting greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. —Jeff Harrison, Maverick’s Chief Engineering Officer.

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Electric Vehicles India

OCTOBER 6, 2021

India directs Coal India to invest in EVs & charging pods. In its many initiatives, the latest initiative the government’s Coal Ministry has asked state-run Coal India to diversify its interests to areas such as electric vehicles and charging stations. Read the complete article about India directs Coal India. .

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APRIL 30, 2010

The second round was focused specifically on three areas of technology representing new approaches for advanced microbial biofuels (electrofuels); much higher capacity and less expensive batteries for electric vehicles; and carbon capture. Electrofuels: Biofuels from Electricity. The grants will go to projects in 17 states.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

A $650,000 grant from the California Energy Commission (CEC) extends its commitment to $2 million to CERT for the patented steam hydrogasification reaction (SHR), which can turn any carbonaceous material into transportation fuels or natural gas. Hydrogasification has been used since the 1930s as a method of making methane gas from.

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MARCH 28, 2009

The Fischer-Tropsch process, which catalytically converts synthesis gas to synthetic fuels and chemicals, is “ very inefficient in that a large part of the carbon fed into the process ends up as CO 2 , either directly or indirectly from fuel consumption for heating the reaction. ”. Tags: Coal-to-Liquids (CTL) Fuels. Earlier post.).

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Creative Greenius

MAY 3, 2009

He makes his living off cars that run out of gas or break down because of the inadequacies of the internal combustion gasoline powered engine. You think HE’s anxious to see electric cars replace fossil fueled vehicles? It’s the 2nd biggest product Exxon/Mobil and their pals in the oil, coal and gas industries pump out.

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Pollution Gas Climate Change Carbon 292

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AUGUST 26, 2021

ENEOS Corporation and Origin Energy signed a memorandum of understanding to conduct a study on a potential business collaboration for the development of a CO 2 -free hydrogen supply chain between Japan and Australia.

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