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JUNE 29, 2010

Linc Energy Limited and AFC Energy, developer of low-cost alkaline fuel cells, have successfully combined syngas from underground coal gasification with the alkaline fuel cell technology to produce electricity at Linc Energy’s Chinchilla Demonstration Facility in Queensland. Earlier post.).

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JULY 26, 2012

The US Department of Energy (DOE) selected eight projects to advance the development of transformational oxy-combustion technologies capable of high-efficiency, low-cost carbon dioxide capture from coal-fired power plants. The Energy Department’s $7 million investment—leveraged with recipient cost-share to support approximately $9.4

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

has licensed Honeywell’s UOP methanol-to-olefins (MTO) technology to convert methanol from coal into key plastics building blocks. The MTO process, jointly developed by Honeywell’s UOP and INEOS, converts methanol from crude oil and non-crude oil sources such as coal or natural gas to ethylene and propylene.

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AUGUST 17, 2017

The US Department of Energy (DOE) selected four projects to move on to a second phase of research in their efforts to advance recovery of rare earth elements (REE) from coal and coal byproducts. The solids are from Northern Appalachian and Central Appalachian bituminous coal seams in West Virginia. Earlier post.) 6 million.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2009

Australia-based underground coal gasification (UCG) company Linc Energy ( earlier post ) has signed an exclusive agreement with the UK-based alkaline fuel cell technology company AFC Energy Plc and its related company, B9 Coal ( earlier post ). New electrolyte immediately restores the performance of the system.

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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 6, 2011

has selected Honeywell’s UOP technology to convert methanol into building blocks for chemical products at an existing coal chemical complex in China. China’s Wison (Nanjing) Clean Energy Company Ltd. UOP and Total announced their partnership on this in 2005. Wison (Nanjing) Clean Energy Co.,

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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. Up to 50% more liquid product per ton of coal. Source: Headwaters.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

A dewatering technology developed at Virginia Tech has succeeded in reducing the moisture content of ultrafine coal to less than 20%, transforming it to a salable product. During recent prototype tests at Arch Coal Company’s Cardinal plant in Logan County, W.Va., Roe-Hoan Yoon. as part of a license agreement with Virginia Tech.

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Green Car Congress

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?2015)

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JANUARY 31, 2021

The installed capacity of each Hualong One unit reaches nearly 1200 MW e , and each unit is able to generate nearly 10 billion kWh of electricity annually, meeting the demand of 1 million population within a moderately developed country. million tons of standard coal and emission of 8.16 active systems; Green line ? Xing et al.

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JULY 14, 2011

SourceOne, Veolia Energy North America’s energy management and consulting services subsidiary, will install shore-side power at New Bedford’s Fisherman’s Wharf for use by the fishing fleet to power their boats instead of using on-board diesel generators. The project is in support of the New Bedford (Mass.)

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AUGUST 29, 2022

By investing in Sustainable Energy, NYK will support the commercialization of this innovative technology and jointly study the generation of energy raw materials from organic waste such as garbage and sludge using an ISOP system installed on a vessel. The products can be reused as green energy products such as bio-coal, biogas (e.g.,

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APRIL 25, 2023

The power plants will be installed on barges with a modular design able to deliver from 200MWe to 800MWe, with the consortium’s first project expected to be a 200MWe power barge. In the CMSR, the fuel is mixed into a molten fluoride salt which also acts as the coolant. Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co.,

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

Tesla has highlighted a Megapack project that went live in Hawaii earlier this year, which is effectively replacing the state’s last coal plant. Nearby Chairman Anthony Makana says that the BESS project allowed for the “sunsetting of one of the dirtiest polluters in our community,” referring to the coal plant.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2009

After a thorough review of project requirements and information submitted by a team of functional experts, Air Force officials have determined proposals received for a coal-to-liquid synthetic fuel plant on Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont., The Air Force will no longer pursue possible development of a plant at the installation.

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MAY 10, 2021

TMRC’s project partners include Penn State, Jeddo Coal Company and McCarl’s. In 2019 a consortium including Texas Mineral Resources consortium successfully completed a US Department of Energy Office of Fossil Energy grant to produce multiple separated rare earth minerals from Pennsylvania coal mining waste material.

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APRIL 16, 2012

GCL will provide US$15 million in working capital to the joint venture in three equal installments over the first three years of the joint venture. Earlier post.). Linc Energy will hold 33% of the joint venture and GCL will hold 67%. billion) with 17,000 employees.

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Electrek

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): If just six countries took action now, it would eliminate 82% of the remaining coal pipeline. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Click here to learn more and get your quotes. — *ad.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

For the first time, the total installed capacity of wind energy in Europe now exceeds the total output of electric powerplants fueled with coal. While homeowners are more familiar with photovoltaic solar panels, large-scale wind power is an increasingly important part of the growth in renewable energy.

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Electrek

AUGUST 3, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): The US installed a record 26 gigawatts of new clean energy in 2020, according to a new report. In 2020, the number of producing US coal mines fell to the lowest number since 2008. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2012

(MHI) and Southern Company, a major US electric utility, has begun underground injection of CO 2 recovered from emissions from a coal-fired power generation plant. MHI has installed 10 natural gas-fired CO 2 capture facilities currently in operation, plus one under construction, for chemical plant applications.

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Creative Greenius

MAY 14, 2009

After a decade in the solar power installation business, Bradley Bartz is tired of being Mr. Nice Guy. He’s filed suit against Torrance, the proud home of Exxon/Mobil’s refinery, for stopping him from installing solar panels in the Hillside Overlay district. solar installers. For 10 days apparently. There is also.

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Electrek

APRIL 15, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Xcel Energy has filed to replace its coal plants with what would be the largest solar farm in Minnesota. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Click here to learn more and get your quotes. — *ad.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

RMB per kilowatt-hour would be sufficient to displace 23% of electricity generated from coal. Demand for electricity in China is increasing at an annual rate of ~10%, and the current installed Chinese national power-generating capacity (792.5 Electricity available at a concession price as low as 0.4 McElroy et al.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2015

Newly installed solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity in the US in 2014 reached a record 6,201 MW, growing 30% over 2013’s total, according to the new US Solar Market Insight 2014 Year in Review report released by GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA). GW) is coal-fired generation. In 2014, 3.9 GW), and solar (2.2

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JULY 29, 2021

Shaanxi Yangchang Petroleum, an energy & chemical giant in China, is engaged in efficient development, comprehensive utilization and deep conversion of petroleum, natural gas, coal, and other resources, ranking 265 among the Fortune Global Top 500. Yanchang was established in 1905 with the approval of the government of Qing Dynasty.

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Electrek

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. more… The post EGEB: Can coal state West Virginia become the ‘poster child’ for clean energy? Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes.

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JULY 18, 2023

NYK will install a variable compression ratio system (VCR system) on two large LNG-fueled coal carriers to be built at Oshima Shipbuilding Co., This will be the first time for VCR systems to be installed on vessels, including existing vessels that use heavy fuel oil as their main fuel.

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Electrek

JULY 20, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Walmart’s maritime shipping caused more pollution in 2019 than a coal-fired plant emits annually. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Click here to learn more and get your quotes. — *ad.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 31, 2020

Renewables investment has been more resilient during the crisis than fossil fuels, but spending on rooftop solar installations by households and businesses has been strongly affected and final investment decisions in the first quarter of 2020 for new utility-scale wind and solar projects fell back to the levels of three years ago.

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OCTOBER 29, 2015

Panda Power Funds has financed the 1,124 megawatt Panda “Hummel Station” power plant—one of the largest coal-to-natural gas power conversion projects in the United States. The plant will be located at the site of the retired Sunbury coal-fired power plant near Shamokin Dam in Snyder County, Pennsylvania.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2023

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed new CO 2 standards for coal and natural gas-fired power plants. Through 2042, EPA estimates the net climate and health benefits of the standards on new gas and existing coal-fired power plants are up to $85 billion.

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JULY 29, 2021

Coal-fired power plants represented 37% of capacity and 36% of generation volume in 2020; their revenues are 16% of total. EZ goal for 2030 is to reduce CO 2 emissions by 30% compared to 2018 and reduce the emission intensity to at least 300 g/kWh by a combination of closure of selected coal plants and development of renewables. ?

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Baua Electric

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

It’s a major step in the utility’s push to ditch coal and move to renewable energy across the Upper Midwest. The solar farm is being built on the site of the Sherburne County Generating Station ( Sherco ), Minnesota’s largest coal-fired power plant. What’s notable about Sherco Solar is not just its size but also its cost efficiency.

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JANUARY 26, 2014

Oxygen, lime and coal are blown in through bottom tuyeres and a top lance blows hot jet onto the bath. This results in excellent mixing and optimal use of the blown-in coal. Additionally, coal is blown in from below, where it is used as fuel. This injection of coal is carefully controlled. Click to enlarge.

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JANUARY 21, 2013

In addition, the program includes about $250 million for continued installation of federally mandated positive train control (PTC) and $550 million for terminal, line and intermodal expansion and efficiency projects. BNSF also plans to spend approximately $1 billion on locomotive, freight car and other equipment acquisitions.

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