Creative Greenius

APRIL 5, 2011

How’d you like to enjoy 7-and-a-half miles of L.A. My favorite part of this next CicLaVia is t he Bike Parade coming from my friends at Greenpeace and Sierra Club which they’re calling ROLL AGAINST COAL. It’s long been time to kick coal out of L.A.’s Get all the details you need after the jump.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

On a planet aspiring to become carbon neutral, the once-stalwart coal power plant is an emerging anachronism. It is true that, in much of the developing world, coal-fired capacity continues to grow. But in every corner of the globe, political and financial pressures are mounting to bury coal in the past.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

A NASA-led team of scientists has uncovered strong evidence that coal soot from a rapidly industrializing Europe caused the abrupt retreat of mountain glaciers in the European Alps that began in the 1860s, a period often thought of as the end of the Little Ice Age (LIA). —Painter et al. degrees Fahrenheit (1 degree Celsius).

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OCTOBER 28, 2012

The fast thermal processing of the biomass typically produces a large quantity of activated carbon, or bio-char; when the excess process carbon is used for fuel such as a coal substitute, the entire process is carbon neutral and, thus, produces both carbon neutral petrochemical compatible components and a carbon neutral coal substitute.

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JULY 22, 2011

The TCEP would integrate coal gasification, combined-cycle power generation, CO 2 capture, and. More than 3,000 miles of CO 2 -dedicated pipeline currently transports and distributes geologic CO 2 throughout the Permian Basin. The TCEP integrates coal gasification, combined-cycle power generation, CO 2 capture, and.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2009

A US Department of Energy (DOE) team of regional partners has begun injecting carbon dioxide into coal seams in the Central Appalachian Basin to determine the feasibility of CO 2 storage in unmineable coal seams and the potential for enhanced coalbed methane recovery. feet in thickness. trillion cubic feet.

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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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NOVEMBER 29, 2010

gigawatts to Shanghai from a hydroelectric plant nearly 1,300 miles (808 miles) away in southwestern China. Advanced Coal Technologies. Secretary Chu detailed a number of promising research efforts supported by the Department of Energy now underway, including: 500-mile EV batteries. High Speed Rail. Solar fuels.

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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. That’s why the shift away from coal is so important for EVs. Jeremy Michalek.

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JANUARY 28, 2013

What we found is that energy use from multiple urban areas collectively can warm the atmosphere remotely, thousands of miles away from the energy consumption regions. Human energy consumption distributes energy that had lain dormant and sequestered for millions of years, mostly in the form of oil or coal. —Guang Zhang.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Vega recently announced it had entered into the JVto build and operate a pilot manufacturing plant in Allendale, SC to produce Bio-Coal, among other torrefied products. The biomass is then compressed into briquettes called Bio-Coal to be sold to the end user. Finally, the biomass is torrefied to make Bio-Coal and other bio-products.

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APRIL 17, 2021

This decrease was driven largely by a decrease in emissions from fossil fuel combustion resulting from a decrease in total energy use in 2019 compared to 2018 and a continued shift from coal to natural gas and renewables in the electric power sector. The number of vehicle miles traveled (VMT) by light-duty vehicles (i.e.,

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FEBRUARY 19, 2015

While the new power station will supply 260% more power than the coal plant it replaces, key air emissions will be reduced by approximately 97%. The Hummel Generating Station will also use 97% less water for cooling purposes than the retired coal-fired Sunbury plant.

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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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OCTOBER 19, 2022

Fuel ethanol, a biofuel most commonly mixed with finished motor gasoline, is second only to coal as the most-transported fuel by rail. Primary energy commodities—coal, petroleum liquids, and natural gas—can be transported by pipeline, barge, rail, or truck.

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MARCH 31, 2013

5,500 ft, 1,676 m) in the Eastern Mediterranean, 90 km (56 miles) west of Haifa. It uses the world’s longest subsea tieback—a 16-inch (41-cm), 93-mile (150 km) pipeline. The Tamar and Dalit discoveries were followed in 2010 by the discovery of Leviathan, 29 miles (47 km) west of Tamar at a depth of c. Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 11, 2012

Separately, ADB announced it will provide $300 million to overhaul more than 900 kilometers (559 miles) of roads in India’s Chhattisgarh state. Low quality roads are undermining the benefits of the state’s rich mineral and coal deposits, holding back new economic opportunities and access to social amenities, especially for minority groups.

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Creative Greenius

OCTOBER 18, 2013

But our friends in the oil, coal and gas industry have 5,795 gigatons of carbon on the books. square mile town will cause, there’s the bad math this adds up to for the climate. It’s already figured into their companies value and stock price. While we’re on the subject let me add this truism that Bill McKibben says,

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JANUARY 21, 2013

Earlier in January, BNSF CEO Matt Rose said the railway’s crude-oil shipments would rise by 40% this year, helping to blunt a decline in coal cargo. BNSF Railway is one of North America’s leading freight transportation companies operating on 32,500 route miles of track in 28 states and two Canadian provinces.

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MAY 5, 2012

Australia-based underground coal gasification (UCG) company Linc Energy Ltd announced the “Jet A1 Dash”, a flight using synthetic jet fuel created by using the company’s combination of Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) and Gas to Liquids (GTL) technology at its Chinchilla Demonstration Facility in Queensland. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 31, 2011

There was also a decline in the carbon dioxide intensity of US energy supply (CO 2 per unit of energy) in 2009, caused primarily by a drop in the price of natural gas relative to coal that led to more natural gas consumed for the generation of electricity. Methane emissions increased by 0.9%, while nitrous oxide emissions fell by 1.7%

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JUNE 29, 2015

The cost to operate an EV, per mile, is already well below the cost to drive a standard ICE-age model, and the advantage is likely to widen. The average US residential customer pays 12 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh) , which means the cost to drive one mile in an EV is somewhat less than 4 cents. New cars in 2015 get 25 mpg.)

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APRIL 16, 2015

The increase from 2012 to 2013 was due to an increase in the carbon intensity of fuels consumed to generate electricity due to an increase in coal consumption, with decreased natural gas consumption, according to the report. Total US emissions have increased by 5.9% from 1990 to 2013. The transportation end-use sector accounted for 1,743.0

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OCTOBER 22, 2009

A new report from the National Research Council examines and, when possible, estimates, “hidden” costs of energy production and use—such as the damage air pollution imposes on human health—that are not reflected in market prices of coal, oil, other energy sources, or the electricity and gasoline produced from them. cents to about 1.7

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MAY 24, 2012

Coal accounted for 45% of total energy-related CO 2 emissions in 2011, followed by oil (35%) and natural gas (20%). China made the largest contribution to the global increase, with its emissions rising by 720 million tonnes (Mt), or 9.3%, primarily due to higher coal consumption. This represents an increase of 1.0 Gt on 2010, or 3.2%.

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JULY 10, 2012

The US Department of Energy (DOE) and the California Energy Commission (CEC) are working together to advance a coal-based polygeneration plant with carbon capture and storage (CCS) simultaneously through the federal National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) review and a complementary California Energy Quality Act process. Approximately 2.6

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OCTOBER 7, 2012

They found that electric vehicles (EVs) powered by the present European electricity mix offer a 10% to 24% decrease in global warming potential (GWP) relative to conventional diesel or gasoline vehicles assuming lifetimes of 150,000 km (93,206 miles). Hawkins et al. Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2009

HECA, which is owned by Hydrogen Energy International, BP Alternative Energy, and Rio Tinto, plans to construct an advanced integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) plant that will produce power by converting fuel—a blend of 75% coal and 25% petroleum coke—into hydrogen and carbon dioxide (CO 2 ). billion.

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DECEMBER 11, 2011

Globally, ExxonMobil expects the average new car to get 48 miles per gallon (MPG) in 2040, compared to 27 MPG in 2010. ExxonMobil projects that global electricity demand will rise by 80% through 2040 as economies and living standards improve, and consumers switch to electricity from other sources such as oil, coal or biomass.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

The project would require construction of one of America’s largest wind farms in Wyoming, one of the world’s biggest energy storage facilities (compressed air energy storage, CAES) in Utah, and a 525-mile electric transmission line connecting the two sites. 40 miles north of Cheyenne, which would generate 2,100 megawatts of electricity.

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DECEMBER 4, 2009

billion to accelerate the development of advanced coal technologies with carbon capture and storage at commercial-scale. billion in private capital cost share as part of the third round of the Department’s Clean Coal Power Initiative (CCPI). miles below the surface. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Southern Company Services, Inc.,

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APRIL 25, 2013

The 1,000 wind turbines that the spheres could anchor could, on average, replace a conventional on-shore coal or nuclear plant. Meanwhile, a siting many miles offshore would provide the benefit of stronger winds than most onshore sites, while also operating out of sight of the mainland.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Life-cycle water consumption per 100 miles driven. Water consumption associated with corn E85 vehicles shows the highest life-cycle water consumption at 147 gal/100 miles compared to all other vehicle-fuel pathways. Diesel and CNG ICEVs consume a smaller amount of water (8 and 4 gal/100 miles, respectively).

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JANUARY 30, 2019

California documents show that higher-trim versions of the 2019 Nissan Leaf Plus won't achieve the estimated 226-mile range. A new study shows that electric cars are cleaner than gas, even when using electricity from coal. GM will double its investment in engineering new electric and self-driving cars.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2012

LLNL and the Navajo Nation plan to collaborate in an array of areas including energy security; carbon sequestration; coal gasification; shale gas; enhanced oil recovery; wind, geothermal and solar; environmental studies and other areas. —Steve Grey, program manager at LLNL.

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JULY 11, 2013

The study used the series production versions launched in 2011, with the assumption of operation for 150,000 km (93,205 miles). Since the BEV version has a shorter range, Renault noted, the way in which the miles are accumulated could differ from that of the ICE vehicles.). water, and non-renewable energies (crude oil, coal.)

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APRIL 29, 2013

Anthropogenic sources of CH 4 include natural gas and petroleum systems, agricultural activities, landfills, coal mining, wastewater treatment, stationary and mobile combustion, and certain industrial processes. There were more than 1,231,000 miles of distribution mains in 2011, an increase of approximately 287,000 miles since 1990.

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