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Shell and PetroChina Joint Venture Buying Australian Coal Seam Gas Company for A$3.5B

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CS CSG (Australia) Pty Ltd, a 50/50 joint venture company owned by Shell and a subsidiary of PetroChina, has entered into an agreement to buy Australia-based Arrow Energy Limited, a coal seam gas company, for A$4.70 Coal seam gas is a form of natural gas trapped in coal beds by water and ground pressure. billion (US$3.2

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DOE reports progress on development of low-carbon and renewable sources of hydrogen production

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) Fuel Cell Technologies Office’ (FCTO) 2014 Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Program Annual Progress Report ( earlier post )—an annual summary of results from projects funded by DOE’s Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Program—described progress in the field of hydrogen production. Source: DOE. Click to enlarge.

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Underground Coal Gasification Company In Partnership to Test Alkaline Fuel Cells for Power Generation

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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 ). Linc Energy will have the option to extend the exclusivity period in perpetuity.

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BNEF report finds hydrogen promising decarbonization pathway, but carbon prices and emissions policies required

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Note: Clean hydrogen refers to both renewable and low-carbon hydrogen (from fossil-fuels with CCS). Renewable hydrogen can be made by splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen, using electricity generated by cheap wind or solar power. Summary of the economics of a hydrogen economy. Source: BloombergNEF. —Kobad Bhavnagri. ,”.

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Linc Energy taking stake in aboveground gasification company; potential CTL introduction in US

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Linc says the Pyromex process produces good quality syngas with almost no CO 2 gas emissions, and without the need for the consumption of high volumes of water or power. Additionally, the process does not utilize oxygen injection, which means there is no need for a large air separation unit (oxygen production facility).

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Renault makes public its lifecycle study of Fluence ICE vs Fluence EV

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Renault’s comparison of the carbon footprint of EV and ICE vehicles over production, operation and end of life. The study used the series production versions launched in 2011, with the assumption of operation for 150,000 km (93,205 miles). Quantifies the production of pollutant ozone (? The EV footprint (Fluence Z.E.)

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A Few Words on Eco Terrorists, Cowards and Courage

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Last night at the Hermosa Beach City Council meeting I heard an ignorant little man reference my favorite Edward Abbey book, “The Monkey Wrench Gang,” which I read the year it came out – in 1975 as a senior in high school. E&B has no limit on the amount of their product they think it’s safe to burn.