coal power producer Articles
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Coal is abundant, let’s burn it responsibly
China coal stocks fully loaded right along with record setting power output China’s coal inventories at power plants are full despite recent record power generation, according to China’s National Development and Reform Commission. At the present the China’s coal supply and demand was stable. Lots of coal ready to burn. China’s daily power generation surged to a new high ...
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Coal phase out case study: What Alberta can learn from Washington State
How Bruce Nilles and the Sierra Club cleaned up Washington state Renewable energy made up half of all the new power plantsconstructed in the world in 2014. That’s an incredible number made all the better when you think of what these plants are replacing. Big, bad coal. There are good reasons for this. Coal is not only the most carbon intensive form of energy available, but it has ...
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Reinforcing China’s leadership in reducing global carbon emissions
Believed by many as the next superpower¹, China also has the opportunity to be viewed as an international leader in energy efficiency solutions and environmental best practices. With its flourishing economy, China can decide whether to accelerate or decelerate implementation of initiatives designed to combat climate change. Whatever steps China decides to take towards energy use and carbon ...
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Coal Prices held back for power producers in China
China requests that coal miners not raise prices Higher coal prices would increase price of inflation on all things in China, so the Govt. has asked that the Coal Companies keep prices from rising too much… The prices for coal set by annual supply contracts cannot be changed. All of the state run coal mine operators and coal industry leaders will work together coal prices steady. The ...
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Users demand Facebook to switch to renewable energy
Social networking website faces campaign to switch to renewable energy after announcing intentions to run new data centre mainly on coal-powered electricity. Facebook, the most used social network worldwide, has come under unprecedented pressure from its users when they found out the company has intentions to run its massive new data centre mainly on electricity produced by burning coal power. ...
By Vital Energi
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Wind & solar energy and nature conservation
Climate change and the degradation of ecosystems and biodiversity cannot be solved in isolation. Land and marine ecosystems play a crucial role in the climate system, capturing roughly half of carbon dioxide emissions generated by human activities (UNEP, 2009). Protecting biodiversity preserves ecosystem services that are important for regulating the climate and helping us to adapt to the impacts ...
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Green coal, Quebec company poised to scale up biocoal technology
Near the St. Lawrence River, a stone’s throw away from the Gentilly nuclear power plant, the old LaPrade mill in Bécancour, Que., has come back to life. In one of the old concrete pools designed to produce heavy water, Airex Energy is testing its unique torrefaction process. Their goal: develop a large-scale biocoal technology made with forest biomass and agriculture waste. ...
By Airex Energy
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US Carbon Emissions Down 7 Percent in 4 Years: Even Bigger Drops Coming
Between 2007 and 2011, carbon emissions from coal use in the United States dropped 10 percent. During the same period, emissions from oil use dropped 11 percent. In contrast, carbon emissions from natural gas use increased by 6 percent. The net effect of these trends was that U.S. carbon emissions dropped 7 percent in four years. And this is only the beginning. Graph on U.S. Energy-Related ...
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New Report Shows Decline in Carbon Dioxide and Other Pollutants from U.S. Power Plants, but State and Power Company Emissions Vary Widely
Electric Power Industry is Transitioning to Lower-Carbon Sources and Positioned to Meet New EPA Carbon Standards A new report on U.S. power plant emissions from the country’s top 100 electric power producers shows a downward trend in nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulfur dioxides (SO2), mercury and carbon dioxide (CO2) since 2000, with CO2emissions decreasing 13 percent between 2008 and 2012. The ...
By Ceres
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2nd Progress meeting on the APOLLON project
2nd Progress meeting on the APOLLON project Introduction In Piacenza, Italy, has been held the 2nd progress meeting of the APOLON Project, so far the biggest integrated Photovoltaic project of FP7 whose main final objective is the development of point focus (PF) and dense array (DA) systems with a target cost of 2 Euro/W. In order to answer to the industrial need to speed up the ...
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