coal power plant emissions Articles
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A long year in the life of the US coal industry
With concerns about climate change mounting, the era of coal-fired electricity generation in the United States may be coming to a close. In early 2007, a US Department of Energy report listed 151 coal-fired power plants in the planning stages in the United States. But during 2007, 59 proposed plants were either refused licenses by state governments or quietly abandoned. In addition, close to 50 ...
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Ways to Reduce Carbon Dioxide in the Atmosphere
We were delighted to see that a recent news article written by the BBC, discusses ways to reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and features one of our customers, Climeworks. The article follows on from recent scientific reports which claim that simply cutting emissions will not be enough, and that a focus needs to be put on storage solutions of carbon. The intergovernmental Panel on Climate ...
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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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Power plants coordination for economic and environmental load dispatch of thermal power plants with wind generation systems
Economic load dispatch (ELD) and economic emission dispatch (EED) have been applied to obtain generation scheduling of thermal power plants at optimum fuel cost and emissions. Due to limited availability of quality coal, issue of environmental emissions and high prices of coal, installation of renewable energy systems are suggested in power grid. Renewable energy system preferably wind generators ...
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