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Covanta developing waste-to-energy projects in China
Covanta Holding Corporation (Covanta) has announced that is has taken a 40 percent stake in a joint venture with Guangzhou Development Industry (Holdings) Co., Ltd. (GDIH) to develop energy-from-waste projects in the Guangdong Province of Southeast China. GDIH is one of the largest power companies in China's Guangdong Province and has extensive experience in energy and electric power ...
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Future of FutureGen clean coal plant looks dim
Illinois elected officials are vowing to fight all the way to the White House a plan by the U.S. Department of Energy to kill the FutureGen clean coal project that was slated for Mattoon, Illinois. The $1.8 billion state-of-the-art plant announced in 2003 was billed as the cleanest in the world. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman informed the Illinois Congressional Delegation at a meeting in ...
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World Bioenergy 2x larger than World Nuclear
While fossil fuels still dominate the global energy supply with a combined share of 81%, renewable energy sources have the potential of becoming the dominant sources of energy for coming generations. Bioenergy is already around twice as large as nuclear energy in the world. Within the renewable energy sector, bioenergy is the dominant source followed by hydropower and to a smaller extent wind ...
By Elmia AB
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New Report: Positive Energy Trends Continue to Bode Well for U.S. Security and the Economy
The United States is reducing oil dependence, slowing the growth of electricity needs, and making energy services more affordable to all Americans--and our smarter use of energy is the single most important contributor to these positive trends, according to a report released today by the Natural Resources Defense Council. “Despite what you may be hearing from a final onslaught of negative ...
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Wind power `can be cheaper` than photovoltaics, study says
Generating wind energy is more than twice as cheap as solar photovoltaic (PV) energy production, a study of alternative energy in six developing countries has found. The findings, published in Nature Climate Change last week (15 April), could help inform global debates on financing initiatives aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions in developing countries. The authors note that ...
By SciDev.Net
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Study: Your all-electric car may not be so green
People who own all-electric cars where coal generates the power may think they are helping the environment. But a new study finds their vehicles actually make the air dirtier, worsening global warming. Ethanol isn't so green, either. "It's kind of hard to beat gasoline" for public and environmental health, said study co-author Julian Marshall, an engineering professor at the University of ...
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The heat is on! New CHP plant in Germany runs solely on RDF
The heat is on! New CHP plant in Germany runs solely on RDF Investing in waste and resource management to support climate protection Stavenhagen, East Germany. This Wednesday the eagerly anticipated operation of the combined heat and power plant (CHP) has begun: From now on 250 tonnes a day of refuse derived fuel (RDF) is used as a substitute for primary energy sources such as oil or coal, ...
By Nehlsen AG
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Wyoming top in CO2 per person amid new regulations
Turns out the worst state for carbon dioxide emissions per person isn't smoggy California or bustling New York, but a place famous for its big, clear skies: Wyoming. But regulating greenhouse gases is a touchy subject in the least-populated state, which just recently received U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approval to do so. Wyoming also is the top coal-mining state by far, producing ...
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State Energy Profiles enhanced and renewables sections added
As with national trends, the energy sectors in each state continue to experience rapid changes, including increased oil and natural gas production, new renewable electricity generation, and changing motor gasoline prices. With these and other energy trends in mind, the U.S. Energy Information Administration updated its State Energy Profiles, which are available through EIA's State Energy Portal. ...
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Duke Energy´s Edwardsport power plant begins commercial operation
Duke Energy's Edwardsport Generating Station has begun commercial operation. Located in Knox County, Ind., near Vincennes, the 618-megawatt advanced technology coal gasification plant is one of the world's cleanest coal-fired power generating facilities. The plant uses advanced technology to gasify coal, strip out pollutants, and then burn that cleaner gas to produce electricity. The ...
By Duke Energy
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More Than 50% of Britain's Electricity Now Low-Carbon
November 16, 2016 -- Last quarter, for the first time ever, more than half (50.2%) of Britain's electricity was produced from low-carbon energy sources, according to a new quarterly research report released on 11/14, authored by researchers from Imperial College London in collaboration with Drax. Between July and September 2016, the contribution of nuclear, biomass, hydro, wind, solar and ...
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Useful waste is a win-win for energy and food
The future is increasingly bright for renewable energy, with the US aiming to cut the price of solar photovoltaics by 75%between 2010 and 2020. Denmark plans to obtain 50% of its energy from windjust five years from now. But one form of renewable energy – and one which attracts few headlines – manages to create two useful products at the same time, and is making a growing ...
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IEA and OECD team up to review clean energy investment climate in Indonesia
The IEA is working with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to review Indonesia’s clean energy investment climate to identify barriers to financing its energy transition and provide policy recommendations for reducing or removing them. Indonesia is already the world’s fourth most populous country, and its population and income are expected to grow ...
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EDF Reaches an Important Milestone in the Implementation of Ecocombust
After a meeting on 24 January, EDF and the Ministry of Ecological and Solidarity Transition validated a work program prior to a decision on the Ecocombust project. This work program is expected to qualify, by the fall of 2019, the technical tests, the environmental impact studies and the economic model of the project. At this date, subject to satisfactory technical, economic and environmental ...
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Indiana primed to be a renewable energy hub for America
Wind power, biomass, and other sources of renewable energy will bring significant job creation, economic investment and new tax revenues to Indiana’s struggling rural communities, according to a new report released today by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). “Facing an unprecedented set of economic challenges, Indiana stands at a new crossroads and is poised for healthy growth if it ...
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Recession cut US emissions, not falling coal use
Between 2007 and 2013 emissions of carbon dioxide from fossil fuels burnt in the US fell significantly − by about 11% − and many analysts credited this to a change from coal to natural gas in electricity production. But new research says it was, in fact, the economic recession that explains most of the decline, and more extensive use of natural gas may not do much to slow global ...
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Greens hit Obama on energy plan
President Barack Obama is sticking to a fossil-fuel dependent energy policy, delivering a blow to a monthslong, behind-the-scenes effort by nearly every major environmental group to convince the White House that the policy is at odds with his goals on global warming. The division between Obama and some of his staunchest supporters has been simmering for months, a surprising schism that shows ...
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