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Pacific National partners with EML
EML is excited to announce our new partnership with Pacific National, Australia’s leading freight rail operator. Pacific National has been moving Australia’s economy for over 150 years. Over 3,500 employees in more than 70 locations are supporting industries around the country to connect and grow. Coal, energy, mining, construction and agricultural companies all depend on Pacific ...
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Will biomass be the saviour of coal?
Use of biomas at coal-fired energy plants would enhance existing generation assets and balance carbon reduction objectives with energy demand and energy ...
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China Gears Up to Ensure Supply Diversity
“China Energy Sector Analysis” – recent report published by RNCOS - has found that China aimed at reducing its dependence on oil and gas, in order to ensure supply diversity. As ensuring supply diversity will provide hordes of opportunities for renewable sources of energy. Coal makes up around two-third of total energy demand in the country and propels 80% of its electricity generation. ...
By RNCOS
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Standing for Clean Energy- Norway Divests from Coal
In the United States, approximately 20 percent of our energy consumption comes from coal. Additionally, most of the coal burning energy is found in industries. Clearly, this statistic needs to be decreased, but how can the United States collectively show big business that we want to move towards clean and sustainable energy sources? Norway sets a precedent and takes a step to stand against coal ...
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The future of energy open to the public
Scientists and engineers at the centre are leading the way in Australia’s research into solar energy, clean coal, distributed energy and biofuels. Families and individuals are being invited to attend the Open Day between 10am and 3pm and take part in a full program of hands-on activities, science shows, seminars, engineering challenges and site tours – all for free. Visitors will also be able ...
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China Issues Five-year Plan on Saving Energy, Cutting Emissions
The State Council, China's cabinet, issued on Thursday a comprehensive plan on energy conservation and emission reductions for the 2016-2020 period. The plan listed 11 detailed measures to push forward China's energy-saving and emission-reduction work, including reducing the coal consumption rate, promoting energy consumption in key areas, intensifying pollutant emission control, developing the ...
By Camfil Ltd
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Teleconference on China`s Leadership Transition and Implications for Energy and Climate
As China’s government prepares for a leadership change in November, many people are wondering what this will mean for key issues, including energy and climate. The World Resources Institute has gathered leading experts from think tanks and academia to discuss the implications of China’s upcoming transition for U.S.-China relations, clean energy, coal, climate change, and more. They ...
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Senate passes recovery package, makes down payment on clean energy future
In response to Senate passage of the “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009,” Wesley Warren, Director of Programs for the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), issued the following statement: “Passing this bill shows that the Senate recognizes we can’t wait any longer to start our economic recovery and invest in a clean energy future. The recovery package includes significant ...
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Nuclear´s great expectations
The IAEA has revised upwards its nuclear power generation projections to 2030, while at the same time it reported that nuclear´s share of global electricity generation dropped another percentage point in 2007 to 14%. This compares to the nearly steady share of 16% to 17% that nuclear power maintained for almost two decades, from 1986 through 2005. In its 2008 edition of Energy, Electricity and ...
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New subsidy scheme for Turkish coal power plants
A new law has been published in Turkey promoting a subsidy scheme that could threaten health of its citizens and the energy future and environmental regulations of the country. Energy has a critical status in Turkey in the 2023 Vision and Development Plans. Since 2005, the country provides subsidies and grants exemptions to increase the share of coal, especially lignite as indigenous coal, in ...
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LDK Solar Announces Resignation and Appointment
LDK Solar Co., Ltd. ("LDK Solar") (NYSE: LDK), a leading vertically integrated manufacturer of photovoltaic (PV) products, today announced (i) the resignation yesterday of Mr. Louis Tung-jung Hsieh, formerly an independent director, from its board of directors and (ii) the appointment today of Mr. Maurice Wai-fung Ngai as an independent director to fill the vacancy created by Mr. Hsieh. Mr. Bing ...
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Facebook update: renewable energy now
International — Facebook recently announced it will build a massive data centre in Oregon, U.S., packed full of the latest energy efficient computers to serve the hundreds of millions of friends connecting on their near-addictive social networking website. But the company plans to run the place on electricity made by burning coal--Yes, the dirtiest source of energy and largest single source of ...
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Coal-fired Power Plant Retirements will be Significant but Not a Dominant Factor in Future Capital Expenditures
Hundreds of coal-fired power plants have been or are going to be retired. The peak year will be 2015 when just fewer than 70 units are slated for retirement or switch to natural gas. McIlvaine tracks each retirement initiative along with upgrade expenditures at each plant in the Utility Environmental Upgrade Tracking System. (www.mcilvainecompany.com) The power plants planning to retire in 2015 ...
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Innovative drying technology extracts more energy from high moisture coal
An innovative coal-drying technology that will extract more energy from high moisture coal at less cost and simultaneously reduce potentially harmful emissions is ready for commercial use after successful testing at a Minnesota electric utility. The DryFining™ technology was developed with funding from the first round of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Clean Coal Power Initiative (CCPI). Great ...
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Taylor & Francis Debuts New Energy Journal in 2006
Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning, and Policy, a new journal that published January 2006, is a companion to Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects. This peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary journal will serve as an international forum for the reporting and investigation of economic and political trends and issues relating to the use of ...
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U.S. Energy Information Administration seeks public comment on proposed expansion of natural gas and crude oil production survey
As a result of the rapid growth and shifting location of U.S. natural gas and crude oil production, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) is proposing expanding the geographic coverage of its current monthly natural gas production survey and adding collection of state-level data on crude oil and lease condensate production. EIA is soliciting comments on the proposed changes in a ...
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Launch of Special Report on Energy Trends in Southeast Asia, 2 October in Bangkok
H.E. Pongsak Ruktapongpisal - Minister of Energy, Thailand Maria van der Hoeven - Executive Director, International Energy Agency (IEA) Hidetoshi Nishimura - Executive Director, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia For the launch of ENERGY TRENDS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA ; Special Report from the IEA’s World Energy Outlook 2013 Programme begins at 9:30 a.m. Bangkok time, Press ...
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Joint wind farms in the Baltic Sea?
The countries around the Baltic Sea could collaborate on joint wind farms in the common sea. This proposal was raised when Nordic and Baltic politicians discussed various scenarios for energy supplies in the Baltic Sea Region in the Danish parliament on 20 October. The goal is to halve the CO2 emissions and oil consumption in 2030 compared to the levels in 1990. Parliamentarians from the ...
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E.ON gas storage examining CO2 storage options
E.ON Gas Storage GmbH (EGS) has filed an application with the Lower Saxony mining, energy and geology office (LBEG) for permission to carry out geological investigations in the Weser area. Over the next five years it is to be examined whether geological conditions in that area are suitable for building an underground CO2 storage facility. This study is part of an E.ON programme for carbon capture ...
By E.ON AG
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Golden Age’ of gas coming to China, IEA says in latest five-year outlook
Driven by booming demand, the "Golden Age" of natural gas that is now firmly established in North America will expand to China over the next five years, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in its 2014 Medium-Term Gas Market Report released today. The projected near-doubling of Chinese gas demand through 2019 compensates for a slight slowdown in growth in many other areas of the the world, ...
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