power plant CO2 emissions News
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Metso to deliver green energy technology for Elektrocieplownia Bialystok S.A`s biomass boiler conversion project in Poland
Metso Corporation's press release on August 30, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. local time The investment will significantly increase the share of renewable energy production for EC Bialystok. Metso will convert a coal fired boiler to biomass fired Bubbling Fluidized Bed (BFB) boiler to Elektrocieplownia Bialystok S.A's combined heat and power (CHP) plant in Bialystok, Poland. The total value of the ...
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Greenpeace calls on the Italian government to quit coal and stop blocking Europe`s climate deal
This morning, five Greenpeace activists scaled a crane at the new coal-fired power station in Civitavecchia, near Rome. The protestors unfurled two banners that read: 'Italian government opposes Kyoto' ('Il governo contro Kyoto') and 'No new coal' ('mai più carbone'). At the same time, five more volunteers in inflatable boats, launched from Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise, painted 'Quit Coal' on ...
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OriginOil Announces Revenue from First Customer
Shipment of OriginOil Quantum Fracturing System to MBD Energy Triggers Payment LOS ANGELES - OriginOil, Inc. (OOIL), the developer of a breakthrough technology to transform algae, the most promising source of renewable oil, into a true competitor to petroleum, today announced that it recently notified MBD Energy Limited that it is ready to ship a Quantum Fracturing™ System, the first unit ...
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IEA review of Swiss energy policies highlights challenge of meeting carbon and nuclear phase-out objectives
Switzerland faces challenges as it seeks to cut greenhouse gas emissions by a fifth by 2020 while phasing out nuclear power, according to a review of Switzerland's energy policies published today by the International Energy Agency<http://www.iea.org/> (IEA). Though it applauds Swiss electricity market reforms and high levels of oil and gas security, the report, Energy Policies of IEA ...
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Renewable Energy Future Could Save the World Billions of Dollars a Year
BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 6, 2007 (ENS) - Investing in renewable electricity worldwide instead of burning fossil fuels could save US$180 billion annually and cut emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide in half by 2030, according to a joint report by Greenpeace and the European Renewable Energy Council, released today. In the first global analysis of its kind, the report argues for a shift ...
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Dominion Solar Investment In Virginia Approaches $1 Billion
Dominion is investing more than $800 million in solar power in Virginia, with much of it being built at little or no cost to most customers, according to the company. Additional solar projects are now in the planning stages. "Our company has made a major commitment to develop significant blocks of solar generation to meet customers' energy needs going forward," said Paul Koonce, CEO of Power ...
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Chile to launch new carbon tax to cut emissions
The initiative forms part of wider tax reform and is due to be detailed on Tuesday. The new measure will include incentives for thermoelectric power plants to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions, the main gas blamed for causing climate change. Chile is the world No.1 copper producer and the majority of mines are powered by coal-fired thermoelectric plants, which have received heavy criticism ...
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EPA Proposal to Regulate Carbon Dioxide From Existing Plants Under OMB Review
The White House is reviewing an Environmental Protection Agency proposal that would set the first carbon dioxide emissions limits for existing power plants. However, the EPA has revealed few details of what the proposed new source performance standards might entail. The EPA sent its proposed rule to the White House Office of Management and Budget for review March 31. “They're doing a ...
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EPA seeks to cut power plant carbon by 30%
The Environmental Protection Agency is rolling out a plan to cut carbon dioxide emissions from power plants by 30 percent by 2030, setting the first national limits on the chief gas linked to global warming. The rule being announced Monday is expected to be finalized next year. It is a centerpiece of President Barack Obama's plans to reduce the pollution linked to climate change, and his ...
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Mobile carbon capture technology removes 1000 kg CO2/day from Polish coal power plant
Power plants are a major source of CO2 emissions and contributor to global warming. This study reports on a portable technology to remove CO2 from their combustion exhaust gases. Pilot testing on a coal burning plant in Poland captured thousands of kilograms of CO2 per day. This could be a viable future means of mitigating CO2 emissions from the power generation sector. The average temperatures ...
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Software and Hardware Upgrades Could Cut Global CO2 Emissions from Coal and Gas Power Plants by One Billion Metric Tons
GE today released a new analysis of global power plants, which found that carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the world's fleet of coal and gas plants can be reduced by 10 percent -- the equivalent of removing 95 percent of cars off U.S. roads -- when existing hardware and software solutions are fully applied. The analysis is the first to quantify the emission reductions of using existing ...
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EU could cut emissions by 40 percent at moderate cost
The costs of achieving a more ambitious EU climate target are estimated to be moderate. Upscaling greenhouse-gas emissions reduction from the current 20 percent by 2020 to 40 percent by 2030 would be likely to cost less than an additional 0.7 percent of economic activity. This is a key finding from an international multi-model analysis by the Stanford Energy Modeling Forum (EMF28) and comes at a ...
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Metso and Fortum`s joint development work on oxyfuel combustion technology makes headway
Project aims to considerably reduce CO2 emissions Metso Corporation's press release on May 16, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. local time In a joint R&D project, Metso and Fortum have developed oxyfuel combustion technology that aims to reduce the CO2 emissions of power plants. In 2010, Metso's 4-MW test plant in Tampere, Finland, was modified for oxyfuel combustion, resulting in the biggest ...
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DOE Invests $17 Million to Advance Carbon Utilization Projects
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy (FE) has selected 11 projects to receive approximately $17 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development projects for carbon utilization. The projects will develop and test technologies that can utilize carbon dioxide (CO2) from power systems or other industrial sources as the primary feedstock. The research goal of ...
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Fact Sheet: President Obama To Announce Historic Carbon Pollution Standards For Power Plants
Today at the White House, President Obama and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy will release the final Clean Power Plan, a historic step in the Obama Administration’s fight against climate change. We have a moral obligation to leave our children a planet that’s not polluted or damaged. The effects of climate change are already being felt across the ...
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Stakeholder Statements - Clean Power Plan, Part One
Business/Industry American Sustainable Business Council | David Levine, CEO & Co-Founder “Business leaders recognize and applaud the President and the Environmental Protection Agency for the leadership demonstrated on issuing these rules to mitigate the worst impacts of climate change. The business community is as much at risk from this as anyone, from severe weather events causing ...
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