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Could replacing coal-fired electricity plants with generators fueled by natural gas bring global warming to a halt in this century? What about rapid construction of massive numbers of solar or wind farms, hydroelectric dams, or nuclear reactors—or the invention of new technology for capturing the carbon dioxide produced by fossil-fueled power plants and storing it permanently underground? Nathan Myhrvold of Intellectual Ventures teamed up with Carnegie Institution's Ken Caldeira to...
A drastic switch to low carbon-emitting technologies, such as wind and hydroelectric power, may not yield a reduction in global warming until the latter part of this century, research published today suggests. Furthermore, it states that technologies that offer only modest reductions in greenhouse gases, such as the use of natural gas and perhaps carbon capture and storage, cannot substantially reduce climate risk in the next 100 years. The study, published today, Thursday 16 February,...
AKRON, Ohio, Feb. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) announced today that its Monongahela Power Company (Mon Power) subsidiary will be retiring three older coal-fired power plants located in West Virginia by September 1, 2012. The decision to close the plants is based on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS), which were recently finalized, and other environmental regulations. The following plants will be retired: Albright...
WORCESTER, Mass., Jan. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ThermoEnergy Corp. (OTCBB: TMEN) expects that tough new rules on coal-fired power plant emissions which were finalized recently by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will spur demand for effective, efficient, clean combustion technology. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100816/CL50460LOGO ) ThermoEnergy's www.thermoenergy.com clean combustion technology, once commercialized, would allow power plants to burn coal...
AKRON, Ohio, Jan. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) announced today that its generation subsidiaries will retire six older coal-fired power plants located in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland by September 1, 2012. The decision to close the plants is based on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS), which were recently finalized, and other environmental regulations. The total capacity of the competitive plants that will be...
Created to improve the environmental performance of coal power generation, clean coal technologies will most likely enable coal to remain an attractive fuel option well into the future. New research study “Clean Coal Technologies Markets and Trends Worldwide, 2nd Edition” drawn up by SBI has been recently published by Market Publishers Ltd. London, UK (PRWEB) January 11, 2012 Created to improve the environmental performance of coal power generation, clean coal technologies will most...
LOS ANGELES and JAKARTA, Indonesia, Jan. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- PHI Group, Inc. (OTCQB: PHIE.PK), (Pinksheets: PHIE.PK), a company focused on energy and natural resources, announced today that it has signed a Letter of Intent to acquire approximately 20.7 million metric tonnes of coal resources, together with the operation and production license (IUP Operasi Produksi), located in an area of 2,000 hectares in Kabupaten Sarolangun, Jambi Province, Indonesia from PT. CSP, an...
LOS ANGELES and JAKARTA, Indonesia, Jan. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- PHI Group, Inc., (OTCQB: PHIE), (Pinksheets: PHIE) a company focused on energy and natural resources, announced today that it has signed a Letter of Intent with PT. HBP, an Indonesian company, to jointly operate a producing coal mine with operation and production license (IUP Operasi Produksi) in South Kalimantan, Indonesia. According to the terms, PHI Group and PT. HBP will sign a definitive Operation...
AURORA, Colo., Jan. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Energy Central announced plans to launch a new online intelligence service for professionals in the electric power generation industry, GenerationHub.com. With specific sectors dedicated to renewables, nuclear, gas and coal power generation, the new site will offer premium content in a variety of formats to meet the diverse needs of its target readership. GenerationHub's subscriber-only content include analysis on the latest...
LOS ANGELES and HO CHI MINH, Vietnam, Jan. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- PHI Group, Inc., (OTCQB: PHIE.PK), (Pinksheets: PHIE.PK) a company focused on energy and natural resources, announced today that it has signed an agreement with Hoang Ngoc Joint Stock Company, a Vietnamese company, to build a 2,000 MW coal-fired power plant in Vinh Hau Village, An Phu District, An Giang Province, Vietnam. PHI Group is working with several international institutional investor groups that have...
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Coal is a fossil fuel extracted from the ground either by underground mining, open-pit mining or strip mining. It is a readily combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock. It is composed primarily of carbon and hydrocarbons, along with assorted other elements, including sulfur. Often associated with the Industrial Revolution, coal remains an enormously important fuel and is the most common source of electricity world-wide. In the United States, for example, the burning of coal...
