«Decarbonization of heavy industry and aviation will be difficult, which makes converting
industrial waste gases into low - carbon jet fuel a fascinating prospect,» said James Beard, climate and aviation specialist at WWF in the U.K. «All airlines should pursue the development of genuinely sustainable, low - carbon fuels that are certified to minimize indirect land use change.»
Joule uses tanked CO2 obtained from
industrial waste gases.
New Zealand - based Lanzatech, the developer of gas fermentation technology for producing ethanol and high value chemicals (e.g.: MEK, Butadiene) from
industrial waste gases, has signed a memorandum of understanding with one of the largest coal producers in China, Henan Coal and Chemical Industrial Corporation, to build a demonstration plant to... Read more →
Most of the current generators run on diesel but gas engines could run on natural gas, biomethane, syngas or a few
industrial waste gases.
These «vulnerable» projects — for example, which reduce methane emissions or
industrial waste gases — could supply up to 700 million CERs for their emission reduction activities between 2013 to 2020.
Thus, in addition to the so - called «Haber - Bosch process of nitrogen fixation,» nitrogenase also stimulates a reaction corresponding to the «Fischer - Tropsch synthesis of hydrocarbons,» which can be used on a large scale to synthesize fuels, for instance from
industrial waste gases..
This reaction is the enzymatic version of a second significant chemical process — Fischer - Tropsch synthesis of hydrocarbons which can be used on a large scale to synthesize fuels from
industrial waste gases, for instance.
Those sorts of generators can back up renewables and can themselves be fueled by renewable or
industrial waste gasses that have to be got rid of somehow.
Not exact matches
Helping
industrial clients safely burn methane and other
waste gases — the main byproducts being CO2 and water — has been the focus of Questor's business since 1994.
Methanol production is also experiencing a global resurgence, particularly in China where the finished product — typically extracted from solid
waste / biomass, but also from natural
gas and coal feedstocks — is widely used in chemical production and
industrial processes, as well as in blended vehicle fuel.
«Coles also recycles chicken fat and doughnut fat as animal feed, low - grade
industrial lubricants and biofuels, while organic food
waste is recycled as compost, animal feed or converted to fertiliser or
gas by Earthpower.
Most wells are around the Great Lakes and in areas where oil and
gas is produced: along the Appalachian crest and the Gulf Coast, in California and in Texas, which has more wells for hazardous
industrial waste and oil and
gas waste than any other state.
How CHP works is by using the heat that would otherwise be
wasted in exhaust
gases from fossil combustion systems, such as flue
gases from a coal - or biomass - fueled boiler or exhaust from a
gas turbine or reciprocating engine, to produce steam and / or hot water for various
industrial or commercial needs.
89 Until we get zero
waste, however, the methane (natural
gas) produced in existing landfills as organic materials in buried garbage decompose can also be tapped to produce
industrial process heat or to generate electricity in combined heat and power plants.
A company partnered with Virgin Atlantic Ltd. has created a green jet fuel made from
waste industrial gases from steel mills.
In Europe there is a growing interest and use of biomethane (methane = natural
gas) from
waste, both manure and
industrial and consumer
waste.
The table below shows data compiled by the International Energy Agency, which estimates carbon dioxide emissions from the combustion of coal, natural
gas, oil and other fuels, including
industrial waste and non-renewable municipal
waste.
Comprehensive policies directed at reducing greenhouse
gas emissions from sources other than energy, for example
waste,
industrial emissions, fugitives, land - use change, deforestation and agriculture.
«You have destroyed nature with your
industrial waste and
gases more than any other nation in history.
In the United States, about 67 % of total electricity generation in 2016 was produced from: fossil fuels (coal, natural
gas, and petroleum), materials that come from plants (biomass), and municipal and
industrial wastes.