Sentences with phrase «on clean coal technologies»

Southern signed a memorandum of understanding with state - owned Chinese company Shenhua Group earlier this year to collaborate on clean coal technologies, but the one licensing of TRIG on a Chinese facility so far is for the gasification technology only, minus the capture component, according to Southern officials.

The answer, he says, is for government to invest more money on clean coal technology «as a matter of urgency».

NITI Ayog, Minister Goyal and Mr Subramanian have all emphasised the need to focus on cleaner coal technologies, like high efficiency power plants.

For instance, Ned Leonard, a longtime Western Fuels operative, became a vice president at CEED and is now the go - to guy on clean coal technology at ACCCE.

ASEAN's Energy Equation highlights three key steps on this cleaner coal technology pathway:

Not exact matches

Business leaders called today for the government to invest more in nuclear and clean coal technology and put less emphasis on wind power.

But clean - coal technologies have yet to be demonstrated on a large scale commercially, and by the admission of even the president's own climate - technology task force, clean coal doesn't have any prospect of making a big dent in the climate problem in the next 15 to 20 years.

Yet, the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and leaders of the world's eight richest nations, including President Bush, among others, have called the development of clean coal technology essential to preventing the consequences of climate change.

The model produces different jobs and growth projections for a business - as - usual scenario with no technology breakthroughs or major new policies, and then generates different outcomes by factoring in new policies such as a national clean energy standards such as proposed by President Obama; increases in corporate average fuel economy standards; tougher environmental controls on coal - fired power generators; extended investment and production tax credits for clean energy sources and an expanded federal energy loan guarantee program.

In one of the memoranda of understanding (MOUs), China's Huaneng Clean Energy Research Institute, a subsidiary of state - owned power company China Huaneng and Washington - based Summit Power Group agreed to share information on clean coal power generation technoClean Energy Research Institute, a subsidiary of state - owned power company China Huaneng and Washington - based Summit Power Group agreed to share information on clean coal power generation technoclean coal power generation technology.

Without a level playing field and a steady price on carbon, companies can not assess whether advanced technologies such as «clean coal» power plants or electric vehicles will ever make economic sense.

It's in the «best interest and prosperity of future generations» to deploy clean coal technology by 2015, she said, but she added that «early research has shown us this is not viable at this time on a commercial scale.»

But one major owner of coal - fired power plants, Southern, has so far lingered on the sidelines and publicized its investments in clean coal technology and nuclear power.

Strategies to meet the goal would vary by country and largely rely on advanced technology such as capturing the carbon dioxide spewed by coal - burning power plants; the Bush vision also foresees gasoline alternatives, nuclear power and an international clean technology fund to promote research into carbon - free energy sources.

It's also critical to a future less dependent on foreign oil: Hydraulic fracturing, «clean coal» technologies, nuclear fuel production, and carbon storage (the keystone of the strategy to address climate change) all count on pushing waste into rock formations below the earth's surface.

And industry leaders have focused recently on ways to impose cleaner coal technologies, including at a major conference in Delhi earlier this month featuring high - level government and industry leaders focusing on coal gasification, carbon capture and storage, upgrades and other measures to improve efficiency and reduce pollution.

Despite the ads» claims, an analysis by the Center of American Progress determined that ACCCE's companies spend relatively few dollars conducting research on carbon capture and storage, the most promising clean coal technology to reduce global warming pollution from coal - fired power plants.

, like when mom wanted you to clean your room, is if a moratorium is placed on the building of new coal - fired power plants until carbon capture and storage technology can be built into such plants.

It can also be seen in heightened spending on solar, wind, hydrogen, ethanol and clean coal technologies, as well as on other energy - investment decisions.»

Reflecting that situation, the White House has maintained a bullish stance on carbon capture and storage (or sequestration), which it continues to call a «clean coal» technology.

This will include: Extending the CERC mandate for an additional five years from 2016 - 2020; Renewing funding for the three existing tracks: building efficiency, clean vehicles, and advanced coal technologies with carbon capture, use and sequestration (CCUS); and Launching a new track on the interaction of energy and water (the energy / water «nexus»).

As we know here, on this blog, until technology allows for carbon dioxide to be removed from the emissions of coal - fired power plants, the term «clean coal» is a bit like the term «healthy smoking.»

Here's an essay from Botkin reflecting on ways to move toward a sustained expansion of clean energy technology after generations of energy policies shaped by abundant supplies of coal and oil and disregard for their indirect impacts.

The presidents welcomed: (i) a grant from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency to the China Power Engineering and Consulting Group Corporation to support a feasibility study for an integrated gasification combined cycle (I.G.C.C.) power plant in China using American technology, (ii) an agreement by Missouri - based Peabody Energy to invest and participate in GreenGen, a project of several major Chinese energy companies to develop a near - zero emissions coal - fired power plant, (iii) an agreement between G.E. and Shenhua Corporation to collaborate on the development and deployment of I.G.C.C. and other clean coal technologies; and (iv) an agreement between AES and Songzao Coal and Electric Company to use methane captured from a coal mine in Chongqing, China, to generate electricity and reduce greenhouse gas emissicoal - fired power plant, (iii) an agreement between G.E. and Shenhua Corporation to collaborate on the development and deployment of I.G.C.C. and other clean coal technologies; and (iv) an agreement between AES and Songzao Coal and Electric Company to use methane captured from a coal mine in Chongqing, China, to generate electricity and reduce greenhouse gas emissicoal technologies; and (iv) an agreement between AES and Songzao Coal and Electric Company to use methane captured from a coal mine in Chongqing, China, to generate electricity and reduce greenhouse gas emissiCoal and Electric Company to use methane captured from a coal mine in Chongqing, China, to generate electricity and reduce greenhouse gas emissicoal mine in Chongqing, China, to generate electricity and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

This working paper examines the first five years of U.S. - China Clean Energy Research Center (CERC) Advanced Coal Technology Consortium, a collaborative effort by the United States and China to accelerate development on carbon capture and storage and other advanced coal technologCoal Technology Consortium, a collaborative effort by the United States and China to accelerate development on carbon capture and storage and other advanced coal technologcoal technologies.

Key Energy Technology Issues Based on the IEA's recent analysis Energy Technology Perspectives 2006, the Compendium devotes an entire chapter to energy technologies, outlining important developments in renewables, clean - coal, and other energy research issues.

With construction almost complete in Mississippi on the first U.S. carbon capture coal plant, the Obama administration said «clean coal» technology is viable and should be standard.

Since the mid-1980s, the US Department of Energy has invested over $ 3 billion in power plant «clean coal technologies,» but mine fires burn on, venting carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and methane in a wind poisonous to humans and the environment.

As recently as the Stern Review in 2006, carbon capture and storage from coal - fired power stations was seen as the most promising clean energy technology on offer.

This could be a huge blow to FutureGen and does not bode well for clean coal technology on the whole.

The president has glommed on to the term «clean coal,» which originally referred to speculative technologies for reducing the environmental and climate impacts of burning coal.

He also continued on the theme of reforming fossil fuel subsidies, so that the cost of fossil fuels can «better reflect the costs they impose on taxpayers and our planet», and investing in the clean technology of the future, particularly in the coal states that could suffer as their power plants shut down.

The topic of discussion was «Decarbonizing King Coal: Growing U.S. - China Clean Technology Cooperation», and my fellow panelists Ming Sun of Clean Air Task Force (pictured right) and Albert Lin representing Future Fuels, LLC (pictured left) had very interesting perspectives on the role of «clean coal» in China's energy futCoal: Growing U.S. - China Clean Technology Cooperation», and my fellow panelists Ming Sun of Clean Air Task Force (pictured right) and Albert Lin representing Future Fuels, LLC (pictured left) had very interesting perspectives on the role of «clean coal» in China's energy fuClean Technology Cooperation», and my fellow panelists Ming Sun of Clean Air Task Force (pictured right) and Albert Lin representing Future Fuels, LLC (pictured left) had very interesting perspectives on the role of «clean coal» in China's energy fuClean Air Task Force (pictured right) and Albert Lin representing Future Fuels, LLC (pictured left) had very interesting perspectives on the role of «clean coal» in China's energy fuclean coal» in China's energy futcoal» in China's energy future.

In almost all locations of this world (except on top of a coal mine, as in Australia) today's nuclear fission technology competes with new clean coal plants with no carbon tax figured in.

Thus, seeking public acceptance on cleaner use of coal through CCT technologies will be crucial.

Then there's the American Coalition for Clean Coal Energy ($ 45 million), which focuses on the promotion of clean coal technology, something that is needed only because of the desire to reduce greenhouse gas emissClean Coal Energy ($ 45 million), which focuses on the promotion of clean coal technology, something that is needed only because of the desire to reduce greenhouse gas emissiCoal Energy ($ 45 million), which focuses on the promotion of clean coal technology, something that is needed only because of the desire to reduce greenhouse gas emissclean coal technology, something that is needed only because of the desire to reduce greenhouse gas emissicoal technology, something that is needed only because of the desire to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

In 2008, needing union votes for his election, Obozo, addressing a crowd of miners in W. Va. said: «We put a man on the moon in nine years in the 1960s, so don't tell me we can't develop clean coal technology.»

She also authored a 2007 fact sheet on Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC, or «clean» coal) used by hundreds of activists around the U.S., and helped advocates understand why «clean» coal is uneconomic and can not compete with solar, wind, biodigesters, efficiency and other technologies.

On February 1, the government pledged to decommission all reactors and replace them with 45 new coal - fired power plants equipped with the latest clean coal technology.

The Obama administration should not depend on so - called «clean - coal» technology to roll out its climate - change rules for power plants, according to a new report released Tuesday that was done in consultation with the White House.

«It would be pretty hard to argue that this technology does not exist when it is standing there on 55 acres and many many stories towering above you,» said John Thompson, who heads the coal transition team for the Clean Air Task Force, one of the few environmental groups endorsing the technology.

They hope to continue gaming the system by selling carbon credits of doubtful authenticity on an already corrupt market, and demanding climate reparations and technology transfers from the West, while remaining free to build their own clean modern and efficient coal / gas / nuclear / hydro energy grid.

Usual investment criteria may not deliver the super low - cost, clean, renewable energy soon enough to avoid the worst effects of climate change,» said Dr. Larry Brilliant, Executive Director of Google.org, Google's philanthropic arm, «Google.org's hope is that by funding research on promising technologies, investing in promising new companies, and doing a lot of R&D ourselves, we may help spark a green electricity revolution that will deliver breakthrough technologies priced lower than coal.»

U.S. spending on big, near - commercial technology projects in other countries, such as full - scale clean coal plants in China, should be approached cautiously, as it is likely to raise political ire.

Muller does not believe that the problem is related to transportation, nor that we are approaching a «Hubbard Peak» on oil (since we have lots of coal and this can easily be converted to liquid fuels with existing «clean» technology).

«If EPA proceeds with regulations, they should be based on adequately demonstrated technology and provide an achievable time frame to allow the coal industry to continue advancing clean coal technologies,» he said.

However, with rising levels of pollution, the government is keen on developing cleaner coal technologies as well as renewable energy sources like solar, tidal, and biomass.

On March 23, 2010 it was announced that Arch Coal invested $ 3 million in ADA, a «clean coal» technologies firm that has developed «technologies that improve the performance of coals from Wyoming's Powder River Basin.&raCoal invested $ 3 million in ADA, a «clean coal» technologies firm that has developed «technologies that improve the performance of coals from Wyoming's Powder River Basin.&racoal» technologies firm that has developed «technologies that improve the performance of coals from Wyoming's Powder River Basin.»

The dirtiest trick that governments play on their citizens is the pretence that they are working on «clean coal» or that they will build power plants that are «capture - ready» in case technology is ever developed to capture all pollutants.

Bush's position is that clean coal technologies should be encouraged as one means to reduce the country's dependence on foreign oil.