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Burying CO2 and CCS
Companies are working on cutting-edge technology to trap CO2 and pump it into empty gas fields and deep underground caverns, but utilities are reluctant to use the process as it adds about 1 billion euros ($1.42 billion) to the cost of each power plant. - Read More
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GreeFuel Tech Using NASA Tech for Powerplant CO2 Reduction
Using NASA technology, Green Fuel Technologies have been able to cut carbon emissions from the power plants by up to 82 percent. - Read More
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Coal's Growing Importance
Worldwide energy demand has increased by more than 50 % since 1980, and is expected to grow annually by 1.6 % between now and 2030. More than 70 per cent of this new demand will come from developing countries, with fossil fuels projected to account for about 80 per cent of total energy demand by the end of this period. Coal is the world's fastest growing fossil fuel, with annual production increasing by 6.4% since 2004. It is already the dominant source of power generation in many grow countries - Read More
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Coal's Demand Will Come from China and India
Much of the future increases in coal-fired electricity generation will come from strategically important developing countries like China and India. In 2006 alone, China added about 93,000 megawatts of coal- fired electricity generating capacity, - Read More
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