Collaborative NREL and ANL project reveals opportunities for 80% reductions by 2050 Friday, March 15, 2013 The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) today announced the release of the Transportation Energy Futures (TEF) study, an assessment of avenues to reach deep cuts in petroleum use and [...]
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Biomass Incineration | Energy Justice Network
http://www.energyjustice.net/biomass/ See how much CO2 MSW incineration creates Trash and biomass incineration are far worse for the climate than coal, per unit of energy produced. Trash incineration releases 2.5 times as much CO2 as coal, and 55% more if you pretend that the biogenic* part doesn’t count. Biomass is nearly 50% worse than coal. This [...]
EPA publishes first-ever carbon dioxide emissions standard for new power plants with future implications for existing sources
http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=e6fc55b3-6de1-401e-99a0-2b2587e07ec9 On April 13, 2012, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published its first-ever carbon dioxide emission standards for new fossil fuel-fired power plants (“Draft Rule”).[1] The Draft Rule essentially requires all new fossil fuel-fired power plants to meet the carbon dioxide (“CO2″) emissions profile of a combined cycle natural gas plant. While most new natural gas [...]
Warm air down and cold air up: wind farms may affect weather
Esther Han April 30, 2012 – 7:37am As Australia turns towards renewable sources such as wind power in a bid to reduce carbon emissions, a study from the United States has found wind farms themselves may be affecting local weather and land surface temperatures. An analysis of land surface temperatures of regions around large wind [...]
Carbon capture ‘viable with long-term support’
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17760441 18 April 2012 Last updated at 23:12 GMT The government’s new CCS competition allows entries relating to gas as well as coal generation Continue reading the main story Related Stories New UK attempt to capture carbon Has the ‘greenest government ever’ gassed itself? CCS: How it works Capturing and burying the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide from [...]
UPDATE 1-CLP expects A$245 mln carbon-related impairment loss
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/13/clp-idUSL3E7ND1UP20111213 HONG KONG Dec 13 (Reuters) – Regional power utility CLP Holdings Ltd said it will write down the value of carbon-emitting assets in Australia, resulting in an expected impairment loss of A$245 million ($247.13 million) due to a new carbon tax law. Australia’s parliament last month passed landmark legislation to impose a A$23 per [...]
New Australia carbon laws to hit CLP
Reuters in Hong Kong 12:54pm, Nov 08, 2011 Hong Kong-based regional power utility CLP Holdings (SEHK: 0002) said on Tuesday that its this year results will likely be hurt by Australia’s newly passed carbon law. “As a consequence, the financial results of CLP Holdings for this year are expected to be adversely impacted,” CLP, which has big [...]
Wind Energy Does Little to Reduce CO2 Emissions
http://theenergycollective.com/willem-post/64492/wind-energy-reduces-co2-emissions-few-percent Here is an important article regarding wind energy not reducing CO2 on grids. The article is based on 2 studies using measured, real-time operations data of the Colorado, Texas and Irish grids, all with significant wind penetration. The studies show increases of CO2/kWh due to adding wind energy to electric grids. For some years [...]
Battle to cut emissions likely to be fragmented
World Energy Council chief says regional trading platforms are most effective option South China Morning Post – 29 August 2011 Global efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions using market mechanisms are likely to see the formation of regional emission-trading platforms that will converge over time, according to World Energy Council secretary general Christoph Frei. And [...]
Mainland dams accused of carbon credit scams
Last updated: April 7, 2010 Source: South China Morning Post Environmental lobby group International Rivers has condemned the emergence of trade in fake carbon credits and says the biggest source is hydroelectric power projects on the mainland. Under what is known as the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol, industrialised countries can support [...]