Germany has announced a new plan to close its coal mines and coal generating stations by 2038. Is it enough? Of course not. But it’s better than running away from the problem like the United States is doing.
What trends are emerging about coal-burning in Europe?
This article was published in The Beam #7 — Subscribe now for more on the topic. By Gisa Holzhausen, Lisa Keppler and Dr. Christine Wörlen, Arepo Consult The climate scientists from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) estimated that after 2011, only 1,000 Gigatons of CO2 should be emitted in total … [continued]
Industrial leaders in Germany are criticizing government leaders for failing to take effective action to address climate change, especially after the IPCC 6 climate assessment was release this week saying the world has only a dozen years to fix global warming.
The Southern Company wanted to build a clean coal and carbon capture plant in Kemper County, Mississippi. Instead, it created a $7.5 billion hole in the ground.
World leaders voiced strong support for climate change mitigation strategies at the COP23 conference in Bonn this week, but a 12 year old boy from Fiji stole the show.
Carbon fiber is lighter than aluminum and stronger than steel, but it is expensive and non-renewable. Researches at the State University of Washington have developed a new process that blends lignite into the mix to make it less costly and more sustainable.
The Kemper County generating plant in Mississippi was supposed to be the “proof of concept” facility that ushered in clean coal technology. Instead, it has turned out to be a expensive boondoggle that will will cost rate payers billions.
State-owned Swedish energy company Vattenfall announced improved operating profit in the first half of the year, but acknowledged it was involved in a challenging market, resulting in significant impairments for its lignite operations. “The first half of the year was characterized by stability in Vattenfall’s operations and a number of … [continued]
Originally published on EnergyPost. By Sonja van Renssen and Hughes Belin Vattenfall’s CEO Magnus Hall likens the selling of its lignite operations in Germany to Eon’s recent split in two. “The problem we needed to solve was the CO2 issue,” says Hall in an exclusive interview with Energy Post. The … [continued]
