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Also Try Algae for Carbon Sequestration Carbon Sequestration Coal Gasification News -02-05-08 Bush Administration Backs Off of Clean Coal Project (Christian Science Monitor) "Prospects for nearly emissions-free coal power in the United States have dimmed in the wake of the US Department of Energy's decision to pull the plug on a 'clean coal' demonstration plant called FutureGen, observers say." "Under the deal, 13 partners – including China, Australia, Britain, and Germany – would have paid 26 percent of the cost with the DOE paying 74 percent. A key part of FuturGen was the potential environmental impact, some environmentalists say because China's coal-fired power plants are among the largest emitters of greenhouse gases." 02-08 -04-18-08 Carbon Reduction in Coal Reduction (Time.com) "Coal plants usually have a 50-year operational life, which means that fossil fuels will be with us for a long time. Unless we can figure out a way to take carbon out of coal — the way we've managed to clean other pollutants, like acid rain-causing sulfur dioxide, using scrubbers —we'll never beat climate change. Ergo Exergy wants to mitigate the damage. The company's underground coal gasification technology burns coal into gas directly in its underground seams, which saves the environmental cost of mining." 04-08 -04-20-08 Capturing Carbon (Time.com) "Even before the federal government creates a national cap — which is generally considered inevitable — the economy will need a bridge, economic nudges, so that the private sector can test carbon capture and storage before scaling it up. More than 30 states are looking at legislation that would give carbon storage technology a boost. Some call for comprehensive studies of the technology, while in Wyoming — one of several states identified as having underground carbon storage potential — laws are already being written to address questions about ownership of and liability for the underground CO2 vaults. These laws will help U.S. "geo-bottling" incubate while the federal government catches up to state and private efforts. At Duke University's Climate Change Policy Partnership, for example, researchers are modeling optimal routes for gas pipelines, based on engineering, social and environmental factors, to move the CO2 from plant to storage site." 04-08 -06-06-07 Coal to Liquid Fuel (Los Angeles Times) "A bipartisan group of lawmakers, including one presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), is pushing to provide federal loan guarantees, tax breaks and other subsidies to spur the production of fuel from coal." "But the process of turning coal into a liquid emits carbon dioxide, so much that each gallon of the fuel would create more greenhouse gases than gasoline — unless the carbon dioxide released in production could be captured and stored." 06-07 -11-13-08 A Freeze on New U.S. Coal Plants? (Time.com) "Environmentalists have long known that when it comes to climate change, coal will be a dealbreaker. The carbon-intensive fossil fuel provides nearly half of the United States' electricity, and is responsible for some 30% of the country's greenhouse gas emissions. That's just due to the coal plants already operating — as the U.S. looks to expand its energy supply to meet rising demand in the future, over 100 coal plants are in various stages of development around the country. If those plants are built without the means to capture and sequester underground the carbon they emit — and it's far from clear that such technology will be commercially viable in the near-term — our ambitious goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and avert climate change will be meaningless." 11-08 -11-13-08 Coal Power Plants May Have to Limit Emissions (USA Today) "About 100 proposed coal-fired power plants in the USA may be required to limit their greenhouse gas emissions after the Environmental Protection Agency was blocked Thursday from issuing a permit for a proposed Utah plant without addressing the issue of global warming." 11-08 Papers -05-22-06 Insufficient Oxygen for Workers in Coal Coal Mines (MSNBC News) "Autopsy findings indicating that three of five eastern Kentucky coal miners killed in an explosion died of carbon monoxide poisoning infuriated several family members still mourning their deaths." 05-06 -06-06-07 Coal to Liquid Fuel (Houston Chronicle) "Peabody Energy Corp. has pledged nearly one million tons of coal a year and up to $10 million in development funds to an Illinois plant planners say would become the nation's first to commercially turn coal into liquid fuels for tomorrow's big-rig trucks, buses, barges or jets." "The League of Conservation Voters says burning a gallon of liquefied coal releases almost double the carbon dioxide _ a greenhouse gas _ as a gallon of gasoline, "turning a compact car into an SUV from a global warming perspective." 06-07 Coal Power Plants and Pollution (Sierra Club) "In the US today, coal is the number one source of electricity produced (54%), followed by nuclear sources (21%), hydropower (16%), natural gas (9%), oil (2%), and other non-renewables (3%)." "Out of the entire electric industry, coal-fired power plants contribute 96% of sulfur dioxide emissions, 93% of nitrogen oxide emissions, 88% of carbon dioxide emissions, and 99% of mercury emissions." 11-02 Coal Power Usage By State (AmericasPower.org) Provides a map (at the bottom of the page) for showing which energy sources each state uses. 08-08 Efficient Carbon Sequestration at Existing Coal Plants (American Electric Power) "American Electric Power (NYSE:AEP) will install carbon capture on two coal-fired power plants, the first commercial use of technologies to significantly reduce carbon dioxide emissions from existing plants." "In laboratory testing sponsored by Alstom, EPRI and others, the process has demonstrated the potential to capture more than 90 percent of CO2 at a cost that is far less expensive than other carbon capture technologies. It is applicable for use on new power plants as well as for the retrofit of existing coal-fired power plants." "The system chills the flue gas, recovering large quantities of water for recycle, and then utilizes a CO2 absorber in a similar way to absorbers used in systems that reduce sulfur dioxide emissions. The remaining low concentration of ammonia in the clean flue gas is captured by cold-water wash and returned to the absorber. The CO2 is compressed for enhanced oil recovery or storage." "The captured CO2 will be designated for geological storage in deep saline aquifers at the site." 03-07 Near-Zero Emissions Coal-Fired Plant (FutureGenAlliance.com) "FutureGen is a US $1.5 billion public-private partnership to design, build, and operate a near-zero emissions coal-fueled power plant. The commercial-scale R&D facility will integrate advanced technologies to develop a first-of-its-kind clean power plant that will help fuel the world’s economy, sustain livelihoods, and meet demand for clean electricity." "Siting and building a power plant is a major undertaking that requires design, construction, and permitting. The FutureGen Alliance and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) plan an aggressive developing schedule that includes announcing a final site selection in the latter half of 2007, beginning construction within two years, and initiating full-scale plant operations in 2012. Currently, the major activities include completing environmental impact assessments on the four candidate sites, selecting a final site and conducting engineering design work." 10-07 New Chinese Coal Plants Will Make Climate Change Almost Certain (BBC News) "Coal built China - and fuels its relentless growth today. Eighty per cent of China's electricity comes from coal, and there are plans for 544 new coal-fired power stations to meet an insatiable demand for energy." "Yet coal is a prime source of carbon dioxide - the global warming gas. If the power plants go ahead, it will be all but impossible to avoid dangerous climate change." 05-06 New Coal Plants Will Swamp Kyoto Benefits (Christian Science Monitor) "New greenhouse-gas emissions from China, India, and the US will swamp cuts from the Kyoto treaty." 05-06

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