Tag: CO2 emissions
Oslo trash incinerator shows promise in climate change test
Oslo trash incinerator costs very high By Alister Doyle OSLO, Jan 31 (Reuters) – The Oslo trash incinerator has shown promising results in the world’s first experiment to capture greenhouse gases from the fumes of burning rubbish as a new way to slow climate change, officials said on Tuesday. If built at full scale, however, the […]
Exxon, Georgia Tech find way to cut carbon emissions for chemicals: Science
Carbon emissions cut by using reverse osmosis, not heat to separate molecules HOUSTON, Aug 18 (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil and Georgia Tech researchers published findings of a breakthrough in the journal Science on Thursday, saying they had devised a way to slash carbon emissions from chemicals manufacturing by using reverse osmosis instead of heat to […]
EIA says CO2 emissions from natural gas are increasing — Here’s why that’s a good thing
EIA projects natural gas inventories will continue to balloon, topping 4,042 Bcf at end of Oct. 2016 By Seth Whitehead, EnergyInDepth New data from the U.S. Energy Information Agency’s (EIA) was released Wednesday under the headline “Energy-related CO2 emissions from natural gas surpass coal as fuel use patterns change.” Here’s why that’s a good thing: it […]
EIA Head: US CO2 emissions projected to be lowest since 1992 — thanks to fracking
Natural gas use clearly No. 1 reason US is only major nation to see reduction in CO2 emissions in past 10 years By Seth Whitehead, EnergyInDepth Energy Information Administration (EIA) Administrator Adam Sieminski told the Washington Examiner Tuesday that EIA is projecting 2016 US energy-related carbon dioxide emissions will be at their lowest levels since […]
Energy-related CO2 emissions fell in 2015, 12% below 2005 levels
Switch from coal to natural gas responsible for most of decline in CO2 emissions After increasing in 2013 and in 2014, energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fell in 2015. In 2015, U.S. energy-related carbon dioxide emissions were 12 per cent below the 2005 levels, mostly because of changes in the electric power sector, according to […]
Tulsa-based Williams lowers GHG emissions of Canadian oil sands
Williams only company extracting/fractionating NGL/olefin mixes from oil sands upgrader offgas Tulsa, Oklahoma based Williams has started up its second offgas liquids extraction plant in the Canadian oil sands industry and is being lauded by the Alberta government for reducing GHG emissions in the heavy oil sector. Serving an upgrader facility north of Fort McMurray, […]
Geothermal energy markets heating up – study
Geothermal energy to reach nearly $20.8 billion by 2020 from $12.9 billion in 2015, increasing at compound annual growth rate of 10% Global use of geothermal energy is expected to grow at rapid rate over the next five years, according to a new study from BCC Research. The global market for geothermal power generation was $12.9 billion […]
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