Sanders Takes Aim at Republican Climate Change Denial
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Innovation & Infrastructure
DOE Seeking Plans for Advance Combustion Pilot Plants
GHG Daily 1/25/2016 The Department of Energy is seeking pre-project planning submissions for efficient advanced combustion pilot plants with near-zero emissions. The department plans to award three to four projects a maximum of $3.33 million each. “Overall, these projects will accelerate the scale-up of coal-based advanced combustion power generation technologies capable of 90 [percent] CO2 […]
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Innovation & Infrastructure
NETL Seeking Information on High Value Uses for Coal By-Product
GHG Daily 1/25/2016 The National Energy Technology Laboratory and U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy have requested information regarding novel technologies for high value, high carbon uses for coal byproducts. “Of interest are processes that produce carbon products for emerging and new markets such as carbon fibers for transportation and infrastructure applications; carbon […]
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International
Green Group Offers Firsthand Account of China’s Cap and Trade Evolution
GHG Daily 1/25/2016 In a historic announcement in late September, China unveiled plans to launch a national carbon cap-and-trade program by 2017. Dan Dudek, the Environmental Defense Fund’s vice president for Asia, worked closely with Chinese officials through the process of developing a cap-and-trade system. “I’m still pinching myself because it is like a very, […]