Researchers have used liquid metals to turn carbon dioxide back into solid coal, in a world-first breakthrough that could transform our approach to carbon capture and storage. The research t... Read more
With data and modelling from almost 8000 coal power plants, researchers from ETH Zurich present the most comprehensive global picture to date of climate and human health impacts from coal po... Read more
Termites generally don’t elicit a whole lot of love. But surprisingly, this wood-eating insect may hold the key to transforming coal — a big polluting chunk of the global energy supply — int... Read more
Although the use of renewable energy is on the rise, coal and natural gas still represent the majority of the United States energy supply. Even with pollution controls, burning these fossil... Read more
World energy consumption projections expect coal to stay one of the world’s main energy sources in the coming decades, and a growing share of it will be used in CTL, the conversion of coal t... Read more
Instead of burning up this complex hydrocarbon, let’s make devices from it, says Jeffrey Grossman. Jeffrey Grossman thinks we’ve been looking at coal all wrong. Instead of just setting it af... Read more
Combining gasification with fuel-cell technology could boost efficiency of coal-powered plants Most of the world’s nations have agreed to make substantial reductions in their greenhouse gas... Read more
Over 360 million lbs of light olefins have been produced at a plant in Nanjing, China, using breakthrough technology that converts coal to chemicals used in the making of plastic. UOP LLC, a... Read more
A cheap, ubiquitous and flexible fuel, with just one problem WHAT more could one want? It is cheap and simple to extract, ship and burn. It is abundant: proven reserves amount to 109 years o... Read more
Coal use continues to rise despite recent announcements that development banks will no longer fund the technology For those concerned about the impact of coal-burning power plants on the wor... Read more
China’s demand for coal continues to rise, but the parched country faces challenging finding enough water to cool its coal-fired power plants By many measures, this northern Chinese ci... Read more
An innovative new process that releases the energy in coal without burning — while capturing carbon dioxide, the major greenhouse gas — has passed a milestone on the route to possible commer... Read more
