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
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
Process can use coal, shale gas and biomass while consuming carbon dioxide Engineers at The Ohio State University are developing technologies that have the potential to economically convert... 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
So much soot belched from the old power plant here that Mike Zeleny would personally warn the neighbors. “If the wind was blowing in a certain direction,” Mr. Zeleny said, “we’d call Mrs.... 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
A new study finds that in Texas, the U.S. state that annually generates the most electricity, the transition from coal to natural gas for electricity generation is saving water and making th... 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
For 203 continuous hours, the Ohio State combustion unit produced heat from coal while capturing 99 percent of the carbon dioxide produced in the reaction. The technology is now ready for te... Read more
The subcontinental nation may contend with China as the world’s largest coal-burner, with attendant climate change impacts India is poised to contend with China as the globe’s to... Read more
The Backbone of the Electric System “Energy policy” and “clean energy” may be political hot buttons this year, but the technological realities and challenges to achieving energy and e... Read more
The only product of combustion is water; in fact, ultra-pure, newly-minted “virgin” water! As I mentioned in a comment in the Beyond Coal Team blog, converting coal-fired... Read more
