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Double-action power stations: Energy and hydrogen

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (8) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Gas power plants could be cheaply retrofitted to generate hydrogen as well as power, chemists say in Green Chemistry, a Royal Society of Chemistry journal.





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European power plants boosting coal use

Technology / Energy

created Apr 24, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

High oil and natural gas prices, coupled with increased demand, are driving Europe's return to coal-fired power plants, an industry official says.


A technician of German automaker Volkswagen's adjusts a mini gas-fired power plant

Home power plants project unveiled in Germany

Technology / Energy

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (21) | comments 23

An ambitious project was unveiled in Germany on Wednesday to install mini gas-fired power plants in people's basements and produce as much electricity as two nuclear reactors within a year.


Toshiba to complete construction of carbon capture pilot plant

Toshiba to complete construction of carbon capture pilot plant

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Toshiba Corporation today announced that it has completed construction of a pilot plant to support development and validation of its carbon capture technology. Final commissioning testing prior to plant operation ...


Toshiba signs agreement for 2 nuclear plants in Texas

Technology / Business

created Feb 25, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Toshiba Corp. said Wednesday it has signed an engineering, procurement and construction agreement for two new nuclear plants to be built under the U.S. South Texas Project.


Clean coal plants mired by cost and delays

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 27, 2007 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (12) | comments 1

Clean coal-fired plants offer a cleaner fuel source but construction costs and increased greenhouse gas standards in the United States hamper their production.


A simple, low-cost carbon filter removes 90% of carbon dioxide from smokestack gases

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created May 19, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (15) | comments 4

Researchers in Wyoming report development of a low-cost carbon filter that can remove 90 percent of carbon dioxide gas from the smokestacks of electric power plants that burn coal and other fossil fuels. Their study is scheduled ...


Scrubbing sulfur

Scrubbing sulfur: New process removes sulfur components, CO2 from power plant emissions (w/ Video)

Chemistry / Other

created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

The Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has developed a reusable organic liquid that can pull harmful gases such as carbon dioxide or sulfur dioxide out of industrial emissions from ...


New technology to reduce large-scale emissions

New carbon nanotube technology to reduce large-scale emissions

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Sep 18, 2007 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (17) | comments 1

A novel technology to trap large-scale greenhouse gas emissions caused by coal mining and power generation is being developed by a University of Queensland researcher.


Lehigh receives grant to reduce cost of carbon capture at coal-fired power plants

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Lehigh University's Energy Research Center (ERC) has been awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to develop methods of recovering and reusing the heat that would be generated by the carbon-dioxide (CO2) compressio ...


High-tech power plant construction begins

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 10, 2007 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (9) | comments 0

The U.S. Department of Energy has announced the start of construction of what will be among the world's cleanest, most efficient coal-fueled power plants.



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