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U.S. Coal Consumption Down 50% From Peak

R-Squared Energy

Previous articles covered overall energy consumption , petroleum supply and demand, and natural gas. Fossil fuels are composed of carbon and hydrogen. When hydrocarbons are combusted, the carbon forms carbon dioxide and the hydrogen forms water. Coal contains a higher percentage of carbon than does oil or natural gas.

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Xcel Targets $1.4B in Wind and Solar Investments, Outlines Broader Carbon-Reduction Goals

GreenTechMedia

billion in new wind and solar investments in the next 12 months and is outlining plans for electric vehicle charging, energy storage and green hydrogen production pilot programs to meet its goal to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. EVs, green hydrogen and energy storage. Xcel Energy is asking Minnesota regulators to approve $1.4

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Can Joe Biden Decarbonize The U.S. Power Sector By 2035?

R-Squared Energy

He didn’t mention nuclear power or carbon sequestration in this speech, but his website does mention them among four specific goals designed to decarbonize the power sector. Small modular nuclear reactors at half the construction cost of today’s reactors. Battery costs have also plummeted over that time frame.

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The US electric power sector is halfway to zero carbon emissions

Renewable Energy World

We analyzed the “business as usual” projection in the 2005 Annual Energy Outlook published by the Energy Information Administration , the U.S. It projected that annual carbon dioxide emissions from the electric power sector would rise from 2,400 million to 3,000 million metric tons from 2005 to 2020. All require more research.

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The steel industry will soon have little use for Cumbrian coal

Business Green

He (conveniently) argued the government is "committed to give more power to councils to make their own decisions on planning issues". It is an argument I am sure will be noted by Suffolk County Council, which has refused planning permission for EDF's proposed Sizewell C nuclear power station.

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Ameren Sets Goal of Net-Zero by 2050, Plots Major Wind and Solar Expansion in Midwest

GreenTechMedia

That will allow it to reduce carbon emissions by 50 percent from 2005 levels by 2030 and by 85 percent by 2040, accelerating by a decade its previous plan to cut carbon emissions 80 percent by 2050. GW of natural gas, 1.2 GW of nuclear, 820 megawatts of hydroelectric and 13 MW of solar. Ameren Missouri’s 10.1

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New Report Shows Gap Between Utility Carbon Pledges and Climate Change Imperatives

GreenTechMedia

New research asserts most have undermined those goals by keeping coal plants running and building new natural gas plants meant to operate for decades to come. utilities are on track to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 80 percent by 2030 compared to a 2005 baseline, the target needed to prevent global warming beyond 1.5