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Costly 'cleaner' coal fights for space in emissions debate
2015-11-30 11:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The global coal industry is trumpeting "cleaner coal" technology to fight bubbling competition from renewable energy, but the high costs of greener plants are proving a major obstacle in selling them to power-hungry countries such as India. The challenges are highlighted by the experience of Japan - despite a concerted push by Tokyo to take a lead in exporting the technology, only 7 percent of the power stations built or planned since 2010 with funds from Tokyo's export credit agency were of the...
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Diamond, Rock Or Coal No. 16: Landstar System
2015-11-29 11:37:09| Trucking - Topix.net
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Solar power may be cheaper than coal in India by 2020
2015-11-28 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Quartz: The price of solar power in India fell at a faster-than-expected rate this year. Now, some experts suggest that by 2020, renewable energy in Asia`s third-largest economy may become up to 10% cheaper than coal power. Earlier this month, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy awarded a tender for a 500-megawatt solar park in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh to US-based SunEdison at Rs4.63 a unit--the lowest rate so far in the country. "Today, in India, solar prices are within 15% of the coal...
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Is it immoral invest in coal?
2015-11-27 15:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: Coal is the dirtiest fossil fuel. Cheap and plentiful, the black rocks are the energy of choice for many developing nations to lift people out of poverty. But to avoid catastrophic climate change, 80% of the world`s reserves can`t be burned, according to scientists. Pension funds, insurers and universities are shedding coal investments. Some oil majors are backing a transition to cleaner natural gas. Yet over 2,000 new coal-fired stations are in planning with India, China and Vietnam leading...
International push for moratorium on new coal mines
2015-11-27 10:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: World renowned scientists and economists back Kiribati Presidents call for No New Coal Mines in open letter published tomorrow in The Guardian UK and global edition of New Scientist. Former NASA Goddard Institute Director Dr. James E. Hansen, Dr. David Suzuki, Nobel Laureate Professor Kenneth Arrow, and Professor Hans Joachim Schellnhuber have joined 53 other scientists, economists and other experts in calling for a moratorium on new coal mines ahead of the Paris Climate Summit. The list includes...
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