Capturing King Coal: Deploying Carbon Capture and Storage Systems in the U.S. at Scale

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Coal is a key fuel source for current and future electric power generation. Coal becomes even more critical when cost of electricity and security of supply issues are viewed in light of other fuel sources such as gas or uranium. Yet coal combustion produces about 1.9 billion tons of CO2 per year in the U.S., roughly equivalent to all CO2 emissions from U.S. transport per year. The burning of coal, with more CO2 emissions per unit of energy produced than any other fossil fuel, has signi?cant adverse climate change impacts.

One way to reduce carbon emissions from coal-?red power is to capture and store it permanently underground, a process called carbon capture and storage (CCS), also called carbon sequestration. CCS has captured the attention of policymakers, power generators, and environmentalists because of its potential as a bridging technology that will permit the continued use of coal as a fuel source while not contributing to a further destabilization of the climate. A great deal of work is underway to develop and improve the technologies, legal frameworks, and policies required for wide-scale deployment of CCS systems.

The main reason for this interest is that several major world economies, including the U.S., China, and India depend heavily on coal as an energy source. Alternative means of moving to a zero-carbon power mix, including wind or solar (which are dispersed and have variable output) and nuclear power (which raises difficult questions of security and waste disposal) require wrenching changes to our energy systems. CCS apparently offers the prospect of staving off climate disaster while maintaining something near the status quo. Coal can remain central to the energy mix, and CCS makes this possible.

But does it? There is in fact considerable complexity involved in deploying a national CCS system at the scale necessary to achieve significant emissions reductions. Indeed, it amounts to no less fundamental a transformation of the country’s energy infrastructure than would a huge-scale adoption of wind energy, for instance. This report examines the challenges of this transformation under the four broad categories of technology, policy, legal and regulatory framework, and investment, and their implications for CCS as part of the solution to mitigate adverse climate change impacts.

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CHEMets colorimetric Dissolved Oxygen (DO) Test kit can be used when the expected range of O2 concentration is between 0-40 ppb. Just break tip of ampoule in cup (included) filled with sample. Vacuum pulls sample into ampoule automatically; gently swirl to mix. Handy color comparator (included) provides accurate visual analysis. Vacuum packing keeps reagents active indefinitely.

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• Pub. Date: December 2004
• Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology Books
• Format: Hardcover, 362pp

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Coal can not be ignored even today. Even thought we are coming up with different alternate energy sources, it is obvious that coal will keep a strong place in the energy sector for a long time. The book by R. Gayer captures the role of coal mining in the European countries. List price of the book is $200.00. Save 20% when you purchase online at only $160.00.

Book Synopsis from the publisher:
Despite the decline in the coal mining industry across Europe during the last decade, coal continues to supply a major part of the growing energy requirements, particularly in the developing countries. During this period there has been a shift in coal extraction techniques from deep underground mines to open pits, reflecting cheaper production costs in a market economy. It seems probable that the European coal industry is entering a period of stability. However, the change to opencast mining has highlighted environmental issues and the need to solve these problems. The book presents 39 papers written by coal scientists in the forefront of European coal research. The papers cover a wide spectrum of coal geology and technology, with sections on regional coal reserves, coal basin tectonics and stratigraphy, coal petrology and palaeontology, mineral matter in coal and the environment, mining geophysics, coal technology and coalbed methane. Many studies describe coal deposits from Central and Eastern Europe, some of which are not well known in the West, that the papers and included references will provide an invaluable data source.

* Pub. Date: July 1997
* Publisher: Geological Society Publishing House
* Format: Hardcover, 448pp
* Series: Geological Society Special Publication Ser.
* ISBN-13: 9781897799864
* ISBN: 1897799861

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Table of Contents

• Preface
• The Czech Republic Energy Policy: conception and implementation in a market economy    1
• Coal production and usage in the Czech Republic    3
• Controls on the evolution of the Namurian paralic basin, Bohemian Massif, Czech Republic    13
• The origin of magnetic remanence components of Westphalian C to Stephanian C sediments, West Bohemia: a record of waning Variscan tectonism    29
• A depositional and diagenetic model for the Eocene Sulcis coal basin of SW Sardinia    49
• Turkish lignite deposits    77
• The origin and properties of a coal seam associated with continental thin micritic limestones, Selimoglu Divrigi, Turkey    101
• Chemical characteristics, mineralogical composition and rank of high sulphur coking coals of Middle Miocene age in the Gokler coal field, Gediz, Turkey    115
• The main coal facies and lithotypes of the Pliocene coal basin, Oltenia, Romania    131
• Bulgarian low rank coals: geology and petrology    141
• Coal petrology and facies associations of the South Yakutian Coal Basin, Siberia    149
• Coal rank variations with depth related to major thrust detachments in the South Wales coalfield: implications for fluid flow and mineralization    161
• Deep borehole evidence for a southward extension of the Early Namurian deposits near Nemcicky, S Moravia Czech Republic: implication for rapid coalification    179
• Mossbauer spectroscopic investigation of low rank coal lithotypes    195
• Comparison of solid state [superscript 13]C NMR of algal coals/anthracite and charcoal-like fusinites: further evidence for graphitic domains    201
• Composition and properties of North Bohemian coals    207
• Aliphatic biological markers in Miocene Maritza-Iztok lignite, Bulgaria    219
• Floristic characters of the upper coal-bearing formation in the Transcarpathians    229
• The distribution of sulphur in the Palaeocene coals of the Sindh province of Pakistan    237
• Sulphur distribution in a multi-bed seam    245
• Values of [delta][superscript 34] in iron disulphides of the North Bohemian lignite basin, Czech Republic    261
• Determination of different forms of sulphur in Yugoslav soft brown coals    269
• Origin of vanadium in coals: parts of the western Kentucky (USA) No. 9 coal rich in vanadium    273
• Environmental impact of minerals in UK coals    287
• A well logging method for the determination of the sulphur contents in coal seams by means of deep gammaspectrometry    297
• A logging correlation scheme for the main coal seam of the North Bohemian brown coal basin, and the implications for the palaeogeographical development of the basin    309
• Seismic monitoring for rock burst prevention in the Ostrava-Karvina coalfield, Czech Republic    321
• An analysis of mining induced seismicity and its relationship to fault zones    329
• Comparison of structures derived from mine workings and those interpreted in seismic profiles: an example from the Kacice deposit, Kladno Mine, Bohemia    337
• Improvements in direct coal liquefaction using beneficiated coal fractions    349
• Conversion of low rank coal into liquid fuels by direct hydrogenation    357
• Desulphurization of low-rank coals by low-temperature carbonization    365
• Amelioration of high organic sulphur coal for combustion in domestic stoves    371
• The use of pulverized lignite/natural gas mixed fuels in the high-temperature process of a cement rotary kiln    379
• The possibility of underground gasification of Bulgarian Dobrudja’s coal    385
• Coalbed methane migration in and around fault zones    391
• Geological research into gas sorbed in the coal seams of the Carboniferous in the Mseno Roudnice basin, Czech Republic    409
• Estimation method for methane emission from Polish coal mining    425
• Methane emissions and its utilization from Ostrava-Karvina collieries in the Upper Silesian coal basin, Czech Republic    435
• Index    441

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At long last, a crucial issue for the survival of our society–electricity from renewable energy–has received comprehensive and clear treatment. –Dr. Kevin Starr, State Librarian of California, Emeritus

Your book is a treasure. Scientifically accurate, clearly written, with inviting diagrams–all of which helps beginning learners, of all ages, build an understanding of electricity. Many will see the light about the value of renewables. –Fran Barhydt, Director of Curriculum & Instruction, Vermont Energy Education Program

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From forestry to water to agriculture and oil, Heintzman maps out the leading enterprises that are developing cutting-edge, high-profit, clean-tech products and systems for export to a vast and rapidly expanding global market. Powerful, timely, and necessary, The New Entrepreneurs offers a fresh and visionary approach to redesigning our current economic system, one that uses the powerful forces within capitalism to act as a catalyst for change — and profit.

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Smart Power

WASHINGTON, April 13 /Coal Geology/ –New developments in the discussions of climate change and conservation of energy are prompting utilities to undergo the largest changes in their history, transforming them from regulated commodity energy firms to low-carbon network operators. The combination of industry structure, regulation, and business mission that utilities adopted over a century ago must be retooled for an era with different priorities, a different mission for utilities, and very different utility technologies. Smart Power examines the many facets of this transformation in thorough but non-technical terms. From the options for long-term power generation, to the policy choices and regulatory reform needed to accomplish the nation’s goals, to new strategies for the development of an efficiency-focused business model, Peter Fox-Penner provides clear and lively guidance through a thoroughly transformed landscape of power generation.

Peter Fox-Penner, principal and chairman emeritus of The Brattle Group and an internationally recognized expert on energy and electric power industry issues, describes his vision for the future of the power industry in his new book, Smart Power: Climate Change, the Smart Grid, and the Future of Electric Utilities. He concludes that the industry’s century-old business model must undergo a radical redesign in order to adapt to an era with new priorities, goals, and technologies.

“Utilities are facing the biggest challenges in their history as they deal with the combined impacts of climate change, energy efficiency policies, and the smart grid,” noted Dr. Fox-Penner on Friday during a panel discussion that introduced his book at The Brookings Institution. “The smart grid, both a game changer and the key to ensuring the industry’s long-term health, will provide dramatic new opportunities for customers to control their power usage and for utilities to change the way they operate, allowing them to transform from regulated commodity energy firms to low-carbon network operators,” he said.

Utilities confronting the challenges of this new paradigm find themselves required to both sell and save electricity while making massive investments in new infrastructure, raising difficult financial, regulatory, and business strategy questions. The book examines a number of strategies for the development of an energy efficient business model, and reviews the current prospects for long-term power generation alternatives, from solar panels attached to homes and offices, to new coal-burning plants that will allow for the capture and sequestration of carbon emissions.

Dr. Fox-Penner proposes that utilities integrate energy efficiency into their mission and business models. In one proposed model, regulated utilities turn into “smart integrators” that operate an energy delivery and information network but do not own plants or sell power into the grid. These new utilities would keep supply and demand in balance and run smart grid programs, enabling customers to shift their electricity usage as prices change during the day or swap power in and out of the grid from hybrid vehicles. Customers would choose power providers and efficiency contractors, and the utilities would handle the transactions. The second option is the creation of an “energy services utility.” These utilities will sell energy services such as heat and light, rather than kilowatt-hours, to their customers.

Dr. Fox-Penner offers three recommendations for the utility industry. First, he notes that the passage of an economy-wide price on carbon would provide the industry with more clarity and better price signals. He also calls for greater discussion on how to maximize cost effective energy efficiency and the role of utilities in this mission, a dialog currently led by the Obama Administration. Finally, he suggests that the federal government fund an academy for energy regulators to foster a greater understanding of the day-to-day challenges of the coming transition and to create a resource base for impartial, depoliticized analysis of complex transition questions.

Smart Power: Climate Change, the Smart Grid, and the Future of Electric Utilities (Island Press, April 2010) is available at www.smartpowerbook.com or www.islandpress.org/smartpower.

The Brattle Group provides consulting services and expert testimony in economics and finance to corporations, law firms, and public agencies worldwide. Areas of expertise include antitrust and competition, valuation and damages, utility regulatory policy and ratemaking, and regulation and planning in network industries. For more information, please visit www.brattle.com.

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Geologist exam ASBOG

Bluefield, VA (Coal Geology): The next ASBOG Professional geologist examination is scheduled on October 1, 2010. The Association of State Boards of Geology (ASBOG) does not provide any course material that you can study to be successful in the exam. Unfortunately only about 55% of the geologists taking the Fundamental of Geology (FG) passes the test. For Practice of Geologist (PG) test, the passing rate is close to 70%. It is important to study well for the examination. The candidate handbook by ASGOB provides the most basic information about the exam and lists various topics that are covered in the geologit’s exam. The handbook also has a set of questions to give you an idea about what to expect. The book “ASBOG Exam Secrets Study Guide: ASBOG Test Review for the National Association of State Boards of Geology Examination” may be useful when studuying for the ASBOG exam. The book does not cover everything in detail but give you enough outline that helps you to fucus on specific sections of geology.

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Introduction to Well Logs and Subsurface Maps

(Coal Geology): Save 33% on “Introduction to Well Logs and Subsurface Maps” by Jonathan C. Evenick today from Amazon.Com. This new book introduces different types of geophysical logs and subsurface maps that can be generated from basic well data, and subsurface problems that can be solved using geophysical logs and subsurface maps. “Hands-on” exercises reveal how each map type is generated and what applications they may have.

The registered retail price of the book is $59.00. Buy it for only $39.82 today. Exercises at the end of each chapter introduce different types of wells and lithologies. Subsurface mapping is a way to visualize various geologic and hydrologic features in any dimension from a 1-D cross section to a 4-D production map. All subsurface map types can be useful, but the key is to know what you are investigating and what map types are most appropriate.

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• Language: English
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