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21st Century Essential Guide to the Bush Advanced Energy Initiative, Ending Dependence on Foreign Oil – Coal, FutureGen, Solar, Wind, Ethanol, Biodiesel, Switchgrass (DVD-ROM)

May 10th, 2010 | Author: xakigecira

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21st Century Essential Guide to the Bush Advanced Energy Initiative, Ending Dependence on Foreign Oil – Coal, FutureGen, Solar, Wind, Ethanol, Biodiesel, Switchgrass (DVD-ROM): : This unique electronic book on DVD-ROM has a comprehensive collection of the finest federal documents and resources about the Advanced Energy Initiative promoted by President George W. Bush in his State of the Union address in 2006: “Keeping America competitive requires affordable energy. And here we have a serious problem: America is addicted to oil, which is often imported from unstable parts of the world. The best way to break this addiction is through technology. … By applying the talent and technology of America, this country can dramatically improve our environment, move beyond a petroleum-based economy, and make our dependence on Middle Eastern oil a thing of the past.” The President has set a national goal of replacing more than 75% of our oil imports from the Middle East by 2025. With America on the verge of breakthroughs in advanced energy technologies, the best way to break the addiction to foreign oil is through new technology. Since 2001, we have spent nearly billion to develop cleaner, cheaper, and more reliable alternative energy sources. The President announced the Advanced Energy Initiative, which provides for a 22% increase in clean-energy research at the Department of Energy (DOE). The Initiative will accelerate our breakthroughs in two vital areas; how we power our homes and businesses; and how we power our automobiles. Accelerating research in clean coal technologies, clean and safe nuclear energy, and revolutionary solar and wind technologies will reduce overall demand for natural gas and lead to lower energy costs. The President’s Advanced Energy Initiative proposes speeding up research in three promising areas: The President’s Coal Research Initiative. Coal provides more than half of the Nation’s electricity supply, and America has enough coal to last more than 200 years. As part of the National Energy Policy, the President committed billion over 10 years to speed up research in the use of clean coal technologies to generate electricity while meeting environmental regulations at low cost. To tap the potential of America’s enormous coal reserves, the President’s 2007 Budget includes 1 million for development of clean coal technologies, nearly completing the President’s commitment 4 years ahead of schedule. The FutureGen initiative is a partnership between government and the private sector to develop innovative technologies for an emissions-free coal plant that captures the carbon dioxide it produces and stores it in deep geologic formations. The President’s Solar America Initiative. The 2007 Budget will propose a new 8 million Solar America Initiative – an increase of million over FY06 – to accelerate the development of semiconductor materials that convert sunlight directly to electricity. These solar photovoltaic “PV” cells can be used to deliver energy services to rural areas and can be incorporated directly into building materials, so that there can be future “zero energy” homes that produce more energy than they consume. Expanding Clean Energy from Wind. The 2007 Budget includes million for wind energy research – a million increase over FY06 levels. This will help improve the efficiency and lower the costs of new wind technologies for use in low-speed wind environments. Combined with ongoing efforts to expand access to Federal lands for wind energy development, this new funding will help dramatically increase the use of wind energy in the United States. Changing The Way We Power Our Automobiles The United States must move beyond a petroleum-based economy and develop new ways to power automobiles. The President wants to accelerate the development of domestic, renewable alternatives to gasoline and diesel fuels. The Administration will accelerate research in cutting-edge methods of producing “cellulosic ethanol” with the goal of making the use of such ethanol practical and competitive within 6 years. The Administration will also step up the Nation’s research – read more.

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21st Century Essential Guide to Clean Coal Technology: FutureGen Power Plant, Pollution Control, Gasification, Hydrogen Production, Carbon Dioxide and Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Two CD-ROM Set)

May 9th, 2010 | Author: xakigecira

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21st Century Essential Guide to Clean Coal Technology: FutureGen Power Plant, Pollution Control, Gasification, Hydrogen Production, Carbon Dioxide and Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Two CD-ROM Set): : This unique electronic book on two CD-ROMs has the finest collection of federal documents and resources available anywhere about clean coal technology – including the Department of Energy’s FutureGen power plant, pollution control, gasification, hydrogen production, carbon dioxide and greenhouse gas reduction. During his campaign for the Presidency, George W. Bush pledged to commit billion over 10 years to advance clean coal technology – a pledge he has subsequently carried out in the National Energy Policy and in budget requests to Congress. “Clean coal technology” describes a new generation of energy processes that sharply reduce air emissions and other pollutants compared to older coal-burning systems. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the U.S. Department of Energy conducted a joint program with industry and State agencies to demonstrate the best of these new technologies at scales large enough for companies to make commercial decisions. More than 20 of the technologies tested in the original program achieved commercial success. The early program, however, was focused on the environmental challenges of the time – primarily concerns over the impact of acid rain on forests and watersheds. In the 21st century, additional environmental concerns have emerged – the potential health impacts of trace emissions of mercury, the effects of microscopic particles on people with respiratory problems, and the potential global climate altering impact of greenhouse gases. With coal likely to remain one of the nation’s lowest-cost electric power suppliers for the foreseeable future, President Bush has pledged a new commitment to even more advanced clean coal technologies. As the President said in presenting his National Energy Policy to the American public on May 17, 2001, “More than half of the electricity generated in America today comes from coal. If we weren’t blessed withthis natural resource, we would face even greater [energy] shortages.” Building on the successes of the original program, the new clean coal initiative encompasses a broad spectrum of research and large-scale projects that target today’s most pressing environmental challenges. Initially, the demonstration portion of the program, the Clean Coal Power Initiative, is providing government co-financing for new coal technologies that can help utilities meet the President’s Clear Skies Initiative to cut sulfur, nitrogen and mercury pollutants from power plants by nearly 70 percent by the year 2018. Also, some of the early projects are showing ways to reduce greenhouse gases from coal plants by boosting the efficiency at which they convert coal to electricity or other energy forms. Eight projects were selected under the first round Clean Coal Power Initiative solicitation. Subsequently, two projects – the Colorado Springs circulating fluidized bed combustor and the Airborne Process at LG&E Energy Corporation – were withdrawn. Of the remaining six projects supported by the first round of the CCPI, three projects are currently in the design phase, two are in the construction phase, and one is still in the pre-award phase. Four projects were recently selected from the second round CCPI solicitation and are in negotiation. Of the four projects recently chosen, two will demonstrate advanced IGCC technology; one will demonstrate an innovative multi-pollutant control process for NOx, SOx, and mercury; and one will demonstrate a neural-network control process for advanced multi-pollutant controls by means of plant optimization. Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock composed mostly of carbon and hydrocarbons. It is the most abundant fossil fuel produced in the United States. Over 90 percent of the coal used in the United States is used to generate electricity. It’s also used as a basic energy source in many industries, including, steel, cement and paper. This CD-ROM set is packed with over 27,000 pages reproduced using Adobe Acrobat PDF software – al – read more.

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2009 Ultimate Guide to Hydrogen from Coal and Natural Gas, Carbon Dioxide Control, Clean Coal and FutureGen, Gasification, Carbon Sequestration (Ringbound Book plus Two CD-ROMs)

April 24th, 2010 | Author: xakigecira

2009 Ultimate Guide to Hydrogen from Coal and Natural Gas, Carbon Dioxide Control, Clean Coal and FutureGen, Gasification, Carbon Sequestration (Ringbound Book plus Two CD-ROMs): : Here is your authoritative guide to all aspects of producing hydrogen from coal and natural gas, from the Federal Government! This unique guide, with a ringbound book and two CD-ROMs, combines the contents of several up-to-date Energy Department publications, with an additional 40,000 pages of coverage on the CD-ROMs. The use of coal – America’s largest domestic fossil energy resource – offers the potential for producing abundant, economically attractive hydrogen to provide both increased energy security and reduction of CO2 emissions. The Hydrogen from Coal RD&D Plan encompasses technical activities to meet the goals of the Hydrogen Posture Plan. Coal-based hydrogen production offers a means to transition to a hydrogen-based economy while carbon-free technologies can be further advanced and proved to be commercially attractive. The Hydrogen from Coal RD&D Plan – The FE Hydrogen from Coal Program was initiated to support the President’s Hydrogen Fuel Initiative, DOE’s goals in the Hydrogen Posture Plan, and the FutureGen project. The mission of the Hydrogen from Coal Program is to develop advanced technologies through joint public and private RD&D. These technologies will facilitate the transition to the hydrogen economy and the use of our nation’s abundant coal resources to produce, store, deliver, and utilize affordable hydrogen in an environmentally responsive manner. Where applicable, the Hydrogen from Coal Program will coordinate its activities with related clean coal programs (e.g., gasification and sequestration) and other organizations in DOE such as EERE. The goals of the Hydrogen from Coal Program are: Production – - Central Production Pathway – By the end of 2016, prove the feasibility of a 60 percent efficient, near-zero emissions, coal fueled hydrogen and power co-production facility that reduces the cost of hydrogen by 25 percent compared to current coal-based technology. Alternate Hydrogen Production Pathway By the end of 2014, make available an alternative hydrogen production pathway, including a product reforming system, for decentralized production of hydrogen from high hydrogen content hydrocarbon liquids and/or substitute natural gas (SNG) that can be delivered through the existing fuel distribution infrastructure. Polygeneration – By 2015, make available processes to enhance coal facility profitability by producing a variety of high-value, coal-derived chemicals and/or carbon materials that can be incorporated into the central or alternate pathway hydrogen production systems. Storage – Complete small-scale research to identify promising hydrogen storage technologies for transportation applications. Utilization – Complete the development of hydrogen and hydrogen-natural gas mixture engine modifications and operations. Technology Elements – The Hydrogen from Coal Program will improve upon current technology and make available new, innovative technologies that can produce and deliver affordable hydrogen from coal with significantly reduced or near-zero emissions. The technologies that comprise the program, and those that enable the achievement of the program’s goals, include activities that are part of the Hydrogen Fuel Initiative and those associated technologies that are being developed in other coal and carbon sequestration-related programs. There are two key hydrogen production pathways for the program – the central production pathway (pure gaseous hydrogen) and the alternate hydrogen production pathway (via hydrogen-rich liquid fuel and substitute natural gas (SNG)). In conjunction with these two pathways, polygeneration – the production of high-value carbon-based materials or chemicals – will utilize the facilities, products, or intermediate products of a hydrogen, liquid fuels, or SNG plant that also coproduces electricity. The high-value, carbon-based materials or chemicals produced through polygener – read more.

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