Comments on: Give Coal a Bath http://greenleapforward.com/2008/12/03/give-coal-a-bath/ Tracking the emerging technological, commercial, political and social revolution that is greening China's red-hot economy. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:21:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Green News Roundup | Melodies in Marketing http://greenleapforward.com/2008/12/03/give-coal-a-bath/#comment-2994 Green News Roundup | Melodies in Marketing Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:35:24 +0000 http://greenleapforward.com/?p=146#comment-2994 [...] for 2007 shows a rate of 28%. Go post-consumer cullet! (ahem, trade term for recycled glass) . . . Washed ‘Clean’ Coal - Julian from the Green Leap Forward briefly discusses washing coal before combustion to remove [...] [...] for 2007 shows a rate of 28%. Go post-consumer cullet! (ahem, trade term for recycled glass) . . . Washed ‘Clean’ Coal - Julian from the Green Leap Forward briefly discusses washing coal before combustion to remove [...]

]]> By: Hyam http://greenleapforward.com/2008/12/03/give-coal-a-bath/#comment-2931 Hyam Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:01:17 +0000 http://greenleapforward.com/?p=146#comment-2931 This is a helpful primer on coal washing, which appears to have wide-ranging benefits (reduced CO2, NOx, particulate emissions, reduced transport costs). The devil is in the details. What perentage gian of each can it produce? Quickly we get to the question of what's going to incentivize adoption of these practices in China. Thumbail guess is that the transportation costs (if really you halve tonnage) would produce ROI pretty fast, with the emissions benefits being more a bonus... That is, unless Beijing institutes cap-and-trade type limits on CO2, thus giving the accountants behind the power companies something to chew on. By the way, it's amazing how many confuse this washing with carbon capture and sequestration techniques (or CCS), which is purely about CO2 emissions, often from coal-fired plants. This is a helpful primer on coal washing, which appears to have wide-ranging benefits (reduced CO2, NOx, particulate emissions, reduced transport costs). The devil is in the details. What perentage gian of each can it produce? Quickly we get to the question of what’s going to incentivize adoption of these practices in China.

Thumbail guess is that the transportation costs (if really you halve tonnage) would produce ROI pretty fast, with the emissions benefits being more a bonus… That is, unless Beijing institutes cap-and-trade type limits on CO2, thus giving the accountants behind the power companies something to chew on.

By the way, it’s amazing how many confuse this washing with carbon capture and sequestration techniques (or CCS), which is purely about CO2 emissions, often from coal-fired plants.

]]> By: Mollie http://greenleapforward.com/2008/12/03/give-coal-a-bath/#comment-2652 Mollie Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:58:11 +0000 http://greenleapforward.com/?p=146#comment-2652 I'm interested to learn the nuts and bolts on "cleaner coal", but clearly I'm shocked at the emphasis that this oxymoron has taken in the US political arena. Obviously, and I'm sure you agree, the real answer to GHG reductions is to replace coal with renewable energy. The timeline on implementing this technology seems slow, and in that time those investments could clearly be better spent on shifting towards real renewables. Check out this wiki on the subject which I peeped after Obama started throwing the term around: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_coal I’m interested to learn the nuts and bolts on “cleaner coal”, but clearly I’m shocked at the emphasis that this oxymoron has taken in the US political arena. Obviously, and I’m sure you agree, the real answer to GHG reductions is to replace coal with renewable energy. The timeline on implementing this technology seems slow, and in that time those investments could clearly be better spent on shifting towards real renewables. Check out this wiki on the subject which I peeped after Obama started throwing the term around: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_coal

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