IEA Statistics Annuals : Renewables Information, Coal Information, Electricity Information, Nuclear Energy Information, Natural Gas Information 2009

International Energy Agency
(RFFers will need to access the SourceOECD username and password on the library’s welcome page top left frame under “databases by title”.)
Renewables Information 2009
Coal Information 2009
Electricity Information 2009
Nuclear Energy Information 2009
Natural Gas Information 2009
[Abstract for Renewables Information] Part I of the publication provides an overview of the development of renewables and waste [...]

Air Pollution : Air Quality and Permitting of New Coal-Burning, Electricity-Generating Units in Central Texas

General Accountability Office
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09787r.pdf

An Economic and Environmental Assessment of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Power Plants – A Case Study for the City of Kiel

Kiel Institute for the World Economy; (D-24100 Kiel, Germany) / by Sören Lindner, Sonja Peterson and Wilhelm Windhorst
http://www.ifw-members.ifw-kiel.de/publications/an-economic-and-environmental-assessment-of-carbon-capture-and-storage-ccs-power-plants-2013-a-case-study-for-the-city-of-kiel/kwp-1527
[Abstract]  In the next years several power plants throughout Europe have to be replaced and the questions is whether to build coal fired power plants with carbon capture and storage (CCS). In a study for the city of Kiel [...]

U.S.-China Memorandum of Understanding to Enhance Cooperation on Climate Change, Energy and the Environment

US Dept. of State
http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/126802.pdf
This Memorandum of Understanding between the U.S. and China provides for both countries to pursue areas of cooperation where joint expertise, resources, research capacity and combined market size can accelerate progress towards mutual goals. These include, but are not limited to:
1) Energy conservation and energy efficiency
2) Renewable energy
3) Cleaner uses of coal, [...]

Clean Coal : DOE’s Decision to Restructure FutureGen Should Be Based on a Comprehensive Analysis of Costs, Benefits, and Risks

Government Accountability Office
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09248.pdf?source=ra
[From summary]  Coal-fired power plants generate about one-half of the nation’s electricity and about one-third of its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, which contribute to climate change. In 2003, the Department of Energy (DOE) initiated FutureGen—a commercial-scale, coal-fired power plant to incorporate integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC), an advanced generating technology, with carbon capture [...]

Capturing CO2 from Coal-Fired Power Plants : Challenges for a Comprehensive Strategy

Congressional Research Service
http://opencrs.com/document/RL34621
[From summary]  To maintain coal in the worlds energy mix in a carbon-constrained future would require development of a technology to capture and store its carbon dioxide emissions. This situation suggests to some that any greenhouse gas reduction program be delayed until such carbon capture technology has been demonstrated. However, technological innovation and [...]

Positioning the Indian Coal-Power Sector for Carbon Mitigation : Key Policy Options

Belfer Center, Kennedy Center, Harvard University / by Ananth Chikkatur and Ambuj Sagar
http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/publication/18830/positioning_the_indian_coalpower_sector_for_carbon_mitigation.html
[From summary]  The major challenge facing India is how to reconcile rapid growth in the coal-power sector with the increasing urgency to address climate concerns. Appropriate actions and policies that offer climate co-benefits in the present could lay a foundation for an eventual, broader [...]

Employment and Other Economic Benefits from Advanced Coal Electric Generation with Carbon Capture and Storage (Preliminary Results)

BBC Research and Consulting for: Industrial Union Council, AFL-CIO, International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers, and Helpers, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, United Mine Workers of America and American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity
http://www.americaspower.org/content/download/1459/10428/file/BBC%20FINAL%20020709.pdf
[Behindtheplug.com] In a new report, a coalition of key labor groups find that between 5 million and 7 million [...]

Affordable, Low-Carbon Diesel Fuel from Domestic Coal and Biomass

US DOE, National Energy Technology Laboratory
http://www.rentechinc.com/pdfs/NETL-Affordable-Low-Carbon-Diesel-Fuel-from-Domestic-Coal-and-Biomass-1.14.09.pdf
[Green Car Congress posting] A new report from the US Department of Energy (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) concludes that coupling a Coal to Liquids (CTL) process with carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) yields a fuel with 5-12% less lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions compared to the average emissions [...]

Coal Initiative Series: Positioning the Indian Coal-Power Sector for Carbon Mitigation: Key Policy Options

Pew Center on Global Climate Change / by Ananth P. Chikkatur and Ambuj D. Sagar
http://www.pewclimate.org/white-papers/coal-initiative/india-policy
[Website] The domestic and international steps outlined in this paper could greatly advance the development and implementation of a GHG-mitigation strategy in the Indian coal-power sector, while allowing the sector to contribute suitably to the country’s energy needs. The key to [...]