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Universal Access to Clean Cooking in Africa Clean cooking: State of play and recent progress
Nearing a turning point? A lack of clean cooking continues to have profound impacts on public health, women’s equality, economic development, and the environment. Globally, a lack of clean cooking contributes to around 3 million premature deaths each year, with women and children facing the greatest exposure, and accounts for annual emissions equivalent to 1.2 Gt CO2-eq, roughly equivalent to the global CO2 emissions from international aviation and shipping. The challenge is most severe in sub-Saharan Africa, where four out of five households lack clean cooking access today. To spur global action on the issue, the…
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Advancing Methane Emissions Reductions by National Oil Companies
National oil companies (NOCs) are responsible for around half of all global oil and gas production today and their actions strongly influence methane abatement prospects. More than 30 NOCs have joined the Oil and Gas Decarbonization Charter (OGDC) and are engaging in initiatives to tackle methane emissions and flaring. There is a major opportunity for NOCs looking to implement best practices in methane management to learn from the experience of peers in order to deploy strategies that are adapted and tailored to their circumstances. Best practices include adopting measures to limit flaring and venting, implementing leak detection and repair programmes…
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has been an early player in the energy transition, being among the first countries to set a net zero target by 2050 and to put in place carbon budgets. UK emissions have already fallen by around 50% since 1990, indicating a strong start. Looking ahead, an important pillar of the energy transition will be decarbonising the power sector through sizeable new investments in renewables and nuclear while also focusing on new technologies such as CCUS, hydrogen and small modular reactors. As a historic oil and gas producer, the UK is looking to address declining North Sea production…
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Mainland China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and the National Energy Administration announced action plan to decarbonize coal power plants
The NDRC has asked for provincial governments as well as state-owned enterprises to voluntarily nominate coal projects that can be pilots for this program, which is the first time these technologies are being deployed in a centralized national scheme targeting coal-fired power plants. The test runs will help cut carbon intensities of coal plants by around 20% by 2025 and 50% by 2027 from the average industry levels in 2023. Cofiring renewable ammonia is one of the decarbonizing pathways that will be tested among biomass cofiring and carbon capture and storage. For cofiring of both renewable ammonia and…
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MEMR Regulation No. 26 of 2018 on the Implementation of Good Mining Practices and Supervision of Mineral and Coal Mining
Regulation of the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources No. 26 of 2018 on the Implementation of Good Mining Practices and Supervision of Mineral and Coal Mining provides the regulatory framework for the implementation of good mining practices and the supervision of mineral and coal mining activities in Indonesia. It aims to ensure that mining operations are conducted responsibly, with attention to environmental management, reclamation, and post-mining obligations, while empowering inspectors to enforce compliance.Good Mining Practices include:Environmental management in accordance with the license holder’s Environmental Impact Analysis (AMDAL)Prevention and restoration of the environment in the…
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Order of the Minister for Investment and Development No. 351 "On approval of Industrial Safety Rules for hazardous production facilities of coal mines"
…temporary shutdown and decommissioning of coal mines.Paragraph 10 requires operators to develop an emergency response plan for each mine. In accordance with paragraph 115 of the Rules, the concentration of methane in the mine air is limited to the values defined by Annex 4 to the Rules. Mines in which methane is detected are classified as dangerous. Furthermore, mines in which methane has been released or is being released must be apply a set of operational standards set for coal with elevated gas contents. According to Paragraph 149, all coal mines are divided into five categories according to the…
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Indonesia Guidelines for Application, Evaluation, and Business and Special Business Permit for Mining Territory Expansion in the context of Mineral and Coal Conservation
…and research for WIUP or WIUPK preparation for coal development or utilisation.Criteria for IUP or IUPK holders eligible to apply for WIUP or WIUPK expansion include being listed in the IUP database, having a minimum of three consecutive years of production with good conservation performance, conducting detailed exploration across the initial WIUP or WIUPK area and submitting exploration data to the Exploration Data Warehouse (EDW).Before applying for WIUP and WIUPK expansion, business owners or companies must obtain approval for the expansion plan from the Director General of Minerals and Coal by following the application system that meets the…
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NETL Opportunities to Develop High Performance, Economically Viable, and Environmentally Benign Technologies to Recover Rare Earth Elements (REEs) from Domestic Coal and Coal By-products
…on innovative midstream processing technologies for purification, separation and reduction of high purity rare earth elements and other critical minerals from coal, coal by-products or alternate non-coal based feedstock materials. These processes are required to be commercially viable and environmentally benign.The NETL has granted over $20 million in funding for this line of research following a 2017 DOE report that established (1) the existence of significant potential reserves of rare earth elements in coal and coal by-products and (2) the existence of technical challenges of extracting these mixed rare earth oxides while minimising the environmental impact.
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Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases (updated 2010 to include methane from oil and gas operations, and underground coal mines)
…to emissions estimations. EPA also provides methods for filling in missing data. Facilities must maintain records for three years. Initially, the rule covered petroleum refineries, coal liquefaction at mine sites, petroleum products, natural gas processing facilities and NGL extraction facilities, but reported emissions were limited to the CO2 emissions from combustion of the product, not methane or other emissions generated during processing or transport. In 2010, the rule was expanded to include fugitive and vented methane emissions from (1) underground coal mines, and (2) onshore and offshore oil and natural gas production facilities, natural gas processing, transmission, storage and distribution…
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Decree on the permissible standards for the content of explosive gases (methane) in a mine, coal seams and mined-out space, above which degassing is mandatory
…as well as conducting safe operations for the extraction (processing) of coal in accordance with Article 14 of Law №81-FZ. Following requirements are outlined in the Decree: "Degassing is mandatory when it is impossible to ensure the content of explosive gases (methane) in the mine atmosphere of the active mine workings in the amount of up to 1 percent by ventilation work. Degassing of the coal seam is mandatory when the natural methane content of the seam exceeds 13 cubic meters per ton of dry ash-free mass and ventilation works cannot ensure the content of methane in the…
