Green Car Congress: China May Halt Coal-to-Liquids Projects - The Diigo Meta page

• 17 Jun 08
  

  carlos a

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  • China may halt its coal-to-liquids projects
  • The projects also require “huge” capital investment and increased consumption of water, as well as coal.
  • Earlier this year, a panel of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Academic Divisions issued a report recommending medium- and long-term development strategies for energy sources that can supplement or substitute for petroleum in China. Among the recommendations was deepening the research and development of key technologies that are directly or indirectly associated with coal liquefaction; supporting demonstration plants with an annual production capacity up to one million tons of substitute fuels using the two technological alternatives—direct (Bergius) and indirect (Fischer-Tropsch)—with a view to gaining experiences for industrial application of the production technologies.

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• 11 Jun 07
  

  julien dossier

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