Nuclear Petrochemicals IT Engineering Risk Management Business Subscriber Login Login to EMIS or to pick up your paid subscription. The environment weighs heavily in energy's technological advances. Environmental regulations are getting stronger.
Coal burning for electric generation contributes greatly to greenhouse gases.
The US produces half of its electricity from coal-fired generation and therefore is a massive contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. The Bush administration announced in March that the US is pulling out of talks on the Kyoto protocol. For further details, see Platts feature on the Kyoto Protocol Conversion technologies Power plant generation, especially from coal-fired plants, greatly contributes to green house emissions. Shipping Oil spills are a risk for shippers. Double-hulls, required in the US and Europe by 2015 and 2010 respectively, can reduce the risk of oil spills if a ship goes underwater.