Essays about: "Coal Extraction"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words Coal Extraction.

  1. 1. A socio-technical review of Natural Gas: Resources, environmental and political aspects

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för byggnadsteknik, energisystem och miljövetenskap

    Author : Ravi Teja Gorugantu; Sridhar Babu Sanjeevi Rao; [2023]
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    Abstract : This report gives a general overview of the natural gas resources in the world, along with its importance as a source of producing energy, and technical uses. It also draws attention to the political issues raised by natural gas exploitation and the steps being taken to address them. READ MORE

  3. 2. Extractions Speak Louder Than Words : Valuation languages in Vattenfall’s purchase of Colombian coal

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Martin Melzi; [2022]
    Keywords : resource extraction; natural resources; valuation languages; valuation of nature; business actors; multinationals;

    Abstract : The role of business actors in resource extraction in developing countries is an understudied topic of research for development studies. The framework of valuation languages and socio-environmental conflicts is useful for studying the values of actors involved in conflicts concerning resource extraction, but previous studies do not sufficiently discuss how to measure the concept. READ MORE

  4. 3. Simulation of carbon- monoxide rich syngas through gasification and co-gasification of biomass.

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för tillämpad fysik och elektronik

    Author : Musasa Kayiba Tracy; [2022]
    Keywords : Gasification; biomass;

    Abstract : Syngas is an interesting energy source for metallurgical processes, as an energy carrier syngas is an efficient way of utilizing the energy in biomass. Utilizing syngas in fuming processes as a carbon source instead of coal was an approach to minimize carbon dioxide emissions produced in the fuming process. READ MORE

  5. 4. A water quality assessment and environmental impact analysis of the local mining along the Zambezi River in Tete, Mozambique

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Teknisk vattenresurslära

    Author : Vibeke Johansson; [2019]
    Keywords : Water quality assessment; Zambezi river basin; Coal mining; Tete.; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : The access to safe and clean drinking water is a major concern throughout the world. The recent discovery of coal and gas in Mozambique has increased the economic growth lately and large international companies have been attracted to Tete province in central Mozambique. READ MORE

  6. 5. Resistance to Coal: The Challenges of Achieving Environmental Justice in South Africa

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Daria Rivin; [2018]
    Keywords : Coal Extraction; Environmental Justice; Environmental Injustice; Environmental Racism; Unequal Distribution of Environmental Goods and Bads; Environmentalism of the Poor; Languages of Valuation; Carbon Lock-In; South Africa; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : While the environmental justice movement has grown worldwide, it seems that the movement has yet to mobilise in South Africa. The instances of environmental injustices in South Africa are abundant but paradoxically this has not given rise to a united movement demanding environmental justice for a transition to a new and renewable energy path. READ MORE