NewEarth E-Coal

NewEarth ECO Clean Coal or E-Coal is a revolutionary new sustainable 100% biomass flex fuel alternative to fossil coal. E-Coal was specifically designed to help coal-burning power plants meet their mandatory emissions reductions immediately. Any coal-fired electric power station can immediately reduce its CO2 and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions by directly co-firing E-Coal with fossil coal or by totally replacing fossil coal with E-Coal without any retrofitting, loss of productivity, down time, or service to customers.

E-Coal is CO2 negative and Greenhouse Gas neutral. E-Coal is a pound for pound replacement for fossil coal because it has exactly the same energy content as fossil coal, but with no pollution side effects. E-Coal is essentially the cleanest burning fuel in the world for electric power generation. When E-Coal is burned it is smokeless and odorless and decreases any electric power generation station's total CO2 and GHG emissions by the proportion or ratio in which it is used.

E-Coal is also an improvement over all other forms of biomass fuel such as regular wood and wood pellets. It offers the maximum potential for co-firing biomass and fossil coal together for electric power generation and is an immediate solution to the CO2 and GHG emission challenges all coal-burning power plants face due to Global Warming and mandatory emissions reductions requirements.

Through the process of our natural ECO Pyro-Torrefaction (EPT) and ECO-Densification the energy properties of the biomass are augmented and refined to create what is essentially the cleanest burning biomass fuel in the world for electric power generation.

This is technology that can be used today in the existing coal-burning power infrastructure, without costly investments or retooling. Any coal-burning electric power generation station anywhere (U.S. China, Europe, etc.), in just one day can begin to directly co-fire a 20% blend with fossil coal (which fulfills the environmental mandate for a 20% CO2 emissions reduction), or completely replace its coal load with 100% E-Coal and become CO2 and GHG neutral and solve all environmental challenges once and for all.

Frequently Asked Questions About E-Coal:

1. Is there any coal or fossil fuel material in E-Coal?
NO. NewEarth E-Coal is made of 100% biomass material. Currently NewEarth focuses on sustainably grown energy crops like SRC wood, bamboo, and Nile Reed to produce E-Coal. E-Coal can also be made from: seaweed, algae, agricultural waste, animal waste, urban and rural organic waste material, coconut hulls, switch grass and more.

2. In relationship to Global Warming, is E-Coal really a solution for coal-burning power plants?
Yes, this is a total environmental solution and it is the most cost-effective solution for any coal-burning power plant because immediate reductions in all CO2/GHG emissions can be achieved today without any retrofitting, down time, loss of productivity or company profits.

E-Coal is the only commercially available way to reduce or eliminate CO2 emissions at coal power plants. No other technology can deliver these results today.

3. What is the BTU content of E-Coal? Is the energy content less then regular coal?
NO. The BTU content or mega joules per kilogram are the same as fossil coal. E-Coal is designed to be a pound for pound renewable energy flex fuel alternative for coal. NewEarth created E-Coal to meet the specific needs of any coal power generation station worldwide. NewEarth offers E-Coal in the 4 BTU classes of coal: 1) lignite 2) sub bituminous 3) bituminous 4) anthracite.

4. What kind of boilers does E-Coal work in?
E-Coal is the ideal fuel for use in any type of coal and biomass boiler because of its unique structure and characteristics. Through our proprietary EPT process, the biomass is carbonized and the organic smoke-forming volatiles are removed so only the pure organic carbon element remains.

5. Is there any pollution from E-Coal?
No SO2. No mercury. NOx is sharply reduced because the smoke- forming volatiles are removed from E-Coal making it smokeless and odorless. The CO2 which is produced by E-Coal is a part of the natural green carbon cycle that is needed by nature to maintain life on our planet and is half the amount of regular wood, and less than 30% of the actual CO2 of fossil coal. The carbon in E-Coal is a different type of carbon. It is a "pure organic form of carbon" that is different from the grey CO2 from "fossilized carbon" that is causing the current environmental imbalance on our planet. E-Coal produces no land, water, or air pollution and no toxic fly ash.

6. Is E-Coal Sustainable?
Yes. E-Coal is made from sustainably grown and certified 100% energy crops cultivated on degraded land (not farmland for food) or from various forms of organic waste. Unlike the regular torrefaction process that uses fossil fuel and other non-sustainable elements to produce torrefied wood, NewEarth has created its own 100% sustainable technologies. We process our sustainably grown biomass through our special sustainable EPT process which does not use fossil fuels or other non sustainable elements. Total sustainability is the main ethos of NewEarth.

7. Any Storage and handling issues?
No. E-Coal can be mixed, stored, and processed directly with fossil coal to minimize all cost. E-Coal can be stored in the open unlike regular biomass that needs expensive special storage conditions. E-Coal is hydrophobic and will not absorb moisture.

8. Besides coal-burning power plants what other uses are there for E-Coal?
E-Coal can be used for home and business heating and is superior to regular wood pellets because of its higher heating value, easy storage ability, its smokeless and odorless nature, and its less than 1% ash and moisture content. E-Coal can be use at metal factories and as a flex fuel alternative to anthracite coal /coke. E-Coal can also be gasified and used as a flex fuel alternative to expensive natural gas.