Southern Company has commissioned a 2 × 1 Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) facility in Kemper County, Mississippi. The plant demonstrated the Transport Integrated Gasification (TRIGTM) technology developed by Southern Company, KBR, and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). With a...

A thin strip of a Zr-based alloy with a composition of Zr60Cu25Fe5Al10 (in atom percent) was used as a raw material, and the composite coatings containing Zr-based amorphous phase and crystallites on Ti substrate were fabricated by a one-step laser cladding method without protection. The...

Fossil fuel subsidies reform has been intensively debated and promoted as a concrete step towards sustainable development, with anticipated benefits of reduced carbon emissions, saved public spending, and improved social distribution. But does this "triple-win" policy deliver what it promises?...