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Waste Control Specialists LLC (WCS) is a treatment, storage, & disposal company dealing in radioactive, hazardous, and mixed wastes. Developed and controlled by Texas billionaire investor Harold Simmons until his death at the end of 2013, the company was founded in Dallas, Texas in 1989 as a landfill operator, and awarded a unique license for disposal of low level radioactive waste in 2009.
Climeworks's machines are powered by renewable energy or energy-from-waste, with a carbon dioxide re-emission rate of less than 10%. [3] The company was founded in 2009 by mechanical engineers Dr. Christoph Gebald and Dr. Jan Wurzbacher, who lead the company as co-CEOs.
For a list of companies based within Dallas city limits, go to List of companies in Dallas. The Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex is home to over 20 corporate headquarters, making the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex one of the largest corporate headquarters concentration in the United States.
A carbon bomb, or climate bomb, [34] is any new extraction of hydrocarbons from underground whose potential greenhouse gas emissions exceed 1 billion tonnes of CO 2 worldwide. In 2022, a study showed that there are 425 fossil fuel extraction projects (coal, oil and gas) with potential CO2 emissions of more than 1 billion tonnes worldwide.
Compared to a conventional coal-fired plant of similar output, AEP/SWEPCO estimated the Turk facility's ultra-supercritical process would use 180,000 fewer tons of coal and produce 320,000 fewer tons of carbon dioxide annually. [10] Ash and other solid waste is disposed of at an on-site landfill lined with a synthetic material. [11]
The W.A. Parish Generating Station is a 3.65-gigawatt (3,653 MW), dual-fired power plant located near Thompsons, Texas.The station occupies a 4,664-acre site near Smithers Lake southwest of Houston in Fort Bend County and consists of two four-unit plants; one natural gas and the other coal (2,697 MW). [1]
The project was designed to annually capture approximately 33% of the carbon dioxide (CO 2) (or 1.6 million tonnes) emissions from the plant's boiler #8. [2] [3] The carbon dioxide gas was captured at 99% purity, and is then compressed and piped about 82 miles to the West Ranch Oil Field, where it is used for enhanced oil recovery. The oil ...
This list includes companies based within the city limits of Dallas, Texas. Although the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex has many more corporate headquarters, including Frito Lay and American Airlines, this list only includes companies that are headquartered within the Dallas City Limits. Affiliated Computer Services; Alon USA; AT&T; Atmos Energy ...