We Energies | Environmental Commitment

Among our many reports documenting the rather immense value resident in the solid residua arising from our essential use of Coal in the generation of abundant and truly affordable electric power, are several detailing the technologies for utilizing Coal Ash that have been developed by the Wisconsin Electric Power Company, now known as "We Energies":

Wisconsin Energy Corporation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; "Wisconsin Electric Power Company, which does business as We Energies, provides electrical service for over one million customers, primarily located in southeastern and eastern Wisconsin as well as the Upper Peninsula of Michigan".

United States Patent Application: 0110240926

We first remind you that, as seen for just one example in:

West Virginia Coal Association | Chicago Recycles CO2 to Methane | Research & Development; concerning: "United States Patent 4,609,440 - Electrochemical Synthesis of Methane; 1986; Assignee: Gas Research Institute, Chicago; Abstract: A method is described for electrochemically reducing carbon dioxide to form methane by electrolyzing an aqueous solution containing carbon dioxide utilizing a cathode which comprises ruthenium. If desired, solar energy can be utilized to provide the potential for the electrolyzing";

China's Shenhua to produce alumina from coal ash: Xinhua - Metals | Platts News Article & Story

Unlike the United States of America, the Peoples Republic of China does have some industrially-useful natural deposits of Aluminum ore.

Still, while we, in the US, have to import all of our virgin Aluminum ore, China has to import at least some of hers, presumably from the world's leading owners of Aluminum deposits: Guinea, Australia, Indonesia and Vietnam.

United States Patent: 8246731

In a fairly recent dispatch, as accessible via:

West Virginia Coal Association | US Navy and Columbia University Recycle Atmospheric CO2 | Research & Development;

we made report of both:

"United States Patent 7,420,004 - Process and System for Producing Synthetic Liquid Hydrocarbon Fuels; 2008; Assignee: The USA as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy; Abstract: A process for producing synthetic hydrocarbons that reacts carbon dioxide, obtained from seawater or air, and hydrogen obtained from water, with a catalyst in a chemical process such as reverse water gas shift combined with Fischer Tropsch synthesis. The hydrogen is produced by ... ocean thermal energy conversion, or any other source that is fossil fuel-free, such as wind or wave energy. The system ... wherein the hydrocarbons (produced) are liquid hydrocarbons";