In the end, he estimates that they produce about 14 metric tons of carbon dioxide a year enough to fill a volume of about nine hot-air balloons.
The plant is designed to produce 2, 500 metric tons of polysilicon a year, with a possible expansion later on.
Consol Energy, is expected to produce about 65 million metric tons in 2010, out of which 7.6 million will be metallurgical coal.
Solazyme is building two production facilities in the United States and one in Brazil that will have a capacity to produce 450, 000 metric tons of algal oil.
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He reports that Essen, Germany-based power company RWE commissioned a wood pellet plant in Georgia to produce 750, 000 metric tons annually for RWE power stations in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
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Canada Lithium will produce 20, 000 metric tons annually of lithium carbonate, mostly used to manufacture lithium-ion battery cathodes in electronic items used in everyday life, which will represent a small chunk of the lithium carbonate available in the market.
In the United States, urban dwellers produce a whopping 250 million metric tons of solid waste every year.
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India is expected to produce around 315, 500 metric tons of coffee during the 2012-13 crop year, according to the state-run Indian Coffee Board.
Alpha Natural Resources is expected to produce 12.5 million metric tons of metallurgical coal for 2010, and 24.4 million metric tons of thermal coal from Eastern production.
The Alpha coal project being developed by Hyderabad-based infrastructure group GVK would produce up to 86 million metric tons of coal per year, compared to global trade of 938 million tons during 2010.
It's operations include export terminals in Australia, where analysts expect it to produce for 2010 approximately 11 million metric tons of metallurgical coal and about 16 million metric tons of thermal coal.
The company stated earlier in 2011 that production from the three facilities would produce between 4, 941 and 5, 881 metric tons by the end of 2011.
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The Dolphin will produce 20 liters (a little over five gallons, for those who don't speak metric) of water per day at 70% humidity, which is enough for your office if you go through one of those ungainly water cooler jugs per day or less plus, without the plastic waste, and avoiding other associated costs of water jug transportation (emissions, namely).
ENGADGET: Dehumidifier + water purifier = Air2Water potable water device
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