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Depending on the size and weight of cylinder and requirements from manufacturer along with local construction codes will determine if concrete footings are needed but premade footings can be purchased too.
Really not worried about it.

Important work is being done at the Department of Energy to further carbon capture, utilization, and storage, or CCUS. The CoalFIRST program, designed to develop a new type of modular, nimbler, and near-zero emissions coal plant that can better pair with renewable sources of energy, is also encouraging. But these efforts, while vital, don’t stack up to the scale and need of the challenge.

The U.S. is pouring taxpayer money into energy, but it’s going to all the wrong places. Instead of working to get essential next-generation technologies to commercialization, the majority of taxpayer funding is going to ethanol subsidies and tax credits to build more windmills and solar panels. The renewable energy production tax credit, which has driven the wind boom in this country, needs to be allowed to sunset. It’s time for wind and solar power to stand on their own without taxpayer support. Let’s stop throwing more taxpayer money at mistakes or mature technologies and instead focus on ramping up and commercializing the next generation of technologies we know the world needs, whether it be small modular reactors, grid-scale

Energy realities must be the basis of our energy policy. The energy reality the Green New Dealers seem incapable of acknowledging is that fossil fuels will remain the world’s dominant source of energy for many generations to come. Coal will remain the primary fuel of global industrialization.

U.S. energy leadership won’t be achieved by banning fossil fuels or taxing carbon. Rather, it will be found in the technological breakthroughs that launched the commercial nuclear age and the shale revolution. Developing and commercializing next-generation coal technology is a race the U.S. can and should win.

https://thediplomat.com/2020/07/japan-promotes-clean-coal-in-the-battle-against-climate-change/
Japan’s government has announced it will phase out 90 percent of the country’s old and inefficient coal-fired power generators, alongside the construction of “cleaner” high efficiency coal power by 2030. Minister for Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) Hiroshi Kajiyama said coal-fired power will remain Japan’s baseline electricity source, but 114 high CO2 emitting coal power plants will be shut down to reduce overall carbon emissions. Japan currently has 140 coal power plants. So roughly, 90 will close leaving 50 plus adding 30-50 new high tech modular clean coal plants means Japan will have a remaining 80-90 in 10-15 years.

As a start to achieving a carbon neutral society, new coal power stations will also be fitted with effective systems that aim to use renewable energy as a main energy source. Kajiyama plans to boost the expansion of renewable energy by reviewing the power grid utilization rules. This month METI will set up a meeting with experts to devise concrete measures to reduce the CO2 output of inefficient coal power plants. An upper limit of power generation will be set for inefficient power plants with the cooperation of electricity providers.

In December last year, the United Nations urged its members to stop building new coal power plants after 2020. But Kajiyama said Japan would not aim for the total abolition of coal power seen in European countries. Earlier this month the minister said it was essential to use the best mix of energy sources due to Japan’s position as a resource-poor nation. That means one entire energy source can’t be ruled out-Meaning JAPAN has no intention of abandoning Clean coal technology and coal for power. Japan plans to build as many as 22 new coal plants in the next five years. According to the World Coal Association, a total of 600 coal plants are currently under construction around the world.https://www.realclearenergy.org/articles/2020/07/07/the_us_must_still_focus_on_clean_coal_technologies_498345.html

This notion that the world is phasing out coal is nonsense!

Japan is dependent on overseas fossil fuel imports for its electricity supply, but the share of coal, oil, natural gas, and nuclear energy shifted dramatically after the 2011 East Japan earthquake and tsunami, which triggered core meltdowns in three reactors at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. In the post-disaster energy landscape, nuclear power plummeted from 30 percent of Japan’s energy mix to 1.7 percent in 2012, which also coincided with the planning of 22 new coal power plants. As of fiscal year 2018, Japan relied on coal for 32 percent of its total power generation, just behind natural gas at 38 percent. METI aims to reduce thermal coal power to 27 percent by 2030 and raise renewable energy to between 22 and 24 percent.

Even with the latest high-efficiency coal-fired power plant models, CO2 emissions would only be reduced by 20 to 30 percent. But high-efficiency coal power technology is touted as the best and cheapest option for developing countries. Japan has leapt at the chance to support coal-fired power plant projects in Southeast Asia, which is at odds with the global shift toward green energy. This makes Japan the largest G-7 financier of domestic and overseas coal power generation.