Kentucky Division of Air Quality issued the Final Air Permit for the Cash Creek IGCC plant.
Summit To Build Coal Gasification Plant in Texas
Posted on 08 March 2010
Summit Power is developing a coal gasification project near Odessa, Texas. The project is named the Texas Clean Energy Project. The plant will be an integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) power plant.
TransGas Plans Gasification Plant For WV
Posted on 01 February 2010
TransGas Development Systems has filed the final application for an air permit to construct a coal gasification plant in West Virginia.
Group Proposes Coal Gasification Research Facility in Virginia
Posted on 05 January 2010
A proposed clean coal gasification research facility will be located between four major Virginia universities.
Duke Energy Reports Cost Increase For Edwardsport
Posted on 10 December 2009
Duke Energy reported that the estimated cost to complete the Edwardsport Project has increased $150 million.
Mississippi Power IGCC Receives Federal Funding
Posted on 10 November 2009
Mississippi Power received an offer for federal funding for the Kemper County, Mississippi coal gasification plant. The feedstock will be lignite that is plentiful in Mississippi.
Secure Energy Selects Emerson Process
Posted on 04 September 2009
Secure Energy has selected Emerson Process to provide the engineering expertise and digital automation control technology to integrate the Decatur Illinois gasification plant process units.
Indiana Gasification LLC Offered a Loan Guarantee
Posted on 15 August 2009
Indiana Gasification LLC has had its bad moments and its good moments. The Indiana Gasification project will convert coal to syngas using a gasification process. The syngas will be processed and when finished will be substitute natural gas (SNG).
Eastman Cancels The Beaumont TXE Project
Posted on 30 July 2009
Eastman Chemical Company announced that it has decided to discontinue development of its Beaumont, Texas, industrial gasification project.
CO2 Information
Indiana to Vote On Eminent Domain For CO2 Pipelines
Posted on 11 March 2010
A bill was introduced in the Indiana Senate that will provide companies that construct and operate pipelines the authority to use eminent domain to acquire pipeline right-of-ways for carbon dioxide (CO2) pipelines. This is not a new concept. Indiana has existing legislative statutes that provide eminent domain rights for pipelines that transport other products. The bill will amend the existing statute to include pipelines that transport carbon dioxide.
Events
World CTL 2010 Conference
Posted on 02 February 2010
The World CTL 2010 Conference will be in Bejing, China. The conference will be April 13 – 16, 2010 at the Great Wall Sheraton Hotel in the Shangdong District. Attendees can visit three CTL plants in China. The plant visits include the Yitai Indirect CTL Plant, the Jiutai Coal-to-Chemicals Plant and the Shenhua Direct CTL Plant.
Legal
Kentucky House Approves Eminent Domain for CO2 Pipeline
Posted on 09 March 2010
The Kentucky House of Representatives voted 94 to 5 in favor of a bill to permit companies constructing carbon dioxide (CO2) pipelines to use eminent domain to acquire pipeline right-of-ways. This is a long time practice approved for pipelines for oil and natural gas. There are several requirements contained in Kentucky HR 213. The CO2 pipelines must be used to transport CO2 for sequestration, enhanced oil recovery or other CO2 management programs.
News
GE Energy Selects Worley-Parsons for FEED
Posted on 10 March 2010
GE Energy selected Worley-Parsons for the engineering services contract for the FEED phase of the High Plains Gasification Advanced Technology Center to be built in Wyoming. The High Plains Gasification Technology Center is a joint venture between GE Energy and the University of Wyoming.
Opinions
False Statements About Clean Coal
Posted on 30 November 2009
When opponents of coal and petcoke gasification write a list of the reasons that a coal/petcoke gasification project should stopped, there are two false statements that are commonly cited. The first is that its experimental and the second is that its more expensive.
Projects
FUTUREGEN Gets NEPA Nod and Funding From DOE
Posted on 23 July 2009
The DOE breathes new life into the FutureGen project in Mattoon, IL. The DOE issued a statement that it will support the FutureGen project with funding. The FutureGen site is in Mattoon, IL. The DOE issued a Record of Decision that clears the way for the FutureGen project to continue with site specific work to further the project development.
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- GE Energy Selects Worley-Parsons for FEED
- Cash Creek Receives Final Air Permit
- Kentucky House Approves Eminent Domain for CO2 Pipeline
- Summit To Build Coal Gasification Plant in Texas
- Denbury Resources Green Pipeline
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- DKRW Plans to Construct Coal Gasification Plant in Wyoming (5)
- DOE Selects Hydrogen Power Energy For Funding (5)
- The Potential for Coal-to-Liquid Plants in the United States (4)
- Many Stars Coal-To-Liquid Project Gets BIA Contract Approval (4)
- White Energy and Peabody To Build Coal Upgrading Plant (4)
- BP To Purchase SNG From Secure Energy's Gasification Plant (4)
- Linc Energy Ignites No. 3 Underground Coal Gasification Field (2)
- Ohio River Clean Fuels Receives Final Air Permit (2)
- CO2 Battle on The Western Plains of Idaho (2)
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