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.

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.

Taylorville Selected By DOE for First Loan Guarantee Offer

Posted on 19 July 2009

DOE selects Tenaska Taylorville Project for first loan guarantee offer.

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CO2 Information

DOE Announces Projects to Receive CCS Funding

Posted on 02 January 2010

The DOE announced the names of the projects selected to receive funding for carbon capture and sequestration projects. The funding is from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. ConocoPhillips received approximately $3,000,000 for its project to capture and sequester CO2. Leucadia Energy received funding for two projects: the Lake Charles Cogeneration project received approximately $540,000 and the Mississippi Gasification received approximately $840,000.

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

Capital Power Purchases EPCOR Power Assets

Posted on 22 January 2010

EPCOR created Capital Power as a new IPO for the purpose of selling its power assets. As a stand alone company, Capital Power will have better access to capital and be in a better position to manage and develop power assets.

News

DOE To Begin EIS for Indiana Gasification

Posted on 16 December 2009

The DOE will prepare an Environmental Impact Study (EIS) for the Indiana Gasification project. The DOE is a lead federal agency for the National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA, review of the project and the lead agency in the preparation of the Environmental Impact Study (EIS).

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

DOE Selects Hydrogen Power Energy For Funding

Posted on 16 July 2009

Hydrogen Power selected by DOE to receive $308 million funding from the Clean Coal Power Initiative. This is part of the third round of the Clean Coal Power Initiative (CCPI). The initiative was made possible by President Bush when he signed the 2005 Energy Act and is designed to increase investment in low-emission coal technology by demonstrating advanced coal-based, power generation technologies.

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