NETL study concludes that coal-to-liquid fuels have lower green house gas (GHG) emissions than many refinery products when the source of the crude feedstock is considered.

The Department of Defense can execute long term contracts for alternative synfuels, but only if the synfuel have lower GHG’s than conventional petroleum based fuel. The Department of Defense (DoD) has backers on Capitol Hill that support increasing the length of procurement contracts that the DoD can enter for supply of fuels. The current law [...]

Montana and Saskatchewan agree to work together on the development on what may be the largest international carbon capture and storage demonstration projects in the world. Montana and Saskatchewan are collaborating to construct a world class carbon sequestration project. The Governor of Montana and the Premier of Saskatchewan signed a Memorandum of Understanding to create [...]

Peabody and White Energy plan to build a lignite upgrading plant in Montana. Peabody Energy announced a joint venture to build a coal upgrading plant in Montana. The Peabody and White Energy coal upgrading facility will be built at an unnamed Peabody site in Montana. Under the terms of the agreement, Peabody will have the right to purchase 15% of White Energy and has the first right to participate in future White Energy coal upgrading projects.

Rentech announces a biomass-to-liquids project with near zero carbon footprint.

Syngest will gasify the cob and leave the corn to be used for food production. Syngest Inc. is using gasification technology to eliminate the use of the nutrient portion of a corn cob i.e. the corn kernels. With the ever increasing pressure to move away from using corn to produce ethanol, gasification specialists are experimenting [...]

According to a news release by Shaw Group, Sasol selected Shaw Group to provide basic engineering services for two Fischer-Tropsch projects. Shaw Group will provide basic engineering for Sasol’s Wax Expansion Project in Sasolburg, South Africa. Shaw Group will also provide basic engineering for Sasol Technologies Fischer-Tropsch licensing group. Shaw Group is providing basic engineering [...]

Tenaska announced that Burns & McDonnell was awarded a contract to perform the Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) for the Taylorville Energy Center project. The FEED study will include a cost estimate for the detailed engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) project phase. Tenaska has not executed contracts with licensors selected for the project and [...]