Rentech and ClearFuels have been awarded a grant by the DOE to construct a biomass gasification demonstration unit. ClearFuels and Rentech are working together as partners to develop biomass plants that can produce diesel.

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.

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.

Kentucky Division of Air Quality issued the Final Air Permit for the Cash Creek IGCC plant.

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.

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.