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.

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

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 Development Systems has filed the final application for an air permit to construct a coal gasification plant in West Virginia.

A proposed clean coal gasification research facility will be located between four major Virginia universities.

Duke Energy reported that the estimated cost to complete the Edwardsport Project has increased $150 million.

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 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 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).