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.

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).

The USTDA provided funding for a feasibility study for the Turkey Gasification Project. Substantial reserves of lignite exist throughout Turkey. Because of its generally low calorific value, most of this lignite is used in electric power plants. However, the possibility of gasifying these lignite resources to produce pipeline-quality gas has a significant potential to increase [...]

The DOE announced that the Taylorville Project has been selected to receive an offer of a loan guarantee. The DOE sent a notice of “Selection to Proceed with Due Diligence and Negotiation Leading to a Conditional Commitment” to Tenaska executives. The value of the commitment is $2.579 billion and the project estimated total installed cost (TIC) is $3.5 billion.

GE Energy and University of Wyoming are participating in a joint venture to construct a coal gasification test facility in Wyoming to test gasification of Wyoming’s Powder River Basin coal. Cheyenne to be the site of the High Plains Coal Gasification Test Center. Each has contributed $50 million to the project. The facility, the High [...]

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.

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 [...]

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 [...]

Ohio River Clean Fuels LLC did not submit a Phase 2 application for the Department of Energy Loan Guarantee Program offered for coal power projects with carbon capture and sequestration. Baard Energy decided not to pursue DOE loan guarantees for the Ohio River Clean Fuels project due to lawsuits. Phase 2 applications were due March [...]

The Dakota Resource Council files a complaint with North Dakota Public Service Commission to halt the construction of the coal beneficiation plant for the South Heart Gasification plant. In January 2009, the Dakota Resource Council with other nearby landowners filed a complaint with the North Dakota Public Service Commission stating that the beneficiation plant under [...]