The Great Northern Power Development L.P. and Allied Syngas Corporation joint venture continues to proceed with the planning to construct a $1.4 billion coal gasification plant near South Heart, ND. Great Northern and Allied Syngas are proceeding with the South Heart gasification plant and have selected GTL Energy for coal beneficiation. The plant will produce [...]

On February 10, 2009, the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality issued the final air permit for the Power County Advanced Energy Center to Southeast Idaho Energy LLC (SEI). SEI is a wholly owned subsidiary of Refined Energy Holdings LLC. SEI first submitted an application for a permit in July 2007 and then submitted a revised [...]

Synthesis Energy Systems (SES) announced that the Joint Venture project with Shandong Hai Hua Coal and Chemical Company has started commercial production. The commissioning and startup phase is complete and the plant has begun it’s normal operations. SES is a technology company that builds and operates coal gasification plants utilizing the companies proprietary U-Gas Technology. [...]

West Virginia University and Shenhua Group collaborate on coal-to-liquids plant design and operation. West Virginia University met with Shenhua Group officials to discuss collaboration between the two organizations. Shenhua Group is the largest coal operating company in China and is developing a commercial scale direct coal liquifaction plant in China. The plant will convert millions [...]

ZEEP’s vision and quick action propel it to a leadership position with Pratt-Whitney Rocketdyne gasification technology. Zero Emission Energy Plants, Inc. (ZEEP) announced that it has signed a global licensing agreement with Rocketdyne to build and operate gasification plants around the world using Rocketdyne’s compact gasification technology. ZEEP plans to focus on the Australia, Canada, [...]

Shenhua Group is constructing the world’s largest direct coal liquifaction plant. It’s known as the Shenhua DCL plant. Shenhua is making a giant leap ahead of the U.S. in direct coal liquifaction technology and, ironically, is using direct liquifaction technology that was originally developed in the U.S. The plant is world class and cutting edge [...]

GreatPoint Energy Inc. has signed a major contract with China’s Datang Huayin Electric Power Co. to develop a coal gasification plant in China’s Guangdong Province. The plant will be at the site of an existing Datang Huayin power plant. The plant in Guangdong Province is reported to be estimated to cost $400 million. This plant [...]

A recently released study by the Rand Corporation concludes that a U.S. Coal-to-Liquids (CTL) industry will be cost competitive with petroleum refineries. It also concludes that a domestic CTL industry will be equivalent to the petroleum industry regarding greenhouse gas emissions when CO2 is captured and sequestered underground or used for enhanced oil recovery. The [...]

Dow Chemical released its outline of recommendations for the U.S. Energy Policy, Dow’s Energy Plan for America. Dow has once again demonstrated a depth of understanding of the macro level issues that affect not only the petrochemical and energy industries, but also the United States economy. Dow has written a comprehensive and insightful paper outlining [...]

Rio Tinto is the leading international mining company headquartered in the UK. It combines Rio Tinto plc, a London public listed company, with Rio Tinto Limited, a company listed on the Australian stock exchange. The Rio Tinto company finds, mines and processes the earth’s mineral resources. The focus is on metals and minerals that are [...]