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Date: September 02, 2009
Vol.:XII, No.17
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TOP STORIES

Hyperion IGCC Wins Air Permit; Financing Next Big Hurdle

Caltex Eyes Possible UCG Opportunity

Energie Future Buys UCG-CTL Option in Wyoming

Despite Massive Plant Closures, Stora Enso Continues Biofuels Project

India’s ONGC Readies UCG Project

Sewage-Sludge Gasification Could Boom: Stamford May be Pioneer

Cummins Growing ‘Green Power’ Business in India

Secure Energy Wins Congressional Support for SNG Project

INTEGRATED GASIFICATION COMBINED CYCLE NEWS

Korea’s Kepco Plans ‘Green’ Investments Including IGCC

China Power Inks IGCC Project Deal

Cutting CO2 Even More Boosts Tax Credit Possibilities: Miss. Power

GAS TO LIQUIDS NEWS

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Studies DME Project

ASTM OK’s FT Jet Fuel Blend; Wins Industry Praise

Dresser Installs Massive Compressors for Shell GTL Plant

COAL TO LIQUIDS NEWS

North Korea Building Coal-Gasification Fertilizer Plant

Sparton, NuCoal Ink Cooperation Deal on CTL Project

West Australian Metals Unveils CTL Scheme

Huaneng Ningxia Gets Institute OK for Coal-to-Olefin Project

New Oriental Sees ‘Improving’ Conditions for Methanol, Urea

SES Hires Shell-China Clean-Coal Director

Siemens Report Indicates Syngas-Australia Coal Gasification ‘Feasible’

Carbon Energy Selling Gold, Uranium Assets to Boost UCG

CARBON STORAGE

NRG Seeks U.S. DOE Funds for Post-Combustion CO2 Capture

Oil & Gas Drilling Experience Boosts CCS: Study

Ionic-Liquids CO2-Capture Company Hires Former Rentech Exec

Ramgen Wins $20 Million Grant for CO2 Compression Scheme

Australia Grants $A20 Million for CCS Project

AEP Seeks $334 MM from U.S. DOE for CCS Project

PNNL Discovers Lower-Cost CO2/SOx Capture Material

IN OTHER SECTORS

Diversified Energy Wins Grants for Gasification, Fuels R&D

Nexterra Gets C$7.7 Million for Biomass Gasification R&D

Clean Global Energy, CECIC, Greenpower Ink UCG Deals

Air Products Buys U.S. Gulf Coast SMR from MarkWest

Sasol FY 2009 Results Improving

Philippine City Inks Gasification Waste-to-Energy Project Deal

Cockatoo Coal Sells UCG Interest to Cougar Energy

Railroad-Tie Gasification Project Faces Hearings

GTI Opens Advanced Gasification Test Facility

USTDA Offers US$406,000 for Brazil Waste-to-Energy Plant

8 Airlines Ink FT Diesel Supply Deal for Los Angeles International

Australian University Wins $16 Million Grant for Clean-Coal Research

Alter NRG Posts Q2 2009 Loss; Sees New Plant Start-ups

Clenergen Announces Acquisition; Forges Ahead on India Project

 

 

Hyperion IGCC Wins Air Permit; Financing Next Big Hurdle

The proposed Hyperion integrated gasification combined cycle plant in South Dakota just won a crucial air permit; now, financing becomes the next hurdle.

 

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Caltex Eyes Possible UCG Opportunity

Oil-major interest in underground coal gasification (UCG) continues to grow, with Caltex the latest to reveal interest in a possible UCG opportunity.

 

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Energie Future Buys UCG-CTL Option in Wyoming

Underground coal gasification (UCG) got another boost this week when Australia-based Energie Future announced a plan to restart the idled Rawlins, Wyo., UCG project.

 

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Despite Massive Plant Closures, Stora Enso Continues Biofuels Project

Stora Enso is slashing jobs and plants because of economic recession in the pulp/paper business, but it’s still continuing ahead with a biomass-to-liquids diesel project with Neste.

 

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India’s ONGC Readies UCG Project

Underground coal gasification is taking another step forward in India, via an ONGC-sponsored project.

 

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Sewage-Sludge Gasification Could Boom: Stamford May be Pioneer

Cities could save lots of money on energy costs while eliminating sewage-sludge waste by tapping an emerging gasification-based technology.

 

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Cummins Growing ‘Green Power’ Business in India

Gasification isn’t usually associated with diesel engine giant Cummins, but the company is enjoying new successes in gasification-based power generation in India.

 

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Secure Energy Wins Congressional Support for SNG Project

U.S. Congressional support is building for a proposed 20-billion-cubic-feet-per-year synthetic natural gas plant in Illinois.

 

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Korea’s Kepco Plans ‘Green’ Investments Including IGCC

Integrated gasification combined cycle figures into the “green” plans of Korea power utility Kepco.

 

 

MORE HEADLINES


China Power Inks IGCC Project Deal

Cutting CO2 Even More Boosts Tax Credit Possibilities: Miss. Power

 

 

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Studies DME Project

Papua New Guinea is proposed as the site for a Mitsubishi project that would convert natural gas to dimethyl ether.

 

 

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ASTM OK’s FT Jet Fuel Blend; Wins Industry Praise

Dresser Installs Massive Compressors for Shell GTL Plant

 

 

North Korea Building Coal-Gasification Fertilizer Plant

Coal gasification is catching-on – even in North Korea.

 

 

MORE HEADLINES


Sparton, NuCoal Ink Cooperation Deal on CTL Project

West Australian Metals Unveils CTL Scheme

Huaneng Ningxia Gets Institute OK for Coal-to-Olefin Project

New Oriental Sees ‘Improving’ Conditions for Methanol, Urea

SES Hires Shell-China Clean-Coal Director

Siemens Report Indicates Syngas-Australia Coal Gasification ‘Feasible’

Carbon Energy Selling Gold, Uranium Assets to Boost UCG

NRG Seeks U.S. DOE Funds for Post-Combustion CO2 Capture

Big electric power producers continue to seek U.S. federal subsidies for CO2 capture schemes, the latest being NRG Energy.

 

 

MORE HEADLINES


Oil & Gas Drilling Experience Boosts CCS: Study

Ionic-Liquids CO2-Capture Company Hires Former Rentech Exec

Ramgen Wins $20 Million Grant for CO2 Compression Scheme

Australia Grants $A20 Million for CCS Project

AEP Seeks $334 MM from U.S. DOE for CCS Project

PNNL Discovers Lower-Cost CO2/SOx Capture Material

Diversified Energy Wins Grants for Gasification, Fuels R&D

A molten-metal gasification technology and a novel scheme for converting bio-based materials to all-hydrocarbon fuel won Diversified Energy more government grants.

 

 

MORE HEADLINES


Nexterra Gets C$7.7 Million for Biomass Gasification R&D

Clean Global Energy, CECIC, Greenpower Ink UCG Deals

Air Products Buys U.S. Gulf Coast SMR from MarkWest

Sasol FY 2009 Results Improving

Philippine City Inks Gasification Waste-to-Energy Project Deal

Cockatoo Coal Sells UCG Interest to Cougar Energy

Railroad-Tie Gasification Project Faces Hearings

GTI Opens Advanced Gasification Test Facility

USTDA Offers US$406,000 for Brazil Waste-to-Energy Plant

8 Airlines Ink FT Diesel Supply Deal for Los Angeles International

Australian University Wins $16 Million Grant for Clean-Coal Research

Alter NRG Posts Q2 2009 Loss; Sees New Plant Start-ups

Clenergen Announces Acquisition; Forges Ahead on India Project

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 


 

 
 
 

 

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