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1.25 Trillion Barrels of UCG-CTL Potential: Central Petroleum
Australia’s Central Petroleum announced June 9 that about 1.25 trillion barrels of coal-to-liquids (CTL) fuel could be recovered via underground coal gasification (UCG) and subsequent Fischer-Tropsch synthesis from its Pedirka Basin tenements.
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Sasol-Shenhua CTL Construction Project to Start in 2010
The proposed 80,000 barrels/day coal-to-liquids plant under study by Sasol and Shenhua could start construction next year.
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U.S. Senate Energy Bill Expands Loan-Guarantees, Includes CCS ‘Indemnity’ Provision
The U.S. Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee on June 17 voted to approve its version of a new energy bill that would expand loan guarantees for “clean” energy projects and spur CO2 capture & storage (CCS) in part through a federal “indemnity” provision for up to 10 commercial-scale CCS projects.
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$50/Ton CO2 Tax Would Make CBTL Competitive: NRC Study
The U.S. National Research Council (NRC) found in a new study that combined coal/biomass to liquids (CBTL) plants would be cost-competitive with conventional oil refineries – especially if a $50/ton CO2 tax is imposed in the U.S.
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U.S. DOE Revives FutureGen IGCC Project in Illinois
U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced June 12 that the stalled FutureGen integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) demonstration project would go forward in Mattoon, Ill., as originally favored by the industry-led FutureGen Alliance.
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Mitsubishi Wins Australia’s ‘ZeroGen’ IGCC Project
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) confirmed June 22 that it won a feasibility study order for Australia’s proposed “ZeroGen” 530-MW integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) project with CO2 capture & storage (CCS).
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Stora Enso, Neste Launch BTL Demo Plant
Finland-based forest industry giant Stora Enso and Neste Oil on June 11 announced the inauguration of a demonstration-scale biomass-to-liquids (BTL) plant that would produce Fischer-Tropsch diesel.
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Gasification WTE Bill Introduced in U.S. Senate
U.S. Sen. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) announced June 9 the introduction of what he called the “Rubbish to Renewables Act of 2009” (S. 1172), aiming to spur U.S. Dept. of Energy to “facilitate the production of clean, renewable energy from municipal solid waste."
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