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OCTOBER 31, 2010

BG Group has approved implementation of the first phase of a US$15-billion project to convert coal seam gas (CSG) to LNG—the first major commercial project to do so. BG Group will progress development and construction of QCLNG with immediate effect. million tonnes per annum (mtpa). mtpa of LNG.

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MARCH 24, 2010

Accelergy Corporation has begun production of a synthetic fuel from coal and biomass, to be evaluated by the United States Air Force (USAF) as the industry benchmark for 100% synthetic jet fuel. The pilot facility will also provide a tool for evaluating new coal and biomass feedstocks as the technology moves towards commercial deployment.

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Coal Fuel North Dakota Production 218

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JULY 15, 2010

The resulting integrated carbon capture and recycling process joins CBTL technology with algae photobioreactor CO 2 recycling technology from Alliance partners Accelergy and A2BE Carbon Capture, respectively, and the development engineering, systems integration, carbon sequestration, and Six Sigma driven program management capabilities of Raytheon.

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JULY 15, 2010

Researchers from the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have formed the Clean Energy Partnership to accelerate the development and deployment of coal conversion, emissions capture and carbon storage technologies.

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DECEMBER 15, 2009

Accelergy Corporation, an advanced coal-to-liquids company, has formed a strategic partnership with the Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) at the University of North Dakota. Tags: Brief. Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 10, 2009

has been chosen to provide the coal gasification technology for the Taylorville Energy Center (TEC), a 730-megawatt (gross) advanced coal generating plant being developed near Taylorville, Ill. TEC will be one of the first commercial-scale, coal gasification plants with carbon capture and storage (CCS) capability in the US. .

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AUGUST 6, 2010

The universities—located in Georgia, Texas, North Dakota, Louisiana, California, and New York—will investigate the technology needed for the efficient operation of turbines using coal-derived synthesis gas (syngas) and high hydrogen content (HHC) fuels. DOE share: $404,404; recipient share: $101,212).

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MARCH 30, 2010

Funding from the Department of Energy will be matched by the grantees to support $75 million in total US research that will focus on advancing technologies for building energy efficiency; low emissions coal including carbon capture and storage; and clean vehicles. Tags: Brief.

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APRIL 25, 2010

has built and delivered 12 dimethyl ether (DME) feed pumps to Shanghai Diesel Engine Company. The company developed this first generation feed pump several years ago and has sold units into Korea, to the Korean Institute for Energy Research, and to a European engine manufacturer. Tags: Brief.

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OCTOBER 22, 2009

million for research to improve the efficiency of engines and creating technologies for detecting, capturing and storing carbon emissions. Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Chintalapalle V. and Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Ahsan Choudhuri, Ph.D., Ramana, Ph.D., Ramana, Ph.D.,

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El Paso Engine Coal CO2 170

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NOVEMBER 16, 2010

CleanFUEL USA, a leading supplier of alternative fuel infrastructure and propane engine systems, will build and certify a multi-purpose 8-liter General Motors (GM) propane engine in partnership with Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC), a subsidiary of Daimler Trucks North America. medium-duty engine, as well as a 6.0L

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USA Engine Alternative Fuels Gasoline 239

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OCTOBER 20, 2009

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has granted Reaction Design one of seven awards for a project intended to support the full-scale implementation and operation of highly efficient coal-based power generation technologies with near-zero emissions. Reaction Design also leads the Model Fuels Consortium. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2009

and NuCoal Energy Corporation recently executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) wherein Sparton and NuCoal will jointly evaluate the potential of NuCoal’s lignitic coal holdings in Saskatchewan to host commercial germanium and uranium mineralization. The quantities are dependent on the amounts of metal contained in the coal feedstock.

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Coal North Dakota Commercial Gasoline-Electric 199

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OCTOBER 9, 2009

Accelergy’s Integrated Coal to Liquids platform is the basis for the Integrated Carbon to Liquids initiative. ICTL incorporates proprietary Accelergy catalytic conversion technologies for what it calls Integrated Coal to Liquids production and A2BE Carbon Capture algae photobioreactor CO 2 recycle technology. Source: Accelergy.

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Coal Carbon Fuel San Diego 170

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APRIL 27, 2009

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has directed the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) to file a pleading with the US District Court in Washington DC requesting that the mountaintop coal mining “stream buffer zone rule” issued by the Bush Administration be vacated due to being legally defective. Tags: Brief.

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Coal Washington United States Water 150

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JULY 15, 2009

US Energy Secretary Steven Chu, Chinese Minister of Science Wan Gang, and Administrator of National Energy Administration Zhang Guo Bao announced plans to develop a US-China Clean Energy Research Center. Tags: Brief. Collaboration on science and technology (S&T) has been a component of US-China cooperation since 1979.

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Coal Clean Cleaning China 150

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JUNE 26, 2010

Natural gas will play a leading role in reducing greenhouse-gas emissions over the next several decades, largely by replacing older, inefficient coal plants with highly efficient combined-cycle gas generation, according to a major new interim report out from MIT. The first two reports dealt with nuclear power (2003) and coal (2007).

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MIT Coal Gas Emissions 240

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FEBRUARY 4, 2010

That report, authored by group co-chairs, Agriculture and Energy Secretaries Vilsack and Chu, and EPA Administrator Jackson, lays out a strategy to advance the development and commercialization of a sustainable biofuels industry to meet or exceed the nation’s biofuels targets. Earlier post.)

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Obama Coal Clean Cleaning 218

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Researchers at Purdue University have developed a facility aimed at learning the chemical kinetic processes in coal and biomass gasification to improve thermodynamic efficiency and reduce the environmental impact of the technology. Stone Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering. Source: Purdue University. Earlier post.).

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Coal Fuel Gore Production 186

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NOVEMBER 18, 2009

Activities under the initiative will include : Joint standards development. The two countries will explore development of joint product and testing standards for electric vehicles. The roadmap will be made widely available to assist not just US and Chinese developers, but also the global automotive industry.

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China Coal Electric Vehicles Energy 281

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AUGUST 5, 2009

Linc Energy Limited executed a contract with Aker Solutions to jointly develop the conceptual design of Linc Energy’s proposed 20,000 barrels per day commercial Gas to Liquids (GTL) facility that is planned to be based in South Australia. Tags: Brief. Earlier post.).

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Gas Engine Energy Coal 150

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JULY 31, 2009

However, the report concludes, initiating deployment of these technologies is urgent; actions taken—or not taken—between now and 2020 to develop and demonstrate several key technologies will largely determine the nation’s energy options for many decades to come. Developing technologies for the conversion of biomass and coal-to-liquid fuels.

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APRIL 14, 2010

Korea-based POSCO, one of the world’s largest steelmakers, has selected ConocoPhillips’ E-Gas gasification technology for use in its Gwangyang coal-to-substitute natural gas (SNG) project. million tons of coal. This process design package will be developed in the company’s Houston offices. Tags: Brief. Earlier post.).

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Gas Houston Coal 2008 186

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NOVEMBER 1, 2009

Engineering News. Sasol is incorporating carbon capture and storage (CCS) options in the upfront design of a proposed 80,000 bpd coal-to-liquids project it is studying with the Shenua Ningxia Coal Industry group, for possible development in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of China. Tags: Brief. Earlier post.).

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Coal Chinese GM 2010 186

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DECEMBER 27, 2009

Australia-based Carbon Energy Limited is in the final stages of constructing its 5 MW power station which will be powered by syngas produced from its underground coal gasification (UCG) facility at Bloodwood Creek in Queensland. Carbon Energy developed its wholly-owned UCG technology in conjunction with Australia’s CSIRO.

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Australia Carbon Energy Power 225

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MAY 26, 2010

The introduction of electric vehicles on a large scale in the UK can only have a beneficial effect on CO 2 emissions if low-carbon electricity, universal broadband provision and smart grids are in place to support the transition, according to a new report published by the UK Royal Academy of Engineering. Professor Kemp.

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Universal Grid Carbon Engine 268

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

The three companies started up the pilot plant in August 2009; it is part of the Coal Innovation Center of RWE Power. BASF is testing the newly developed carbon capture process based on improved solvents in the course of this cooperation announced in 2007. Linde was responsible for pilot plant engineering and construction.

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CO2 Energy Coal 2007 186

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APRIL 2, 2010

The latter may involve improved membrane or adsorption systems that build upon and improve current separation efficiencies or development of new separation strategies. The primary purpose of this effort is to demonstrate the separation of hydrogen from coal (or coal-biomass) derived syngas via membranes at the pre-engineering/pilot scale.

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CO2 Coal Hydrogen Water 218

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NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Advanced Coal Technologies. China is rapidly deploying supercritical and ultra-supercritical coal combustion plants, which have fewer emissions and are more efficient than conventional coal plants because they burn coal at much higher temperatures and pressures. Tags: Policy. Alternative Energy Vehicles.

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Energy China Clean Cleaning 342

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JUNE 19, 2010

The technology would apply to many additional coal-based electric power plants in the United States and throughout the world. The University of Texas will contribute their expertise to the project by developing and testing an advanced solvent used to capture the carbon dioxide. Tags: Brief.

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Carbon Coal CO2 Texas 186

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2010

The Cummins generator, which normally runs on natural gas, has been modified to run on synthetic natural gas (syngas) produced by an EERC-developed advanced gasification unit. Tags: Brief. The project aims at demonstrating this fact.

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JUNE 14, 2010

Reaction Design is bundling the latest release of its ENERGICO software with detailed kinetic mechanisms for both gaseous and liquid fuels, enabling substantially more accurate predictions of engine stability and emissions performance. Earlier post.). Bernie Rosenthal, Reaction Design’s CEO.

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Design Fuel Gas Alternative Fuels 199

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

The new standard was developed by Subcommittee D02.J0.06 This initial version of ASTM D7566 provides criteria for the production, distribution and use of aviation turbine engine fuel produced from coal, natural gas or biomass using the Fischer-Tropsch process. Tags: Brief.

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Fuel 2006 Alternative Fuels Coal 199

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JULY 31, 2010

VärmlandsMetanol AB has selected Uhde, a ThyssenKrupp company, as technology supplier and engineering partner for a biomass-to-methanol plant in Hagfors, Sweden, with an annual production of 100,000 tonnes of fuel-grade methanol from forest-residue biomass. Tags: Biomass Gasification Methanol. Biomass to Methanol. Earlier post.).

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Sweden Commercial Coal 2005 247

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NOVEMBER 14, 2009

Diversified Energy Corporation has successfully completed several key milestones in an advanced gasification development program being sponsored by the US Department of Energy (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL). Tags: Brief. Earlier post.). The 24-month, $5.2M Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 7, 2009

Many methods of producing advanced and cellulosic biofuels are under development to lessen our dependence on petroleum and lower carbon emissions. The objective of this topic is to develop an entirely new paradigm for the production of liquid fuels that could overcome the challenges associated with current technologies.

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Carbon Plug-in Energy Fuel 199

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APRIL 17, 2010

Gasification technology has become a critical tool in the expansion of the Chinese economy, allowing a wide variety of industrial products and fuels to be created from low-cost, abundant coal resources. The United States and China are two of the largest consumers of coal for industrial applications and power generation.

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