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CORE, RECAT form JV for Biomass-to-Gasoline Production Reactors
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[2010/07/29]
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 CORE BioFuel Inc. (CORE), a Canadian biofuel company that is commercializing an advanced biomass to gasoline production process, announced July 29 the engagement of RECAT Technologies (RECAT) to complete a pilot of CORE's gasoline production reactors. Upon completion of the planned pilot activities, CORE will have demonstrated the critical gasoline production steps in the company's MKS Process. The data from the pilot process will provide the specifications for the catalysts to be used in CORE's gasoline production process as well as the design parameters required by the company's equipment fabricators to design and build the gasoline reactors needed for the company's production facilities. The facility will address the production of bio-gasoline by using wood waste feedstock from Pine Beetle damaged trees, forestry slash and mill residues in British Columbia. ... Read more
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Siemens Awarded Contract by Summit Texas Clean Energy Project
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[2010/07/19]
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 Siemens has been awarded a front-end engineering contract for the power block and coal gasification technology for the Texas Clean Energy Project near Odessa, Texas, Powergen Worldwide reported July 19. Siemens will provide the gasification island technology, which includes two SFG-500 gasifiers, the SGT6-500F gas turbine, modified to operate on high H2 syngas, the Siemens SST-900RH steam turbine, air cooled generators and Siemens SPPA-T3000 process controls. Siemens will work with Fluor and Linde during the project's engineering and design phases. The modified gas turbine will allow the plant to maintain a carbon capture rate of three million tons/year. The Texas Clean Energy project is a 400 MW IGCC project currently in the design stages. The plant will also produce urea for the fertilizer industry. The project has received US$350 million in federal funding under the Clean Coal Power Initiative to demonstrate large-scale IGCC with CO2 capture and geologic sequestration. The project is expected online in 2014. ... Read more
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Construction Begins on China's First CCS Facility
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[2010/07/08]
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 China National Petroleum Corporation began construction on China’s first carbon, capture and storage (CCS) project, ChinaCSR.com reported July 8. The project is located on the site of Shenhua Group’s coal-to-liquids project in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China. The CCS project will be operational by the end of the year with a total investment of US$31 million. Initially, the project will capture 100,000 metric tons per annum (MTA) of CO2. In subsequent phases the capacity will be increased to 1 million MTA and then 3 million MTA. The Chinese government stated November 2009 its intention to reduce the radio of China’s CO2 emissions per unit of GDP in 2020 to 45 percent of the level in 2005.
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Carbon Sciences Files Patent Application for Novel High Yield Membrane Reactor
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[2010/07/02]
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 Carbon Sciences Inc. announced July 1 the filing of a patent application for a breakthrough reactor configuration. This is the second of a series of patent applications for the company’s highly scalable, clean-tech CO2-based gas-to-liquids (GTL) fuel technology for transforming a combination of natural gas and carbon dioxide (CO2) directly into gasoline, the company said. ... Read more
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Clean Global Energy Gains Funding Support for Inner Mongolia UCG Project
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[2010/06/28]
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 Clean Global Energy reported June 28 that negotiations are at an advanced stage with a Chinese investment group to fund the entire US$30 million required for development of a 7 PJ underground coal gasification (UCG) syngas plant in Inner Mongolia, China. AuSino Energy Limited has decided to fund Stage 1 of the proposed commercial plant in Inner Mongolia via a pre-Hong Kong Stock Exchange listing capital raising. Stage 1 of the project would see a 7 PJ Enriched Air UCG Syngas plant constructed and commissioned and generating revenue by mid to late 2011. ... Read more
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Nexterra to Install Biomass Gasification System in North Carolina
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[2010/06/23]
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 Nexterra Systems Corp. (Nexterra) announced June 23 that Catawba County’s Board of Commissioners has voted to proceed with a new biomass-fuelled combined heat and power system (CHP System) developed by Nexterra in conjunction with GE Power & Water’s gas engine division. This new CHP System, located at Catawba County’s EcoComplex, will produce 2 MW of clean, cost-effective green electricity for sale to a local utility. Waste heat from the engines will be used to dry biosolids produced at a new waste water treatment facility. This unique bioenergy system will be the first of its kind in the United States. ... Read more
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Clean Global Energy Commences Work On Victorian UCG Project
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[2010/06/16]
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Clean Global Energy (CGE) announced June 16 that its exploration license application with the Victorian government for a coal exploration area in Victoria’s Gippsland coal basin has been granted. The area known as EL5270 is approximately 900 square kilometers and contains numerous exploration and other wells. CGE intends to fast track its Victorian Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) project on EL5270. EL5270 represents a strategic position in the Victorian energy corridor being in close proximity to power generators and other potential clients who could benefit from CGE’s UCG syngas, the company said. ... Read more
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Solid Energy Plans UCG Pilot Plant in Waikato
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[2010/06/10]
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 Solid Energy plans to build and commission, by the beginning of 2011, a US$22 million Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) pilot plant in Waikato, New Zealand. The successful application of the UCG process will open up access to coal seams which would otherwise be nearly impossible to mine using conventional mining technology. UCG complements traditional mining because it works best where conventional mining does not – in deep, difficult-to-reach coal seams. ... Read more
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Pratt & Whitney Completes First in Series of Performance Tests on Compact Gasifier
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[2010/06/07]
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 Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne successfully completed the first in a series of performance tests on its compact gasifier, which is designed to help reduce the cost of coal gasification, provide a clean alternative fuel source, and strengthen U.S. energy security. The tests, conducted using Illinois coal, each lasted 12 to 37 hours at the pilot plant in Des Plaines, Ill., and established the gasifier's performance and stable operation under a range of operating conditions. Additional testing will be conducted throughout 2010 using Illinois coal, petroleum coke and sub-bituminous coal. ... Read more
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Mississippi Power Will Build Kemper County IGCC Plant
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[2010/06/01]
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 Mississippi Power will formally accept the terms of a Mississippi Public Service Commission order allowing for the construction of a state-of-the-art power plant in Kemper County, Mississippi. "After a comprehensive review of yesterday’s order, we have determined the stringent conditions that the commission imposed will still allow us to move forward to finance and construct the plant,” said Tommy Anderson, Mississippi Power vice president of Generation Development. “While this was not what was requested, we view this order as one we can accept and it will allow us to be able to unlock the tremendous value the Kemper County IGCC Project brings to our customers.” ... Read more
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