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W2 Energy to Build Pilot CTL Plant in Toronto

Aug 08, 2007; McElligott, Suzanne ...W2 Energy, an alternative fuel producer based both in Ontario and Nevada, will build a bench scale coal-to-liquids (CTL) plant at its Toronto facility in order to allow W2 Energy to enter into a previously untapped market for the company. Up to this point, W2 has been mainly focused ...

WMPI Chief Complains of Being Singled Out to Possibly Lose Tax Benefits

Aug 08, 2007; McElligott, Suzanne ...Last month, John Rich, president of Pennsylvania-based Waste Management & Processors, Inc. (WMPI) took the advice of his 14-year-old son and drove 1,800 miles through seven states in a diesel pickup powered exclusively by Fischer-Tropsch (FT) diesel fuel. The truck also sported signs ...

Real Estate Developer Is Pursuing $1.5 Billion CTL Plant in Maine

Aug 08, 2007; McElligott, Suzanne ... Project developer Point East announced plans last month to build a $1.5 billion gasification plant to produce electricity and diesel fuel in Maine. The plant would burn primarily coal with some wood biomass, but that has environmentalists worried. face=+Italic; APface=-Italic; ...

BP, Powerspan to Commercialize Post Combustion Capture Technology

Aug 08, 2007; McElligott, Suzanne ...BP Alternative Energy and Powerspan Corp. intend to develop and commercialize Powerspan's CO2 post combustion capture technology, called "ECO2" for power plants.So far the two have reached agreement on providing financial and technical support for pilot demonstration and commercial ...

Sasol Starts Pre-feasibility Study on Mafutha CTL Project

Aug 08, 2007; McElligott, Suzanne ...South Africa's Sasol confirmed it started a pre-feasibility study on a greenfield coal-to-liquids (CTL) plant to be built at its Secunda facility near Johannesburg. "We are enthusiastic about the role we can play in enhancing South Africa's energy security and have started the first ...

Ocean Sequestration: Technically Possible, But Presents a Multitude of Challenges

Aug 08, 2007; McElligott, Suzanne ...It may well be possible to sequester CO2 in the ocean to mitigate climate change, but administering a program that would allow for ocean sequestration credits presents a variety of challenges, Dr. Mark Trexler of EcoSecurities Consulting told face=+Italic; Gasification Newsface=-Italic; ....

Oryx GTL Plant Problem to be fixed by Mid-2008: Sasol

Aug 08, 2007; McElligott, Suzanne ...South Africa's Sasol, 49% owner of the Oryx gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant in Qatar, said that it expects the operating problems the plant has been experiencing since start up to be fixed by the middle of next year. In its latest newsletter to investors, Sasol said that the plant has been ...

Sasol Chevron's Nigerian GTL Plant to Be Complete in 2010: Sasol

Aug 08, 2007; McElligott, Suzanne ...The 34,000 b/d gas-to-liquids (GTL) Escravos plant being built in Nigeria by Sasol Chevron is to be complete in two and a half years, Sasol said late last month. Sasol said it is focusing additional attention on the Escravos project, also known as EGTL, to minimize any potential cost ...

NRG Donates Land to Texas FutureGen Site

Aug 08, 2007; McElligott, Suzanne ...Princeton, N.J.-based NRG Energy says it is increasing its contributions to the proposed Heart of Brazos, Tex., FutureGen project site with a donation of access to 4,800 acre-feet per year of groundwater for its operations. The donation came just before the best and final site bids were due to ...

Michigan's DEQ Says IGCC is BACT

Aug 08, 2007; McElligott, Suzanne ...The Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) in Michigan recommended that the U.S. state consider integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) technology to be the best available control technology (BACT) when permitting new coal-fired power plants. The MDEQ says that because ...

Vectren Exits Indiana IGCC Project

Aug 08, 2007; McElligott, Suzanne ...Evansville, Indiana-based Vectren Corp. pulled its plans to partner with Duke Energy to build an integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) plant in Edwardsport, Indiana and instead intends to add to its generating capacity by a variety of other means. Vectren has now given up its ...

Shell, Luminant to Develop 3,000 MW Wind Farm

Aug 08, 2007; McElligott, Suzanne ...The Netherlands-based Shell WindEnergy, a subsidiary of Shell Oil Company and Luminant, a subsidiary of TXU Corp., in late July announced a joint development agreement for a 3,000 MW wind project in the Texas Panhandle and to work together on other renewable energy developments in Texas ....

House Dem's Energy Bill Sets Stage for Nasty Post-Recess Fight

Aug 08, 2007; McElligott, Suzanne ...Members of Congress delayed their August recess for a final legislative push in the House of Representatives on Saturday, Aug. 4, approving a wide-ranging energy bill aiming to steer the nation toward renewable fuels and greater conservation. Though an increased mandate for the use of ...

Eastman Announces Gulf Gasification Projects

Aug 08, 2007; McElligott, Suzanne ...Kingsport, Tenn.-based Eastman Chemical Company announced its involvement in two petcoke gasification projects on the U.S. Gulf Coast in July. Eastman will invest in, develop and operate a $1.6 billion petcoke gasification plant in Beaumont, Texas, and will also be an investor, ...

Canada's Cinergex, Triclean Get Malaysian, Ghana Waste Gasification Contracts

Aug 08, 2007; McElligott, Suzanne ...Two Ontario-based companies, Cinergex SolutionsCinergex Solutions, an energy systems fabricator, and gasification technology provider TricleanTriclean formed a joint venture and secured contracts to build waste-to-electricity plants in both Malaysia and Ghana. Cinergex is to be ...

Japan's IHI to Build a Pilot Gasification Plant in Indonesia

Aug 08, 2007; McElligott, Suzanne ...Japan's Ishikawajima Harima Heavy Industries Co. (IHI) and Sojitz (the merged Nichimen Corporation and Nissho Iwai Corp.) intend to build a pilot coal gasification facility in Cikampek, West Java, Indonesia, face=+Italic; Asia Pulseface=-Italic; reported. The companies reportedly ...

Recent U.S. Congressional Actions on Gasification Issues

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Aug 08, 2007; McElligott, Suzanne ... face=+Bold; Sasol Welcomes face=-Bold; face=+Bold; South Africaface=-Bold; face=+Bold; 's Windfall Tax Decision face=-Bold; <HLN></HLN>The South African government decided against instituting a windfall profits tax on synthetic fuel producers, a decision welcomed by the ...

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Aug 08, 2007; McElligott, Suzanne ...In the July 25, 2007 issue of face=+Italic; Gasification Newsface=-Italic; , the article entitled "Egyptian GTL Plant Remains a Possibility, Says Ivanhoe", the second sentence in the fifth paragraph said: "Under the MOU, the state gas company has already committed 600 million ...

Kentucky Lawmakers Expected to Pass Energy Bill Aimed at Peabody's Gasification Project

Aug 01, 2007; McElligott, Suzanne ...Kentucky lawmakers convened for a special session in August on the orders of Gov. Ernie Fletcher for the sole purpose of putting together an energy policy for the state. The discussions so far have reportedly revolved mainly around attracting a proposed $3 billion Peabody Energy coal ...