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Article: Emerson Joins Secure Energy, Inc. to Help Build New Coal Gasification Plant in Illinois.(Company overview)
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- Resource Week
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- August 2, 2009
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Emerson Process Management, a business of Emerson (NYSE:EMR), has formed a strategic relationship with Secure Energy, Inc. to help build a $800 million alternative energy plant in Decatur, Illinois, the first coal gasification-to-synthetic natural gas plant to be constructed in the United States in two decades.
According to this strategic relationship, Emerson will serve as the main automation contractor (MAC), responsible for managing and digitally automating the Secure Energy plant that will convert 1.4 million tons/year of Illinois coal into 21 billion cubic feet of pipeline quality natural gas. The modular facility is a template for four additional clean coal ...