The U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE) says it will probably decide by May or June to move ahead with a co-funded demonstration plant in eastern Pennsylvania that uses waste coal in the FT process. Pennsylvania-based Waste Management Processors seeks federal funding for the first CTE plant in the U.S. that would use anthracite culm, or locally abundant waste coal.

The $612 million plant proposed in Schuylkill County near Gilberton would produce more than 5,000 barrels/day of diesel and naptha from up to 4,700 tons/day of anthracite culm. The facility would also produce gas for 41 MW of power generation, as well as thermal energy. DOE suggests the net efficiency of the plant would be 45%, compared ...

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