Gasification provides the most feasible bridge to a hydrogen economy based on coal because it directly converts coal and water into hydrogen. Other existing coal-based technologies first create ...

Underground coal gasification (UCG) is the gasification of coal in-situ, which involves drilling boreholes into the coal and injecting water/air or water/oxygen mixtures. It combines an extraction ...

Phibro—an independent commodity merchant company based in Stamford, Conn.—through its affiliate Philipp Brothers Fertilizer, recently announced that it is acquiring a clean coal gasification plant ...

Coal remains the most stable low-cost source of energy, but its lower qualities challenge users to meet stringent environmental regulations. The first step in any modification or fuel switching of a ...

There’s a lot of coal in the ground. In 2006, the U.S. Energy Information Agency estimated that global coal reserves (i.e., the total quantity of coal that can be economically produced) stood at ...

The Sindh Coal Authority is striving to woo private investment to finance the country’s first coal-to-gas project to initially produce 100 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) to 200mmcfd of synthetic ...

Duke Energy Corp.’s massive, $3.5 billion power plant in Edwardsport produced no electricity from coal in April, May or June, instead switching to natural gas as fuel during a prolonged maintenance ...

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has announced plans to set up coal gasification and liquefaction facilities, targeting 100 metric tonnes by 2030. The government had approved financial assistance ...

Nagpur: The state cabinet cleared a proposal to provide about 290 acre for coal-to-chemical projects at Linga village in ...

With demand for electricity expected to double by 2050 and renewable resources still years away from offsetting increased demand, it is clear -- coal is here to stay. But can "dirty" coal be used ...

China has promised to stop funding new coal-fired power plants abroad, but appears intent on investing in other coal projects, including gasification plants in Indonesia. A state-owned Chinese company ...

The coal ministry on Friday said it is reviewing the 15% clause in viability gap funding (VGF) in coal gasification projects. Under the VGF scheme, 15% of the capital expenditure of a project or any ...