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DOE selects 7 gasification projects for funding; focus on reducing cost of coal conversion

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This program supports a wide range of research and development activities aimed at improving fuel and product versatility, efficiency, and economics of gasification processes. Bio-gasification of Coal to Methane. Montana State University. DOE: $1,498,865 Non DOE: $376,118 Total: $1,874,983 (20% cost share). Description.

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DOE selects 16 research projects for more than $19M in funding to advance Solid Oxide Fuel Cell technology

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The Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has selected 16 solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology research projects for a total of more than $19 million ($19,358,915) in funding. The projects selected under the two FOAs will receive funding through NETL’s Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Program. SOFC awards.

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Linc Energy taking stake in aboveground gasification company; potential CTL introduction in US

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PowerHouse has granted Linc Energy a perpetual, exclusive, royalty-bearing licence to use, own, fabricate and operate Pyromex (UHTG) gasification systems for above-ground coal-to-syngas production of 1 MMcf per day and greater in all territories (with the exception of the China licence which will be non-exclusive and Italy which is excluded).

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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Cap-and-trade was first tried on a significant scale twenty years ago under the first Bush administration as a way to address the problem of airborne sulfur dioxide pollution–widely known as acid rain–from coal-burning power plants in the eastern United States. The program then reduces the cap by 2.5 Gases: CO 2 emissions. Another six U.S.

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