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Shenhua Group Corp., China's biggest coal producer, began operating the nation's first plant to turn coal into fuels to boost output of gasoline and diesel. White Energy Plans $80 Million Coal Processing Plant in Wyoming Bloomberg
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White Energy Co., an Australian coal processing company, said its North American unit will build an $80 million processing plant at a Kiewit Corp. mine in Wyoming.

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Dr. Frank Clemente

Level the Playing Field for Coal with CCS

Where would wind generation be without government subsidies? If the past is any indication, nowhere at all. In the last 10 years the production tax credit for wind expired three different times. The average drop-off in the installation of wind capacity the next year was over 80%. Clearly, energy companies need financial incentives to adopt emerging technologies. And so it is with the most promising emerging energy technology of all: clean coal with carbon capture and storage (CCS).

Mr. Mike Mudd

FutureGen: Energizing the Economy

Representatives of the FutureGen Alliance recently met with Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) to discuss the importance of the nation’s first near-zero emissions power production plant and how investment in our nation’s infrastructure and energy security will stimulate the economy.

Dr. Frank Clemente

Obama and Clean Coal Technologies

Despite recent rhetoric, there is every reason to expect that an Obama administration will support clean coal technologies ― including carbon capture and sequestration (CCS). I went back and compared the National Coal Council’s recommendations in their 2008 report on The Urgency of Sustainable Coal to Obama's plan for New Energy for America.

Dr. Frank Clemente

Coal Is the Cornerstone of America's Electricity Supply

A new President and Congress will soon take their seats in Washington and our energy situation will be high on their agenda. As the debate proceeds, it will behoove all Americans to remember the crucial role electricity plays in our prosperity and quality of life. In 1999, the American Academy of Engineering labeled electricity the “single most important engineering achievement of the past century”. And no wonder, electricity is the lifeblood of our modern society.

More natural gas = more pain at the switch. Heating oil prices will rise 25 percent and natural gas prices will soar 17 percent this winter. This will contribute to a 9.5 percent projected increase in electricity costs in 2009. Source: U.S. Energy Information Agency September 2008