• According to DOE, 49 of the proposed coal plants across the country will use advanced technologies; 22 of those will use IGCC
• Hunton Energy is planning a petcoke IGCC plant in Fort Bend County.  Two phases, 600 MW each, are planned.
• Coal to liquids could replace about 5% of the U.S. crude consumption by converting about 120 million tons of coal each year into about 365 million barrels of crude.

On April 4, 2005, Commissioner Williams hosted a meeting to discuss carbon dioxide capture for use in Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR).

• Agenda
• Eastman Chemical presentation on coal gasification (PDF)
• Praxair presentation on carbon capture (PDF)
• UT Bureau of Economic Geology presentation on carbon sequestration and EOR opportunities in Texas (PDF)

• Clean Coal Initiatve advances to Round 3 (Earthtimes, 5/24/07) The latest round of projects will focus on coal-based systems and subsystems that capture or separate carbon dioxide for sequestration or beneficial reuse.  Read the DOE Announcement and Notice of Intent
• Tampa Electric’s Polk Power Station is an integrated coal gasification combined cycle (IGCC) power plant that has been in operation for 8 years.
• Great Plains Synfuels is a coal gasification plant that produces synthetic natural gas.  CO2 is also captured and transported 200 miles via pipeline for use in sequestration testing. Practical experience has been gained in its 20 years of operation. The plant operates on lignite.
• Development facilities that NETL is involved in: Wilsonville, Alabama (Southern Company); LaPorte, Texas (Air Products and Chemicals); and Morgantown, West Virginia.

(You can download the Adobe Reader for free. Some of these files are large and may take some time to download.)

• Coal-based Electricity: Energy Security for Texas and the Nation – Center for Energy and Economic Development and Americans for Balanced Energy Choices (pdf file) by Randy Eminger
• Regional Clean Coal Technology Opportunities – Southern States Energy Board (pdf file by Ken Nemeth)
• Clean Coal Technology : The Investment Pays Off (pdf file by John McCutcheon, U. S. Department of Energy)
• Coordinating Environmental Technology Research and Development in Texas (pdf file) by Dr. David Allen, University of Texas at Austin
• AEP’s Perspective on Clean Coal Technolgy (pdf file) by Gary Gibbs
• Greater Gulf Coast Carbon Center (pdf file) by Susan Hovorka, University of Texas at Austin
• Coal Combustion and Emissions Research at Texas A&M University (pdf file) by Jerald Caton and Kalyan Annamalai

• The Advanced Energy Initiative
• Eastman Chemical has utilized gasification for over 20 years.  To share their experiences and help deploy IGCC, they have formed Eastman Gasification Services.
• Gasification Technologies Council
• The Gulf Coast Carbon Center is conducting carbon sequestration research.
• Praxair has a history of experience in hydrogen and carbon capture and transportation.
• The Clean Coal Technology Foundation of Texas supports the long-term goals of the CCTC