Central City, Ky., may be the site of a new coal-to-natural-gas facility to be constructed by ConocoPhillips and Peabody Energy Corp., according to this article in the Houston Business Journal. Designated Kentucky NewGas, the facility is expected to adopt low-emissions design criteria that will result in less than 5 percent of the emissions of a similarly sized traditional coal plant.
Indiana Gasification, LLC, has withdrawn its plans to build a coal gasification plant in Rockport, Indiana, due to regulatory uncertainty, according to this article in the Chicago Tribune. The withdrawal followed a decision by Vectren Corp. that there was too much uncertainty over possible federal carbon regulations to commit to a 30-year gas purchase arrangement.
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