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Improved Lining Material for Gasifiers Could Lead to Wider Commercialization of Clean, Efficient Energy Technology
Nov 17, 2009 -- Energy Department Documents and Publications/ContentWorks - A new improved-performance refractory lining material developed by the Office of Fossil Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has been successfully tested and could lead to greatly increased reliability and economics of gasification technology as a clean and efficient process. More...
Environmental review of Excelsior Energy final
Nov 16 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - John Myers Duluth News Tribune, Minn. - State and federal agencies today released the final environmental review on an Iron Range coal gasification project that otherwise has appeared mired in regulatory mud. More...
Manchin: Clean coal technology part of renewables
Nov 16 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Mannix Porterfield The Register-Herald, Beckley, W.Va. - Municipal pensions and the gasoline tax escalator are getting most of the media's attention, but one key point in Gov. More...
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Fluor Reaches 10 Million Safe Work Hours at Luminant's Oak Grove Project
Nov 11 - Business Wire - Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that Luminant's Oak GrovePower Plant project in Franklin, Texas, for which the firm is the engineering, procurement and construction contractor, recently achieved a significant safety milestone of 10 million safe work hours. More...
Fluor Reaches 10 Million Safe Work Hours at Luminant's Oak Grove Project
Fluor Corporation - Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that Luminant’s Oak Grove Power Plant project in Franklin, Texas, for which the firm is the engineering, procurement and construction contractor, recently achieved a significant safety milestone of 10 million safe work hours. more...

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Federal CO2 Legislation Falters While EPA Marches On

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