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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...

Control Microsystems Releases the Accutech TM10 Wireless Turbine Meter Totalizer

Siemens Energy to Supply Advanced Coal Gasification Technology to Taylorville Energy Center

Virtual Realty Training System from Invensys to Help Advance Clean Coal Power for U.S. Department of Energy

Alstom signs a contract worth E450 million with Grosskraftwerk Mannheim AG to supply innovative steam turbine and boiler technology

FLSmidth wins coal handling project in India

SPX to Design and Install First Flue Gas Discharge System at a U.S. Coal-Fired Power Plant

CH2M HILL Selected for EPC Work at PacifiCorp's Wyodak Power Plant

Nalco Carbon Project Selected for New Department of Energy Advanced Research Funding

Invensys Operations Management to Supply Integrated Solutions for First Ultra-mega Power Plant in India

Alstom and TransAlta launch Project Pioneer, designed to capture and store 1 million tonnes of CO2 per year

Siemens to cooperate with Fortum and TVO in the field of carbon capture and storage

Emerson's Ovation Expert Control System Selected for Largest Power Plant in Sri Lanka

Invensys Operations Management Provides Dynamic Simulation for ConocoPhillips' E-GasTM Technology

Air quality upgrades coming to Lawrence Energy Center

GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms Announces Optimized Boiler Control Solutions Based on Proficy Process Systems

E.ON and Siemens put pilot CO2 capture plant for coal-fired power plants into operation at Staudinger power plant

Dutch Power Company EPZ Selects Ventyx Software to Optimize Generation Operations at Borssele

KBR Awarded Clean Coal Contract by Beijing Guoneng Yinghui Clean Energy Engineering Co., Ltd. for First Commercial TRIG Implementation Worldwide

Thermax bags it first turnkey IPP order worth Rs. 1000 crore

AES Begins Commercial Operation of Three New Facilities Totaling 582 MW in Chile, China and Jordan

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