"...3 projects... receive up to US$612 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act - matched by US$368 million in private funding - to demonstrate large-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) from industrial sources. The projects - located in Texas, Illinois and Louisiana... The Obama Administration has made a goal of developing cost-effective deployment of CCS within 10 years, with an objective of bringing 5-10 commercial demonstration projects online by 2016."

U.S. President Barack Obama’s “Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Task Force” is supposed to deliver a crucial report on August 3 proposing 5 to 10 “commercial demonstration” CCS projects that would go on-line by 2016 at U.S. coal-fired power plants. With the deadline fast approaching, GE Energy gasification general manager Monte Atwell is now making the rounds among policy-makers and media urging that the Task Force mainly focus on the “S” part of CCS – especially for large, commercial-scale carbon dioxide (CO2) storage engineering studies, drilling, site selection and permitting.

..."while the feasibility of carbon capture for existing coal-fired power plants remains in question, the ability to capture carbon from coal gasification projects is certain, enabling state leaders to comfortably move legislation forward on carbon sequestration." Source, Zeus Syngas Refining Report, June 11, 2010

Shenhua and Sasol have completed an indirect coal-to-liquids (CTL) plant feasibility study, upping the planned capacity to 93,000 barrels/day (b/d) rather than an initially planned 80,000 b/d.

In addition to reducing carbon-dioxide footprints, Susan Cole has her sights set on a billion barrels of once unrecoverable oil.

The two companies have signed an agreement to pursue development of coal-to-gas and coal-to-hydrogen projects in the United States and around the world with CCS.

FEBRUARY 22, 2010 Out of the Ashes - A small mining company has big plans to sell the uranium left over when coal is burned By DAVID WINNING -NuCoal is mentioned at the end

The Province of Alberta and Swan Hills Synfuels are advancing a clean gas for clean power project that will dramatically reduce emissions by capturing and sequestering over 1.3 million tonnes per year of CO2. The province has executed a letter of intent with Swan Hills Synfuels to provide a $285M grant in support of this carbon capture and storage project.

Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall is finding more doors open than closed on Washington's Capitol Hill and at the White House as he pitches the province's carbon capture and shoratage projects as a solution to one of the U.S.'s biggest emissions problems — greenhouse gases released from aging coal-fired power plants.

The IEA recently released its "Technology Roadmap for Carbon Capture and Storage". The Roadmap has been developed as a response to the huge challenge of moving large-scale global CCS deployment beyond the four commercial-scale projects currently in operation and as a result of requests from the G8 and other governments for more detailed analysis regarding the growth pathway for CCS.

One of the world's top energy experts says that despite climate change, there is a strong future for the backbone of the Australian economy - coal. Nobuo Tanaka, the executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), gave an upbeat assessment of the prospects for new technologies to make coal more climate-friendly.

Canada's central government in Ottawa, which has committed about half of the C$1 billion it set aside earlier for CCS projects, is in talks with natural gas producing companies in the two western provinces regarding new projects.

China, the world's top emitter of greenhouse gases, is aiming for many more years of rapid growth fuelled by coal as its main energy source. Scientists are stepping up efforts to limit emissions by capturing and storing them.

The Midwest Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership (MRCSP), one of seven partnerships in the U.S. Department of Energy's Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships program, has successfully injected 1,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) into the Mount Simon Sandstone, a deep saline formation that is widespread across much of the Midwest.

We Energies, Alstom and The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) announced a pilot project testing an advanced chilled ammonia process has demonstrated more than 90 percent capture of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the flue stream of at a coal-fueled power plant in Wisconsin.

The Canadian federal and Alberta governments have promised C$779 million to help TransAlta Corp build a new 400MW CCS coal fired power plant that could capture and store up to one million tonnes of CO2.

Altona Energy Plc, the AIM-listed Australian based energy company, has become a Foundation Member of the Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute, a worldwide organization focused on accelerating the commercial deployment of carbon capture and storage projects and the promotion of the global reduction of carbon dioxide emissions.

The Regina Leader-Post had an article on carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology. CCS technology can play a major role in solving the problem of man-made climate change, but not without significant government support, according to scientists at an international workshop on CCS in Regina.

American Electric Power wants $334 million in federal stimulus money to build the country's first commercial-scale system to capture carbon dioxide emitted from coal-fired power plants and bury it underground. The system would be used in New Haven, W.Va., at AEP's Mountaineer plant, home to one of the biggest fossil-fueled power generators in the world.

California's Energy Commission said it will consider approving a carbon-capture plant proposed by a joint venture of units of Rio Tinto Plc and BP Plc called Hydrogen Energy International LLC. The project will require more than $1 billion in investment.

The Genesee power generation facility project had been selected to enter into negotiations with the government of Alberta for funding through the province's $2 billion program for large-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects.

The government of Alberta announced June 30 2009 that the EPCOR/Enbridge proposal for an IGCC carbon-capture power generation facility at Genesee is one of three projects selected for the negotiation of letters of intent under Alberta's $2 billion program for large-scale CCS projects. The Zeus Syngas Refining Report outlines the project.

The following News Release announces the "global partnership to advance carbon capture and storage technologies" along with Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, Norway, China and 13 other nations creating the Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute.

A Washington Post editorial examining how effective the Waxman-Markey Bill will be in developing and deploying commercial scale CCS in the United States.

Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall signed an MOU with Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer to develop one of the world's largest international CCS demo projects. The US and Canadian federal governments have recognized CCS as one of the key technologies in future international efforts to address climate change. The article is from the Zeus Syngas Refining Report.

Zeus Syngas Refining Report updated the FutureGen Project outlining the U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announcing June 12 that an agreement has been made with the FutureGen Alliance that will advance the construction of the carbon capture and sequestration project in Mattoon, Illinois.

Power Engineering reported that Energy Secretary Steven Chu made positive remarks about the prospects of the FutureGen Project to the FutureGen Alliance on March 30. According to an Energy Department release, the department will work with the Alliance and Congress to, “strengthen the proposal and try to reach an agreement on a path forward.”

The Honourable Lisa Raitt, Minister of Natural Resources, announced that the Government of Canada will fund eight proposals for the development and demonstration of carbon capture and storage technologies through the ecoENERGY Technology initiative. The following article overviews the initiative.

Sasol and China’s Shenhua are “close to signing a deal” for a proposed 90,000 barrels/day coal-to-liquids (CTL) plant, according to a Sinocast news report quoting South Africa Trade & Industry Minister Rob Davies.

Bixby Energy Systems (Bixby) announced June 28 that a revolutionary process that efficiently converts coal into clean burning energy has been developed and is commercially available from the company.

CB&I officials announced June 23 that Ning Bo Heyuan Chemical Co. awarded Lummus Technology, a CB&I company, a contract for the license and basic engineering of a DMTO methanol-to-olefins recovery unit, and an Olefins Conversion Technology (OCT) unit in Ning Bo, China.

"CNOOC will fully fund a feasibility study into building the facility. CNOOC will hold a 51 percent operated stake in the development. Once online, the facility will produce 10 million barrels of distillate per year. CNOOC's investment in the project still requires approval from the Chinese government. According to project partner Altona Energy, the feasibility study could be completed in 12 to 15 months." Source: Zeus Syngas Refining Report, June 11, 2010

Shenhua Group and Sasol completed feasibility study.

Russia considering building its first CTL plant.

"Australia-based Altona Energy officials announced April 20 that they've now formally signed a joint-venture (JV) agreement with CNOCC New Energy International, a subsidiary of Chinese oil major, CNOCC." -Hart Energy Publishing

Radar Acquisition Corp. signed a licensing agreement with C2E Global Ltd.

Scientists in Texas say they have found a way to convert coal into gasoline at a cost of less than $30 (U.S.) a barrel - with zero release of pollutants.

Uhde and TransGas are working together on a 18,000 bbl/d Coal to Gasoline Project located in West Virginia, USA. On the 25th February 2010 the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Air Quality, issued an Air Permit/Permit to Construct the facility. This is a significant development as we believe this is the first gasification based project of this size that has been granted a "minor source" air permit. The TransGas Project has two PRENFLOTM Gasifiers as its source of syngas.

The Associated Press recently reported that with Kentucky trying to land plants to convert coal to cleaner-burning fuels, the state is considering a proposal to extend eminent domain rights to pipeline companies that would transport liquefied carbon dioxide. The AP reported on Feb. 11 that supporters of the proposal believe the measure will help give Kentucky an advantage in constructing coal-to-liquid fuel plants and could also help the state if federal regulators impose additional restrictions on carbon dioxide emissions.

This update includes a business leader making pitch for a West Virginia CTL plant, Sasol signs deal with Indonesian government, 2010 World CTL Conference set for China.

South African synfuel producer Sasol has confirmed that it is in discussions with the Indonesian government regarding a possible coal to liquids project in that country.

West Virginia University is continuing its work with the Chinese government on a coal-to-liquids plant, thanks to $1.25 million from the federal 2010 Energy and Water Development Appropriations bill.

South African diversified miner Exxaro (EXXJ.J) said it has 4.5 billion tonnes of coal reserves in the Waterberg region to the north of the country, where it planned further expansions.

In this update: • West Virginia CTL project moving forward • University of Kentucky, West Virginia University receive federal CTL research grants • 2010 World CTL Conference set for China

The National Center for Policy Analysis authors Nicholas Ducote and H. Sterling Burnett wrote an article on clean coal technology and explaining the Fischer Tropsche technology.

This month an overview of a West Virginia business writer touting the benefits of CTL fuels and Canadian CTL project in the works.

This update included Sasol aiming to advance carbon capture and storage technologies and the first Chinese CTL plant plans additional test run; nearing full scale production.

With the global demand of crude oil growing significantly in the 25 years, alternative sources of clean energy are needed. This rising demand has prompted several CTL developments.

Anglo-Dutch oil group Shell said it has signed an agreement with a unit of China's largest coal company Shenhua Group to jointly develop clean coal technology. Shell China and Shenhua Coal to Liquid and Chemical will develop advanced technology to convert coal into gas.

This months issue overviews ASTM International's Petroleum Products Committee on Aug. 5 unanimously agreeing to modify specifications for commercial aviation jet fuel to include up to a 50 percent blend of synthetic fuel.

Terra Nova Minerals (TGC) will acquire all of the share capital of the Australian Energy Co. (AEC), which owns 90.91% of the Australian-American Energy Co. (AAEC). AAEC is the developer for the proposed $7.4 billion Many Stars Coal-to-liquids (CTL) Project in Montana.

An early draft of a new report from the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) urges the federal government to ramp up funding to support the development and deployment of technologies that can help transform coal into liquid transportation fuels. -Zeus Syngas Refining Report

This month's update includes an overview of a new report from the National Academy of Sciences urging the federal government to ramp up funding to support the development an deployment of technologies that can help transform coal into liquid transportation fuels.

Two articles of interest; one outlining the South African CTL plant with Sasol and Exxaro Resources and the other addressing the growing energy needs of the West and how Wyoming is teaming up with GE to build a $100 million coal gasification research plant in Cheyenne to be operating in late 2012.

Two articles outlining Shenhua's CTL plant. Zeus Syngas Refining report outlines the Shenhua CTL Plant to start their trial operations in July to convert 3.5 milion tons of coal to 1.08 million tons of diesel and naphtha. the next article further explains the groups plan to invest 400 billion yuan to build seven coal chemical production bases in regions, including Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Xinjiang, Shaanxi and Shanxi.

In this months update Future Coal Fuels outlines the Air Force pledging to work with the local community on its Fairbanks, Alaska CTL project. This will be done to ensure the proper use of $10 million that is meant to explore the feasibility of a coal-to-liquids (CTL) plant near the Eielson Air Force Base.

The Zeus Syngas Refining Report had an article outlining Peabody Energy and White Energy Company Limited entering into a coal agreement that would serve to develop a coal upgrading plant in the Powder River Basin.

In the Zeus Syngas Refining Report, an article outlined Baard Energy's 53,000 b/d Ohio River Clean Fuels Plant's loan from the Ohio state to assist its effort in developing a CTL plant in Wellsville, OH.

This month's update includes the EIA's prediction of domestic CTL production begining in 2011 and The Senate Budget Committee unanimously approving a provision designed to create a funding plan to enable the Department of Defense to purchase domestically made alternative fuels, including coal-to-liquid fuels last month.

The article from the Zeus Syngas Refining Report outlines the deal between CNOOC and Datong Mine Group's CTL plants.

The US Department of Energy and the National Energy Technology Laboratory have put together an excellent information booklet on Coal to Liquids technology. It overviews the importance of coal, the basics and benefits of CTL technology and more.

This update includes an overview of the World CTL Conference,Baard Energy pulling out of the DOE loan gaurantee program and the benefits of CTL fuels being detailed at a Senate committee hearing.

This month's update includes the World CTL 2009 conference detail set for March in Washington, D.C., the Air Force purchasing domestically-produced Fischer-Tropsch fuel, and the Ohio CTL project continues to move forward.

Updates on RAND Corporation's new report that includes the creation of domestic coal to liquid fuel with the Department of Defense and the World CTL 2009 conference in Washington.

Updates on the Ohio CTL project, Kentucky's new energy plan that includes CTL fuel production and information on the World CTL 2009 Conference in Washington, D.C.

November's update includes Dow Chemical Company urging the government to support domestic CTL production and the World CTL Conference 2009 being set for Washington, DC.

October's update includes Congress' approval for new measures to promote domestic CTL production and CTL conferences set for Houston and New York.

September's update includes the Pentagon unveiling a new CTL technology development program, new CTL tax legistraltion, the Air Force achieving another synthetic fuel testing and Houston's CTL conference.

August's update includes Montana's new CTL project, CONSOL Energy's plans for a CTL plant in West Virginia, the Senates energy proposal promoting CTL fuels and President Bush approves of CTL fuels in West Virginia.

May 6-7, 2010 Saskatoon Inn Hotel and Conference Centre 2002 Airport Drive, Saksatoon, SK May 6: Institutional Investors Day -Pre-Conference May 7: General Investment Conference

U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu and U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) August 5 announced the awarding of US$1 billion in Recovery Act funding to the FutureGen Alliance, Ameren Energy Resources, Babcock & Wilcox, and Air Liquide Process & Construction to build "FutureGen 2.0."

Tenaska officials announced July 27 that they just won a US$417 million investment tax credit for the Taylorville Energy Center (TEC) in Illinois, which will gasify coal to produce synthetic natural gas (SNG) as well as integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) electric power.

Zimbabwe’s largest power consumer, Sable Chemical Industries, plans to switch to coal gasification-based power at its electrolysis plant to reduce its estimated US$20 million monthly electricity bill, Bloomberg reported July 8.

"... The agreement commits US$1 billion in federal support of the project. Financial due diligence is the main issue..."

Mantle Mining Corporation (Mantle) announced June 17 that it has been granted priority status over an application for Exploration License EL 5294 at the company’s 100 percent owned Bacchus Marsh Brown Coal project in Victoria. Based on review of historic holes, including those drilled by CRA in the mid 1980’s, Mantle is of the view that EL 5294 could contain an exploration target of between 1 to 2 billion tons of brown coal. Drill logs show that coal quality compares favorably with other coals in Victoria, including the Latrobe Valley and Western Australia as it relates to moisture, ash and strip ratio.

Germany-based RWE and Linde officials announced June 17 that they’ve signed a framework agreement on the use of technology developed by RWE Power for drying lignite, aiming to employ this in future gasification plants.

CNBC takes a rare all-access look at how a new generation plans to attack our dependance on oil and how innovation can change the way we fuel our future.

Advancements in the Americas.

Advancements in the Americas

Elizabeth Souder of The Dallas Morning News wrote an article on Summitt Power, a West Texas coal gasification power plant led by former Dallas Mayor Laura Miller, winning a $350 million federal grant.

The University of Calgary based Carbon Management Canada aims to reduce environmental footprint of fossil fuels. The first nationwide effort to accelerate Canada's energy sector towards a zero-carbon emission future will be hosted by the University of Calgary, with the creation of a new research and development network announced by the Government of Canada.

Marking a significant step toward the deployment of "cleaner coal" technology in China, GE and Shenhua Group Corporation today announced that they have agreed to a framework for an industrial coal gasification joint venture which would combine GE's expertise in gasification and cleaner power generation technologies with Shenhua's expertise in building and operating coal gasification and coal-fired power generation facilities, to advance "cleaner coal" technology solutions in China.

Jeremy van Loon reports that coal will still be a primary generation of choice in the future to supply ballooning consumption in developing nations such as China and India, new generators will be needed that can produce more than four times the total electricity potential now in the U.S., the IEA said.

The IEA reference scenario, in which governments make no changes to existing energy policies to combat climate change, global coal demand is seen rising by an average of 1.9 percent a year to 2030, driven by a 2.5 percent annual increase in electricity demand.

Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc. a global energy and gasification technology company, announced today that its 95%-owned Hai Hua joint venture project in Shandong Province, China, has completed a successful commercial-scale demonstration using lignite coal from the Inner Mongolia region of China.

Chris Logan of Shell created an information pamphlet on how coal is striving to change its old ways and turning towards a clean alternative way to produce energy.

New Zealand's Dominion Post says that "Solid Energy is teaming up with a fertiliser producer to investigate the building of a US$1-US$1.5 billion coal-to-fertiliser plant.

Dongfang Boiler Group Co., Ltd., Suzhou Hailu Heavy Industry Co., Ltd., and Wuxi Huaguang Boiler Co., Ltd. signed qualification contracts with Shell which allow them to manufacture internal components of coal gasifiers and syngas coolers.

The FutureGen Alliance and the U.S. Department of Energy signed a Cooperative Agreement allowing for the continued development of a cutting edge, low emissions coal-fueled power plant in Mattoon, Ill.

Newsletter writer, Michael Berry explains how the demand for energy globally is increasing as the world's overall quality of life for billions of people increase.

Jim Letourneau, from the Big Picture Speculator overviews the successful use of CO2 enhanced oil recovery technology from Wavefront Technology Solutions.

Executive director of the Minerals Council of Australia, Mitchell Hooke, told Reuters on Wednesday that using technology to reduce emissions from coal-fired generators would have a far greater impact than a carbon trading scheme that is struggling to be approved by parliament.

Todd Pugsley, professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, and Special Advisor on Energy to the Vice President Research at the University of Saskatchewan (U of S)was interviewed by Wendy Livingstone on the increasing popularity of gasification and its opportunities for the future.

Neil Reynolds, of the Globe and Mail wrote an article on Enel Spa's strategic objective of zero-emission power generation from coal and its proceeding with the construction of a demonstration plant in Italy. The article also overviews the opportunities this plant has as well as, the advances globally that clean coal technology is making.

Zeus Syngas Refining report reports on the advancement of clean coal technologies. It states that gasification projects continue to be developed to produce alternative transportation fuels because most of the world's major oilfields have passed their peak production. Investors and project developers see the value of moving away from oil by developing clean transportation fuels from coal, petroleum coke, and biomass.

China's Thermal Power Research Institute (TPRI) has licensed its clean coal technology to the high-profile US FutureGen project, in a deal that will likely result in Chinese machinery being used for the controversial carbon capture initiative.

Peter W Huber writes an interesting article about the issue of carbon globally.

Though opposed to cap-and-trade systems, Premier Brad Wall says U.S. regime might be acceptable because it eases burden on coal industry. - Globe and Mail article

Zeus Syngas had an article on three US coal gasification projects that will be supplying Denbury Resources' proposed Midwest CO2 pipeline, which is now under study. Christian County Generation's $3.5 billion Taylorville Energy Center was selected by the US DOE to proceed into the termsheet negotiation phase under the US DOE Loan Guarantee Program following a competitive six-month application process.

Zeus Syngas Refining Report has an indepth look into the Emerson Process Management strategic relationship with Secure Energy, Inc. in connection with Secure Energy's proposed $800 million coal to synthetic natural gas (SNG) plant in Decatur, IL. Secure's plant will be the first SNG plant to be constructed in the U.S. in over two decades.

The Wall Street Journal updates the FutureGen project in Illinois. The DOE plans to spend $1 billion of the stimulus money already earmarked for clean coal to jumpstart the project, which is expected to cost at least $1.5 billion.

National Energy Technology Laboratory of the USA has outlined the different Clean Coal Demonstrations within their Clean Coal Power Initiative.

The Wall Street Journal's Keith Johnson writes an article on clean coal and the possible costs of carbon capture in the short and long terms.

Click for two media clips on clean coal energy from youtube.com. One commercial from America's Power and one from CNN pushing clean coal.

The Star Phoenix had an article on the gathering of the G8 in Italy. Alan Cruickshank, "It is important to note that the G8 is focusing on reducing emissions, which is good for NuCoal as we are a near-zero emission project."

The University of Texas at Arlington researchers say they have succeeded in producing Texas intermediate-quality crude oil out of lignite. The group developed a microrefinery that can manufacture oil from coal without the huge financial cost associated with traditional refineries.

The authors of this report from the Zeus Syngas Refining Report argue that models of atmospheric C02 concentrations overestimate future emissions and underestimate the ability of plants to sequester C02 in biomass. Emission estimates have not taken into account looming geologic and economic limits on fossil-energy production.

Zeus Syngas Refining report published this article on the advances China is making with clean coal technology. They are ahead of the game and continue making advances becoming the leader in clean coal technology.

The Office of Fossil Energy has received $3.4 billion from the Recovery Act. Initiatives will focus on research, development and deployment of technologies to use coal more cleanly and efficiently.

This article from the Calgary Herald, outlines Ottawa's plan to spend $1 billion over the next five years on clean-energy research and demonstration projects, with an emphasis on reducing carbon dioxide emissions.

Michael Berry writes about the increasing issue of energy independance and peak oil. The article explains why coal is such an important aspect of energy independance.

Jeffrey Ball's article from the Wall Street Journal explains the importance of coal as an energy source and the issues it will have to overcome. (Friday March 20, 2009)

An interview describing one type of clean coal process promising to turn waste coal into a domestic oil source, with John Rich, Waste Management Processing president on CNBC.

The Environment News Service printed this article outlining President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Stephen Harper's meeting discussing clean energy. The article also outlines how the two nations will coordinate research and technology at coal-fired plants.

President Barack Obama's speech on August 4, 2008 in Lansing, MI includes his full energy plan for America which includes clean coal technologies. There are two videos of interest.

An article in the Saskatoon Star Phoenix about SaskPower reaching out to the private sector to create new electrical generation in the province.

The Saskatoon Star Phoenix newspaper features this article on Saskatchewan's interest in clean coal projects.

A great link for information on coal and coal to liquids technology. The website has blog updates from several coal experts in the United States.

Peabody Energy and ConocoPhillips have chosen a site near Central City, Ky., to build a $3 billion coal-to-natural gas plant. The following article gives an update on the project while outlining the positive effects the plant will have in the area.

The International Energy Agency article outlines the need to continue to invest in alternative fuel production, namely from clean-coal production.

An excerpt from President-Elect Barack Obama's speech which includes the importance of coal as an energy source.

Click above for a wealth of information on the newest clean coal technologies.

Duke Energy chief executive officer Jim Rogers jolted the company’s annual shareholders meeting this month with a bold declaration that “replacement of oil with electricity as the transportation fuel of the future” would be a major corporate “focal point” for Duke going forward. *Source: HART Gasification News

U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) officials announced April 16 that they'll commit US$833,000 for a feasibility study for a proposed 800 megaWatt, $2 billion integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) power project involving China Power Engineering Consulting Group Corporation (CPECGC) and General Electric (GE).

Future Power PA Inc. (FPPI) officials announced April 5 that the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) issued an air permit for the FPPI’s proposed 150-megaWatt integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) plant in Good Spring, Pennsylvania.

U.S. Department of Energy and Minnesota Department of Commerce finalized and published Excelsior Energy's environmental impact statement, and the coal gasification Mesaba Project can now move forward on the Iron Range.

Siemens Energy Inc. has been chosen to provide the coal gasification technology for the Taylorville Energy Center (TEC), the 730-megawatt (gross) advanced clean coal generating plant being developed near Taylorville, Ill., the company announced on November 9.

GE Energy has signed a technology licensing agreement with Hydrogen Energy for a proposed 250-megawatt power plant that would use integrated gasification combined-cycle (IGCC) technology, a product of ecomagination. The plant, to be located near Bakersfield, in Kern County, Calif., would be designed to capture up to 90 percent of its carbon dioxide for enhanced oil recovery and sequestration in an adjacent oil field.

Reaction Design, the clean technology chemistry leader announced it has been granted one of seven awards from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for a project intended to support the full-scale implementation and operation of highly efficient coal-based power generation technologies with near-zero emissions.

Green Car Congress discussed Beijing's Guoneng Yinghui Clean Energy Engineering Co., Ltd. (Beijing Guoneng) awarding KBR a contract to provide licensing, engineering services and proprietary equipment for the implementation of KBR’s and Southern Company’s Transport Integrated Gasification technology (TRIG) at a power plant operated by Dongguan Tianming Electric Power Co., Ltd. (Dongguan TMEP) in Guandong Province, Peoples Republic of China.

Duke Energy, one of America's largest electric utilities, will explore a variety of renewable and other clean-energy technologies with China Huaneng Group, China's biggest electric utility, as part of a Memorandum of Understanding signed in Beijing.

This presentation made by Dr. Wenbin Su overviews the GreenGen project in China. The presentation was made May 27,2009.

Tenaska, managing partner for the $3.5 billion Taylorville Energy Center (TEC), has been selected by the US DOE to proceed into the final termsheet negotiation phase under the DOE loan guarantee program. - Zeus Syngas Refining Report

Zeus Syngas Refining Report reported the first major pieces of the plant's radiant syngas cooler (RSC) have arrived at the site of Duke Energy Indiana's $2.35 billion, 630-MW IGCC plant in Edwardsport, IN. Using GE IGCC technology, the plant is expected to be the world's largest IGCC facility after start-up in 2012.

Zeus Syngas Refining Report reported that Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) have agreed to perform preliminary work for the ZeroGen IGCC+CCS project in Australia.

Peter Fairley, from the Technology Review, wrote an article on how the USA and China are both focusing on clean coal power. The article overviews the steps being taken towards cleaner coal technologies, such as IGCC technology in the GreenGen Project which is now the most advanced project of its kind in the world.

The latest news most relevant to midstream gas developers with interests in gasification courtesy of Zeus Syngas Refining Report.

Charlton Communications interviewed Steve Halabura, Managing Director Geoscience and Mining for the Professional Edge Magazine. The article overviews NuCoal, gasification technology and NuCoal's future goals.

Seasons Greetings and a Happy New Year from the NuCoal Team!

The Saskatoon Star Phoenix and Regina Leader Post had a Investing in Saskatchewan section - this article interviews Alan Cruickshank, President/CEO of NuCoal on the South 50 project.

Article from the Estevan Mercury, where NuCoal gave a presentation to speak to the members of the Estevan and District Board of Tourism, Trade and Commerce.

Eric Anderson of Prosperity Saskatchewan radio show has done another clip on NuCoal and its upcoming ventures.

Eric Anderson from Prosperity Saskatchewan has some done radio clips on NuCoal.

Norm Park from the Mercury Newspaper in Estevan wrote an article on NuCoal and interviewed President/CEO Alan Cruickshank.

Kelly Elder wrote an article on NuCoal for the Triangle Newspaper in Coronach, Saskatchewan.

Bruce Johnstone of the Leader-Post wrote a follow up article on NuCoal and its South 50 project interviewing both President Alan Cruickshank and Managing Director John King Burns.

Bruce Johnstone of the Leader Post in Regina, interviewed John King Burns, Managing Director of Coal to Liquids, at the Clean Coal Symposium in Regina.

Dale Hunter from CTV News, did a report from the standing committee meetings in Regina in which NuCoal's project was mentioned.

Alan Cruickshank presented to the 2009 Standing committee on Saskatchewan’s Future energy needs.

Green Car Congress wrtoe and article on NuCoal September 6th, 2009 titled 'Sparton and NuCoal to Evaluate NuCoal’s Saskatchewan Coal Holdings and CTL Residue for Germanium and Uranium Commercialization Potential.'

Igniting Innovation wrote a blog about NuCoal from the Mine LLC Modern Energy Investor Forum in Denver. The blog overviews what NuCoal's goals are and its clean coal project.

John King Burns did a presentation at the Mine LLC 2009 Modern Energy Investor Forum in Denver, Colorado. Both John Burns and the slide show presentation are viewable from this video.

NuCoal Energy and Sparton Resources Inc have executed a Memorandum of Understanding wherein Sparton and NuCoal will jointly evaluate the potential of NuCoal's lignitic coal holdings in Saskatchewan to host commercial germanium and uranium mineralization. In addition the program will also test the feasibility of recovering valuable metals from residue material produced by the coal to liquids ("CTL") program being developed by NuCoal in this area.

Dwight Percy from Street, interviewed Alan Cruickshank at this year's SaskRocks conference in Saskatoon. The interview takes a look at how NuCoal deals with the issue of emissions and the future opportunities for the company.

This months issue mentions NuCoal and President Alan Cruickshank in its discussion on China and Canada's developments on CTL projects. The update also outlines that the use of synthetic jet fuels are near certification for commercial avaition use in the US.

Joanne Paulson from the Star Phoenix newspaper interviewed President Alan Cruickshank and CEO Allen Wright from the Coal Association of Canada on the importance of coal in the province.

Ted Deller from the CBC Morning Show did an interview with President Alan Cruickshank regarding the issue of clean coal and the objectives NuCoal is working towards. (June 11, 2008)

This article by David Hutton, from Saskatoon Business Magazine June 2008, interviews President Alan Cruickshank. The article overviews the coal industry, NuCoal's objectives and the economic viability of producing clean coal.

Alan Cruickshank, President of NuCoal Energy, will be making a presentation at 11:30 am Sunday June 7th, at Cambridge Houses' World Resource Investment Conference in Vancouver, BC.

President of NuCoal Energy Corp, Alan Cruickshank will be making a presentation June 11th at the Saskatchewan Energy Symposium at 4:00pm. We hope you can make it to the presentation.

A reminder that NuCoal will be attending the SaskROCKS Investment Conference at the Sheraton Cavalier, Saskatoon - Saturday May 9th. Early registration is free.

NuCoal will have a booth at this year's Cambridge House SaskROCKS Investment Conference. The conference will take place May 9th, 2009.

“NuCoal has a clean coal technology and they might just be first on line in the Canadian Province of Saskatchewan. Even Pres. Obama's Energy Secretary, Steven Chu, is impressed with clean coal technology.”-Michael Berry

Newsletter writer, Michael Berry, outlined NuCoal as one of the potential "Game Changers" in his tutorial at the Cambridge House Conference in Calgary.

An article featuring NuCoal's meeting in the town of Theodore was published in the Yorkton This Week newspaper at the beginning of March. The article summarizes the meeting in Theodore, Saskatchewan.

March 24th, 2009 News release announcing the joint acquisition by Alix and Geo of an 80% interest in seven prospective coal projects located in Saskatchewan from NuCoal Energy.

Denki Shimbun, a Japanese newspaper, highlighted Saskatchewan's trade mission in Japan. The article overviews Saskatchewan's presence at the seminar as well as mentions NuCoal's presentation.

NuCoal Energy was featured in an article in the Leader Post and Star Phoenix on Saturday February 21st. The article focuses on new coal technologies.

The Star Phoenix newspaper covers a delegation of Saskatchewan companies (including NuCoal) and Government of Saskatchewan Energy and Resource representatives in Japan and China this week.

Alix Resources Corp. and Geo Minerals Ltd. have applied for 10 additional coal drill holes at their Wapawekka Lake property

NuCoal is featured in the January issue of Resource World Magazine. The article outlines the importance of coal, its new technologies, Saskatchewan's coal rush and an overview of other Canadian coal companies.

"Saskatchewan company focuses on coal as future fuel" NuCoal Energy explains its coal resource and its future plans on CTL technologies, as well as giving an overview on the value of coal as an energy source.

NuCoal Energy Corp signs an agreement with Alix Resources and Geo Minerals for a prospective coal property adjoining GoldSources "Border" property. Please contact us with any questions or comments you may have.

Coal 2008 Resurgence of the World's Most Abundant Fuel Why Coal? Why Now? The World Energy Outlook 2007 forecasts a 55% increase in primary energy needs between 2005 and 2030. About half of this increase will be to meet increasing demand for power. Coal is the world's most...

Canada will phase out older coal-fired power plants to cut the country’s greenhouse gas emissions, Environment Minister Jim Prentice said Wednesday, as it moves to make natural-gas fired plants the new clean-power standard.

Map of gasification projects making news today.

American Public Power Association (APPA) officials July 7 released a new study showing that forcing coal-fired power plants to switch to natural gas – supposedly to meet future legislated limits on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions – would be far more costly than is generally assumed in studies that show abundant natural gas supplies in North America.

Booming economy consumed the equivalent of 2,252 million tonnes of oil last year.

“America cannot build a 21st Century energy economy with a mid-20th Century electricity system. This is why the Obama Administration is investing in projects that will lay the foundation for a modernized, resilient electrical grid.” - U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu

Sometimes the Ontario wind farms produce large amounts of electricity and sometimes they produce nearly nothing. In June 2010, in Ontario, the average output was 18.8% of their 1,100 MW capacity (data from the IESO website - http://www.ieso.ca/). The most output for any one hour was 746 MW (67.8% of capacity), and the least was 0 MW. There was a period of two hours where not one MW was recorded as being produced.

Map of gasification projects making news today.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials announced July 6 a proposed regulation that would slash emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) from power plants across 31 U.S. states.

Map of gasification projects making news today.

Sasol officials announced June 24 that recent expansions of shale-gas production in the United States and planned expansions elsewhere are lowering global natural-gas prices relative to oil, hence opening the door to further expansion of Fischer-Tropsch gas-to-liquids (GTL) fuels production. "Recent technology developments in the cost-effective extraction of shale gas, and resulting lower global gas prices, present a significant opportunity for the expansion of our GTL value proposition," according to Sasol. "As a result, we intend to actively pursue growing our upstream gas reserves.

Neil Reynolds- The Globe and Mail When British economist and statistician William Stanley Jevons published The Coal Question in 1865, he was by no means the first expert analyst to anticipate "peak coal." From his review of the scientific literature, Mr. Jevons cited (among other authorities) an English mineral surveyor named John Williams (The Limited Quantity of Coal in Britain, 1789) and a Scottish scientist named Robert Bald (A General View of the Coal Trade, 1812) who observed succinctly that continual increases in the consumption of finite commodities must eventually end in depletion.

A long-awaited U.S. Senate energy/greenhouse gas (GHG) control bill introduced May 12 by U.S. Sens. John Kerry (D-Massachusetts) and Joe Lieberman (I-Connecticut) is seen as relatively favorable toward natural gas, nuclear power and (for a transition period, at least) coal. *Source-HART Gasification News

Updated Gasification Hot Spots Map. (May, 2010)

As the world's attention focuses on the perils of oil exploration, TED presents Richard Sears' talk from early February 2010. Sears, an expert in developing new energy resources, talks about our inevitable and necessary move away from oil. Toward ... what?

Updated Gasification Hot Spots Map. (April, 2010)

Byron Elton Discusses CO2 Recycling in UCLA Sponsored Panel Discussion.

April 25, 2010 By Shawn McCarthy From Monday's Globe and Mail

Coal, Natural Gas and Low Sulfur Diesel Futures.

Saskatchewan is in the early stages of a boom the likes of which it has never seen. It's an economic tide that will only rise as the world feasts on the prairie's rich bounty

In the realm of energy supply, certain challenges are undeniable: the levels of energy consumption seen in recent years are unsustainable, and the legitimate demands of those who now lack energy to meet their basic needs can no longer be ignored. Meeting these and other challenges of energy demand requires global solutions.

King Coal Eclipsing the Sun --Case for investing in solar grows dimmer -B2 Report on business The Globe and Mail, Thursday March 18, 2010

This summer North Dakota became the first state to publish maps of all of its mineable lignite reserves. The article states "North Dakota is one of the few states that has accurate numbers, perhaps one of the few places on Earth. Accurate inventories of the world's natural resources are extremely important. Whether it be coal, oil and gas, geothermal, uranium, water, etc... the world needs accurate natural resource assessments in order to predict future supplies.

Saskatchewan ranked among the top three provinces on more than half of the total 25 categories [such as GDP, employment, income, etc], which include secondary indicators covering economic performance, innovation and business environment.

Leonard Melman wrote a great article on Saskatchewan and its resources. He outlines the three main resources as Uranium, Potash and Coal.

Follow what's happening during the 2009 Standing Committee meetings on Saskatchewan's Future Energy needs. Any press releases or articles during the events will be posted here.

This handout from the Saskatchewan Science Center shows the evolution of land and animals in Saskatchewan starting from the Cambrian Period (590-505 million years ago).

Murray Mandryk of the Star Phoenix interviewed Premier Brad Wall on this week's premiers' conference discussing with provincial and territorial leaders on aboriginal relations, economic stimulus initiatives, stronger international relationships, climate change and energy.

The Saskatoon Star Phoenix featured this article on the new incentives for the provinces' mining industry. Having surpassed Ontario as the country's biggest mineral producer last year, Saskatchewan plans to stay on top by helping mining companies raise money for exploration.

The government introduced a number of incentives to spur mineral exploration and support junior mining companies during a time of fluctuations in world financial and commodity markets. The incentives will help companies maintain their land holdings through initiatives that recognize greater valuation of their existing exploration work on those holdings and through removal or deferral of some rents and charges.

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The ASIA Miner News Service ran an article about the growth in China that has been driven by urbanization and industrialization. The article outlines where China is expecting to grow and look for further investment.

Professor Karl Berteussen discusses the energy crisis and the alternatives that can help to give us enough energy without destroying the environment.

Premier Brad Wall highlights Saskatchewan's boom and all that the province has to offer.

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Please click on the following link to view NuCoal Energy Corp.'s shareholder update.

Please visit www.saskrocks.ca for more information on the SaskROCKS conference!

The full PDF version of the NuCoal Energy Corp. fact sheet is available.

"Laurus Energy... agreement with Alaska native corporation Cook Inlet Region Inc. to develop an UCG project. The agreement will result in the first North American company created to commercialize syngas from UCG." Source: Zeus Syngas Refining Report, June 11, 2010

Energy company Carbon Energy will this week move a step closer to producing its first electricity from coal without having to dig it up. Carbon Energy is developing a 5MW power station at Bloodwood Creek in Queensland's Surat Basin using underground coal gasification (UCG) technology.

Australian alternative energy company Clean Global Energy Ltd (CGE) (ASX:CGV) has signed an agreement for a A$445 million (US$402.19 million) joint venture in Mongolia for an underground coal gasification project.

Australian firm, Cougar Energy, plans to use the money to complete construction of its UCG demonstration project in Queensland.

Casper-based GasTech Inc. has inked a deal with Linc Energy of Australia to launch an underground coal-gasification demonstration project in the Powder River Basin. The estimated 7 billion tons of state coal has an energy equivalent of about 20 billion barrels of oil.

Eneabba Gas has progressed plans for its proposed 168MW gas-fired "clean energy" Centauri 1 power station project, located on company‐owned land eight kilometres east of Dongara and approximately 365 kms north of Perth in Western Australia. Eneabba proposes to market power from Centauri 1 to industry, particularly iron ore and other resources projects - now in development.

Carbon Energy Ltd was able to raise A$32 million for the construction of their 5-MW power plant and the generating equipment is on its way to Queensland, Australia.

Swan Hills Synfuels continues to develop its deep, underground coal gasification (UCG) project at a site about 200 km northwest of Edmonton, Alberta, using the process in a coal seam that lies 1.4 km beneath the surface. The article is from the Zues Syngas Refining report.

Joel Chury from The Oil Patch Report wrote an article on In-situ gasification in Alberta with its Swan Hill Synfuels program and Monteal-based Ergo Energy and its Underground Coal Gasification program.

Zeus Syngas Refining Report wrote an article on Carbon Energy raising $32 million to be used in the development of the Underground Coal Gasification project at Bloodwood Creek near Dalby in Queensland, Australia.

The Globe and Mail newspaper, featured this article on Monday May 4th, 2009. The article explains Underground Coal Gasification and how it could be of benefit to Alberta. The article also outlines who is already utilizing UCG and the pros and cons of it.

This article from the Calgary Herald outlines Alberta's $30 million underground coal gasification demonstration project aimed at unlocking the clean energy potential of the province's vast coal reserves.