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Get PriceIn its latest Medium-Term Coal Market Report the International Energy Agency (IEA) forecasts a slowing of coal demand growth but no retreat in its global use That won't surprise energy realists but the item I wasn't expecting was the reference in the IEA press release to growing efforts in China to convert coal into liquid fuels and especially synthetic natural gas (SNG)
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Get Price2017/2/24A former coal plant in Joliet Illinois is an example of the type of facility that can successfully be converted to natural gas Not all plants are as ideal It used to be that a train of coal arrived every day at the Joliet coal plant 40 miles southwest of Chicago Forty-seven
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Get PriceChristopher Goncalves co-chair and managing director for energy at Berkeley Research Group warns that permitting and subsidies can be major hurdles to coal plant conversions The permitting can be a big issue because it can be a complex process and if you are switching from one fuel to another you can often apply for a permit and that can take time and sometimes be
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