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News -Coal comes back in Illinois
5/11/12
Illinois- IL basin coal production is on the rise thanks in part to the advancement of scrubber technology, allowing high-sulphur coal to burn more cleanly.
News-Deal reached on Duke Edwardsport cost overruns
5/01/12
Indiana- The legal battle on who will pay for the $1.3B cost overruns for the Duke Edwardsport plant was reached on Monday. Duke will pay $700M and Duke's customers will pay a 14.5% rate increase.
News -MS PSC approves Kemper IGCC plant
4/26/12
Mississippi- The Mississippi Public Service Commission voted 2-1 this past Tuesday to approve the IGCC plant, despite opponent's calls for a fresh look at the projects finances.
News -PBS video: Powering the Planet
4/10/12
USA- A refreshing look at energy policy and the current status of energy technologies around the world.
News -Linc Energy looks to fund UCG projects
3/21/12
Australia- Linc Energy hopes to build a UCG project in China with help from an unnamed Chinese investor. The company recently sold some of its coal property to a company in India and acquired oil-producing assets in the US to generate cash flow.
News- Miss. court reverses approval of Southern Company's Kemper IGCC Project
3/17/12
Mississippi- On Thursday, the Mississippi Supreme Court reversed approval for Mississippi Power's Kemper IGCC project. The court said the Mississippi Public Service Commission's May 2010 approval of the project did not satisfy state law that the plant would benefit the utility's customers, and sent the case back to the PSC. The project would use a gasification technology developed by Southern Company to burn Mississippi lignite coal.
News - Tax credit for Indiana gasification plant dropped
3/16/12
Indianapolis- The Indiana Department of Revenue will decide on changes to the tax credit for the southwestern Indiana plant, which will be worth up to $120 million. The tax credit for the Rockport synthetic natural gas plant was initally developed to help create jobs.
News - Industry oil execs and environmental groups find common ground in CCS
3/08/12
Washington D.C.- The National Enhanced Oil Recovery Initiative (NEORI), a coalition of energy companies and environmental groups, released a 36-page report this week that calls for a production tax credit for capturing and transporting carbon dioxide. That would encourage makers of ethanol, natural gas and electricity to tap the carbon dioxide produced in their industrial processes and send it through pipelines to oil wells for enhanced oil recovery.
News - Cleaning coal; is it worth it?
3/07/12
USA- Domestically, "clean coal" projects are getting knocked around. New technologies will help create jobs and stop climate change, but many wonder if the projects can ever make it to the finish line.