Category: Underground Coal Gasifcation
To the Ends of the Earth: A Guide to Unconventional Fossil Fuels
Corporate Watch's new cutting edge report provides the most comprehensive and accessible guide yet to unconventional fossil fuels The endless pursuit of economic growth, coupled with the decline in conventional energy sources, is driving ever more extreme forms of energy extraction around the world, with ecologically and socially disastrous consequences.…
Coal gas company warns – stop campaigning or we will sue
Paul Mobbs 18th May 2014 A company bidding to undertake 'underground coal gasification (UGC) - a notoriously hazardous and polluting process - in the UK has threatened a Scottish clean energy campaigner: shut up or get sued. Paul Mobbs reports. It's a dangerous process, with no safe record of operation…
UCG Company Charged – news from Australia
Environment Minister Andrew Powell April 11, 2014 The Department of Environment and Heritage Protection has charged Linc Energy Limited with causing serious environmental harm in relation to its pilot Underground Coal Gasification plant near Chinchilla. Environment Minister Andrew Powell said the charges followed a nine-month investigation. “As a result of…
Australian company LINC Energy pulls the plug on flagship underground coal gasification (UCG) project
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/mining-energy/linc-energy-calls-it-quits-on-ucg-project/story-e6frg9df-1226753791059 The Australian company LINC Energy has pulled the plug on its former flagship underground coal gasification (UCG) project, blaming the Queensland government. UCG involves igniting coal in the ground, then collecting and using the gases that result from the partial combustion. Recently a scientific panel recommended that the Queensland…