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DOE releases feasability study for Illinois Coal to Liquid plant

The Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory has completed a feasibility study for a proposed Coal to Liquid fuel production facility in Illinois. The proposal would include a plant that would convert 24,500 tons of coal daily into 50,000 barrels of fuel along with 124 MW of electrical power that would go back into the grid. The output would include almost 28,000 barrels per day of diesel that would still require additional additives before it could be used. The rest would be naptha for use as a chemical feedstock. The ... Read more →

Biomass-to-liquids synthetic SunDiesel to launch in Europe this year Dane Muldoon

A new synthetic diesel fuel produced using a Fischer-Tropsch process based biomass-to-liquids (BTL) technology, and developed by Shell and Choren Industries, will be launched in Europe later this ...

Air Force conducting cold weather test phase of GTL fuel in B-52 Sam Abuelsamid

The US Defense Department has a number of initiatives in progress to try and reduce the armed forces' dependence on oil. This is for both political and tactical reasons. When many of the primary ...

The Nazi/apartheid history of the Fischer-Tropsch coal-to-gas process Sebastian Blanco

I don't like the wording in Slate's headline for this great story on the Fischer-Tropsch coal-to-liquid process (is it really "one of the world's most exciting new fuel sources"? Is it really even ...

DOE releases feasability study for Illinois Coal to Liquid plant 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory has completed a feasibility study for a proposed Coal to Liquid fuel production facility in Illinois. The proposal would include a plant that would convert 24,500 tons of coal daily into 50,000 barrels of fuel along with 124 MW of ...

Biomass-to-liquids synthetic SunDiesel to launch in Europe this year 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

A new synthetic diesel fuel produced using a Fischer-Tropsch process based biomass-to-liquids (BTL) technology, and developed by Shell and Choren Industries, will be launched in Europe later this year. Utilising waste plant material like wood chips and straw instead of food crops like soybean and ...

Air Force conducting cold weather test phase of GTL fuel in B-52 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The US Defense Department has a number of initiatives in progress to try and reduce the armed forces' dependence on oil. This is for both political and tactical reasons. When many of the primary sources of your supplies cannot be counted among your friends, it's a good idea to change your ways. ...

The Nazi/apartheid history of the Fischer-Tropsch coal-to-gas process 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

I don't like the wording in Slate's headline for this great story on the Fischer-Tropsch coal-to-liquid process (is it really "one of the world's most exciting new fuel sources"? Is it really even new if it was developed in the 1920s?), but I still encourage you to read the story. The world is a ...


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