ARMY EYES GASIFIED COAL TECHNOLOGY TO LOWER POWER PLANT EMISSIONS

September 8, 2005
Army installations officials are considering retrofitting seven aging coal-fired power plants with a new technology that produces power from cleaner-burning gasified coal -- a move that could provide a major boost to the nascent gasification industry and keep the Army in line with EPA emissions rules, Army officials and activists say. The gasification technology, known as integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC), allows facilities to gasify coal to use as a clean-burning fuel source, while easing the ability to capture harmful...


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