We've documented both the Australian plans for coal-to-liquid development, and the coal conversion expertise of Synthesis Energy Systems.
In this recent story, it's reported that both are now, together, planning additional coal-to-liquid projects, as in the attached and following:
"Friday, 04 December 2009
Coalworks Limited , an emerging Australian energy developer, and Synthesis Energy Systems Inc. ("SES") , a global industrial gasification company, intend to develop, through a strategic alliance, Coalworks' first coal gasification and liquefaction plant at Oaklands in New South Wales, Australia utilizing SES' proprietary U-GAS(R) gasification technology, which SES licenses from the Gas Technology Institute
Coalworks and SES have entered into a strategic alliance agreement which is based on the following key points:
-- U-GAS(R) technology has been proven on a commercial scale with
gasification plants in China
-- The U-GAS(R) technology is ideal for sub bituminous coal like that is
found in Oaklands
-- The Oaklands coal resource is well suited for gasification and
downstream value added products
-- Oaklands coal would be converted to gasoline via a planned coal to
liquids (CTL) plant
-- The agreement provides a framework for feasibility and engineering
design phases using commercially proven technologies and plant
construction strategies"
gasification plants in China
-- The U-GAS(R) technology is ideal for sub bituminous coal like that is
found in Oaklands
-- The Oaklands coal resource is well suited for gasification and
downstream value added products
-- Oaklands coal would be converted to gasoline via a planned coal to
liquids (CTL) plant
-- The agreement provides a framework for feasibility and engineering
design phases using commercially proven technologies and plant
construction strategies"
We have previously documented the work of SES in China, and their "U-GAS"(R) coal conversion technology, which "has been proven on a commercial scale with gasification plants in China".
And, though the technology starts with coal gasification, don't lose sight of the fact that this is being undertaken so that "coal would be converted to gasoline via a planned coal to liquids (CTL) plant".