Fuel + Power; No CO2

 
 
We submit the enclosed article in further support of our contention, that: Combining coal with biomass as feed for a suitably-designed coal-to-liquid conversion facility could result in a calculated total net "zero" carbon emission effect.
 
And, as we've earlier demonstrated, liquid fuels and electricity can be produced from coal, at the same facility, at the same time.
 
The excerpt: 
 
"Co-production of synfuels and electricity from coal + biomass with zero net carbon emissions: An Illinois case study

E.D. Larson(a), G. Fioreseb, G. Liua, R.H. Williamsa, T.G. Kreutza and S. Consonnic

aPrinceton Environmental Institute, Princeton University, Guyot Hall, Washington Road, Princeton, NJ, 08544, USA

bDepartment of Information Technology, Politecnico di Milano, via Ponzio 34/5, 20133 Milano, Italy

cDepartment of Energy, Politecnico di Milano, piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy

Abstract

Energy, carbon, and economic performance are estimated for facilities co-producing Fischer–Tropsch Liquid (FTL) fuels and electricity from a co-feed of biomass and coal in Illinois, with capture and storage of by-product CO2. The estimates include detailed models of supply systems for corn stover or mixed prairie grasses and of feedstock conversion facilities. The Illinois results are extrapolated to estimate the potential FTL production in 23 states."

Note the authors' credentials. We have previously documented Italy's coal-to-liquid conversion efforts and  cited researchers there. We have also noted the work underway at Princeton, and will be citing Dr. Larson, and his research, in additional reports.