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Monday, May 28, 2012

Low natural gas prices are driving coal gasification out of business

Posted: 28 May 2012 05:29 AM PDT
If three planned gasification plants in Illinois are any indication, the transformation of coal into synthetic natural gas is staring at the destruction of their business model due primarily to low gas prices.Plants that were to be operated by Nebraska-based Tenaska Inc., Power Holdings of Illinois and Leucadia National Corp. of New York are being mothballed, if not scrapped for good, according to this Chicago Tribune report today and other sources.

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