Coal Set to Make a Comeback with Underground Coal Gasification
Following
a 100 year gestation period there are signs we could be about to
witness the birth of a new coal rush.The first Underground Coal
Gasification (UCG) trials - during which coal’s inherent energy is
extracted in situ - were conducted in the North East of England in 1912.
One hundred years later scientists and businesspeople based in
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, just a few miles from the site of the original
trials, have launched a new drive to fully commercialise the potential
of the earth’s remaining 850 billion tonnes of coal.They…Read more...
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