M&M Energy hailed a Michigan Senate energy plan calling it a step in the right direction that can open the door to new technology such as carbon-capture and storage (CCS) capable of generating clean, manufacturing-scale energy minus dangerous GHG.

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Construction began on India’s first IGCC project at the Vijayawada Thermal Power Station in southern India, on July 1. The $226 million, 125-MW clean-coal power plant is being jointly developed by Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BHEL) and Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Co. (APGENCO).

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Plasco Energy Group Inc. said that the Ottawa City Council unanimously agreed to issue a letter of intent to Plasco to build, own and operate a 400 ton-per-day waste-conversion facility that will gasify residual household waste to generate 21-MW of net saleable base-load power for delivery to Hydro Ottawa.

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Davy Process Technology (DPT) was awarded contracts from Cash Creek Generation LLC (CCG) for the supply of a technology license and basic engineering design for the methanation unit that will produce substitute natural gas (SNG) from coal-derived syngas at CCG’s SNG/power project in Henderson County, KY.

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The Energy Information Administration (EIA) released the International Energy Outlook 2008 (IEO2008) on June 25, 2008. EIA forecasts that global energy consumption will grow by 50% between 2005 and 2030 and will be driven by robust economic growth and expanding populations in developing countries.

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