Coal to Liquid News

by: Beth Wellington

Thu Dec 20, 2007 at 23:51:04 PM EST

Air Force conducts first-ever transcontinental Fischer-Tropsch fuels test; conducts B-1 engine test--Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne joined Rep. Jim Saxton (R-N.J.) and a delegation of industry leaders and armed forces personnel at a Dec. 17 ceremony at McGuire Air Force Base in New Jersey to welcome a C-17 cargo jet powered by an FT fuel blend that took off from McChord Air Force Base in Washington state.

Senate approved farm bill extends CTL tax credit Included in the tax portion of H.R. 2419 is a provision that extends an existing 50 cent per gallon fuel excise tax credit for CTL until 2010 and requires CTL producers to capture and store 50 percent of carbon dioxide emissions.  

Gov. Manchin calls for five CTL plants in West Virginia Providing the coal to support five CTL plants would require a 15 percent increase in annual coal production, according to the plan, with production in 2006 totaling nearly 149 million tons.  

EIA predicts increased coal production to meet domestic CTL needs The Energy Information Administration (EIA)  Annual Energy Outlook 2008, revised upwards by 40 percent its previous projection regarding the amount of coal needed by 2030 to meet demand for domestic coal-to-liquid (CTL) fuels.   157 million tons of coal See:  http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/ae...  

World CTL Conference Set for Paris in 2008