A QUEENSLAND government power company is planning to take synthetic gas produced from the controversial underground coal gasification process for the power grid, but the government has yet to decide on the future of the technique.
Carbon Energy yesterday announced that it had produced electricity from the syngas process at its operation near Chinchilla in western Queensland and planned to make "its first revenue milestone" by connecting into Ergon Energy's local electricity grid in October.
The nascent coal seam gas industry has come under strong public attack, but underground gasification involves burning coal in situ to make power. Read More
The Australian
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