Smarter conversion of coal to electricity through gasification - China takes the lead
Suresh Manjrekar
Jun. 7, 2012

Smarter conversion of coal to electricity through gasification technology has promised a smarter conversion of coal to electricity for many decades. With the help of heat and pressure to turn coal’s motley mix of molecules into a consistent stream of simple gases, gasification plants squeeze more power from a ton of coal and control the resulting by-products better.

Two months back in April, 2012, Chinese engineers in Tianjin, China, fired up a gasification power plant that will provide a benchmark test of the technology’s commercial potential as a low-carbon power source.

At 250 megawatts, the GreenGen facility is the world’s largest coal-fired integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) generator.

Smarter conversion of coal to electricity through gasification - China takes the lead
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Two months back in April, 2012, Chinese engineers in Tianjin, China, fired up a gasification power plant that will provide a benchmark test of the technology’s commercial potential as a low-carbon power source.
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