Coal-to-Clean Fuels and Power Project, Gilberton, PA, USA
Key Data:
Order year
1999
Construction started
2005
Project type
Early Entrance Co-production Plant (EECP) using coal liquefaction technology and Fischer-Tropsch processing
Location
Gilberton, Pennsylvania, USA
Estimated investment
$612.5 million (part of a larger budget for this technology of $4 billion)
Production
5,000bpd of usable clean diesel and naphtha and clean electricity
Completion
2008
Key Players:
Sponsors
WMPI Pty LLC (Waste Management and Processors, Inc), US Department of Energy, Chevron Texaco, Gilberton Power Co
Lead contractors and designers
Nexant Inc, Bechtel Corporation; Shell Global Solutions US, Uhde, SASOL Technology Ltd, Linde and ChevronTexaco
Regulatory agencies
US Department of Energy, Environmental Protection Agency
