Peabody/Arclight SNG Project
{{#badges: CoalSwarm}} In 2005, Peabody Energy announced it was entering into an agreement with ArcLight Capital Partners, LLC to develop a commercial-scale coal gasification project in Illinois. The plant would transform coal into synthetic natural gas.
Peabody officials did not name a specific site in Illinois, but said the plant would be one of the largest coal- to-natural-gas plants in the United States.
The project would require at least 3 million tons of coal per year to produce more than 35 billion cubic feet of synthetic natural gas.[1]
As of November 2011, the project is not listed on the ArcLight's website list of active projects currently being pursued.[2]
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Project Details
Sponsor: Peabody Energy, Arclight Capital Ventures
Location: Illinois
Size:
Type: Coal-to-liquids
Projected in service:
Status: abandoned 2011
Citizen Groups
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References
- ↑ "Peabody Partners with Arclight for Plant," redOrbit, November 4, 2005.
- ↑ "Active Investments" Arclight Website, accessed November 2011.
Related SourceWatch Articles
- Coal-to-Liquids
- Illinois and coal
- Carbon Capture and Storage
- Existing U.S. Coal Plants
- US proposed coal plants (both active and cancelled)
- Coal plants cancelled in 2007
- Coal plants cancelled in 2008
- Illinois and coal
- State-by-state guide to information on coal in the United States (or click on the map)
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External links
- "Stopping the Coal Rush", Sierra Club. (This is a Sierra Club list of new coal plant proposals.)
