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EESTECH And China's Datong Coal Sign Clean Coal Energy Agreement
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 20, 2008 EESTECH and China's Datong Coal Mine Group have signed an exclusive agreement to undertake a feasibility and project development program that will use methane and waste coal to supply power for the mining operations. The program, which will be based on EESTECH's Hybrid Coalmine Gas Technology (HCGT), uses methane and waste coal to produce clean energy. The advantage of this process is that it not only uses waste material, which methane gas has a global warming potential twenty one times more damaging to the atmosphere than carbon dioxide. EESTECH CEO Mr. Murray Bailey said that project schedules have been developed and will commence with a comprehensive feasibility study on a range of Datong Coal's gassy coalmines. This study is required for site selection, plant sizing, determining methane emission volumes and project costs to support the necessary commercial agreements prior to the deployment of HCGT systems. "EESTECH in collaboration with China's coal industry will demonstrate the benefits of the HCGT system, becoming a leading reference site supporting the commercial validation of waste to energy and the ability to provide cost- effective clean energy," Mr. Bailey said. A standard 10 mega watt HCGT plant will generate clean coal energy using ventilated coal mine methane and can produce up to 1 million carbon credits per year in the fight against Global Warming. EESTECH, which is publicly traded on the US Bulletin Board and operates a technical facility in Brisbane, Australia, also obtained the Asia-Pacific rights to the HTC Purenergy Carbon Capture technology in December 2007. The HTC technology includes the world's first pre-engineered, modular, 1000 tonne per day carbon capture system known as the "CCS Purenergy Series", which when integrated with EESTECH's Hybrid Coal Gas Turbine (HCGT), utilises waste coal and methane to produce the energy required for carbon capture, meaning that the cost of carbon capture is significantly reduced. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Share This Article With Planet Earth
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