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A Brighter Future for Coal Integrated Gasification Combined-Cycles? Part II

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor Last week in Part I of this post we examined what a coal Integrated Gasification Combined-cycle (IGCC) unit is, how it works, and how it may change the future of coal as a … Continue reading

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A Brighter Future for Coal Integrated Gasification Combined-Cycles?

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor In the U.S. and some other markets around the world, the future of coal generation appears uncertain as concerns about emissions including sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrous oxides (NOx), mercury, and carbon dioxide … Continue reading

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Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC): What’s the Big Deal?

This week on our Facebook page, we posted this picture and asked followers to guess what the image is: We didn’t get any correct guesses, so for those left scratching their heads, here is the answer and a quick explanation of its … Continue reading

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