ConocoPhillips and Peabody Energy have filed an air permit with the Commonwealth ...

ConocoPhillips and Peabody Energy have filed an air permit with the Commonwealth of Kentucky to site a coal-to-natural-gas facility near Central City in Muhlenberg County, US. The facility, to be known as Kentucky NewGas, is expected to produce enough energy to supply nearly 750,000 Midwest homes. The state-of-the-art ‘mine-mouth’ gasification project would use ConocoPhillips proprietary E-GasTM technology to produce clean synthesis gas - virtually free of impurities - that is transformed into clean-burning natural gas. Kentucky NewGas will meet regulatory standards to protect the environment, including adoption of low emissions design criteria, anticipated to be less than 5% of the emissions of a comparably sized traditional coal plant. Kentucky NewGas would also be carbon storage ready. The technology is capable of capturing carbon dioxide that ultimately could be permanently stored or used for enhanced oil recovery.