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Introduction to Gasification - Drivers for Gasification Technology
The need for low-cost power produced in an environmentally sound way is certain, even if the future of regulations limiting the emission and/or encouraging the capture of CO2, and the price and availability of natural gas and oil are not. Gasification is not only capable of efficiently producing electric power but a wide range of liquids and/or high-value chemicals (including diesel fuels for transportation) can be produced from cleaned, high-hydrogen syngas, providing the flexibility to capitalize on a range of dynamic changes to either domestic energy markets or global economic conditions. Polygeneration—plants that produce multiple products—is uniquely possible with gasification technologies. Continued advances in gasification-based technology will enable the conversion of our nation's abundant coal reserves into energy resources (power and liquid fuels), chemicals, and fertilizers needed to displace the use of imported oil and, thereby, help mitigate its high price and security supply concerns and to support U.S. economic competitiveness with unprecedented environmental performance.
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| Gasifier installation at Mississippi Power's Kemper County Energy Facility, September 2012.1 |
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