Leigh Creek pushes huge $2.6 billion brown coal gasification plant for fertiliser – RenewEconomy

Plans to establish a $2.6 billion coal gasification plan using the deep brown coal resources at the old Leigh Creek mine in South Australia have been pushed along after an initial feasibility study suggested the project could also target the low cost production of fossil-fuelled hydrogen.
The Leigh Creek Energy Project is seeking to tap into brown coal reserves in South Australia left idle by the closure of the state’s two highly polluting and ageing coal fired power generators, using an ‘in-situ’…

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