Evaluation of three sites identified for further review for the proposed High Plains
Gasification-Advanced Technology Center will continue into April.
Initial site visits to locations in Campbell, Goshen and Laramie counties were held
during the first week of March. Thorough investigations of the sites are under way,
and an announcement of a final site will be made once all investigations are complete.
The High Plains Gasification-Advanced Technology Center is being developed jointly
by GE Energy and the University of Wyoming. The agreement signed in October outlines
the framework for the joint development, design, construction and operation of the
facility.
The university will own the facility and be responsible for its operation.
The proposed center would consist of a small-scale gasification system that would
allow UW and GE Energy researchers to develop and validate advanced coal gasification
technology solutions for Powder River Basin and other Wyoming coals. The plant is
expected to allow engineers to gain experience in advanced coal gasification processes,
and will provide students an opportunity to learn about coal gasification.
For information on the project, visit www.uwyo.edu/ge.
Posted on Wednesday, March 25, 2009
