Montana to build coal-to-liquid fuel plant

Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer announced an agreement with a team of companies to build one of the nation's first coal-to-liquid fuel facilities. The Montana plant will use integrated gas combined cycle technology to gasify, rather than ignite the coal. The project calls for converting a portion of the synthetic gas into 22,000 barrels per day of diesel fuel, using the rest of the gas to generate about 300 megawatts of electricity. General Electric will provide the technology to convert the coal into synthetic gas and Rentech technology will be used to convert the synthetic gas into a liquid.

Schweitzer said the plant would be outfitted with technology to capture carbon dioxide so it can be stored underground. The gasifier will remove mercury, sulfur and particulate matter from the coal, he said.

- So they're doing CTL via CTG first, followed by GTL.

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