Peak Oil: Meet Sophisticated Coal and Biomass to Liquids There
is more than 250 billion tons of recoverable U.S. coal reserves
– equivalent to an estimated 800 billion barrels of oil,
compared to Saudi Arabia’s proven reserves of 260 billion
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Accelergy's Coal Biomass to Liquids (CBTL) process utilises
direct liquifaction of coal (using hydrogen from gasification of
algal biomass and coal), combined with advanced catalytic
processing of hydrotreated coal and hydrotreated algal lipids,
to produce advanced hydrocarbon liquid fuels at high yields.
Accelergy is developing its coal biomass to liquids technology
in several locations across the US, in China, and for the US
military. In the United States, Accelergy is working on
demonstration facilities in Pennsylvania, Montana, and North
Dakota. Accelergy's process can be tuned to utilize a wide range
of feedstocks, and the company is currently exploring the use of
both coal and natural gas in the U.S, along with b