Peabody, GreatPoint to pursue ‘green coal’ plants (St. Louis)

Peabody Energy in St. Louis signed an agreement Thursday with GreatPoint Energy in Cambridge, Mass., to pursue development of “green coal” plants they say would achieve near-zero carbon emissions.

The projects would be developed using GreatPoint’s proprietary Bluegas technology, an alternative to conventional gasification. The hydrogen produced in the process will be used for industrial applications or combusted to generate near-zero carbon electricity. The substitute natural gas can be transported in the existing pipeline infrastructure and used as fuel in home heating, power plants or industrial processes, Peabody said.

Read the full report in the St. Louis Business Journal.