Techno-Economic Comparison of Onshore and Offshore Underground Coal Gasification End-Product Competitiveness

Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) enables the utilisation of coal reserves that are currently not economically exploitable due to complex geological boundary conditions. Hereby, UCG produces a high-calorific synthesis gas that can be used for generation of electricity, fuels and chemical feedstock...

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Published in:	Energies
Main Authors:	Natalie Christine Nakaten, Thomas Kempka
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2017-10-01
Subjects:	Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) economics Cost of Electricity (COE) techno-economic model methanol ammonia Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) electricity generation process simulation
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/10/10/1643