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Current status of coal gasification

José María S anchez-Herv as, Gregorio Molina Moya, Isabel Ortiz-Gonz alez
CIEMAT, Madrid, Spain

Chapter Outline

7.1 Introduction 175
7.2 Current status of coal gasification 176
7.2.1 Asia 176
7.2.1.1 China 176
7.2.1.2 Japan 184
7.2.1.3 India 186
7.2.1.4 Indonesia 187
7.2.1.5 South Korea 187
7.2.1.6 Mongolia 188
7.2.2 America 188
7.2.2.1 The United States of America 188
7.2.3 Europe 191
7.2.3.1 Spain 191
7.2.3.2 Italy 192
7.2.3.3 United Kingdom 192
7.2.3.4 The Netherlands 192
7.2.3.5 Germany 193
7.2.3.6 Poland 193
7.2.3.7 Czech Republic 193
7.2.3.8 Ukraine 194
7.2.3.9 Romania 194
7.2.3.10 Turkey 194
7.2.4 Australia 195
7.2.5 Africa 195
7.2.5.1 South Africa 195
7.2.5.2 Mozambique and Botswana 196
7.3 Concluding remarks 196
References 197

7.1 Introduction

According to the recent estimations, coal will remain the second largest energy source
worldwide until 2030e40, behindpetroleum and other liquids, with China and the United
States being the main consumers (U.S. Energy Information Administration, 2016, 2017).

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