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State Development Minister John Mickel told Parliament the study would be carried out by the Brisbane-based Centre for Low Emission Technology.
CLET, which was set up in 2003, is a $26 million joint venture between the Queensland Government, CSIRO and other industry stakeholders including the University of Queensland.
Its chief executive officer, Dr Kelly Thambimuthu, is also a member of the Clean Coal Project Board created by Cabinet in July last year to administer the $300 million Queensland Future Growth Fund.
“The Clean Coal Project Board is currently evaluating this framework but there are many progressive projects already underway. ZeroGen, for example, is a Stanwell Corporation proposal to investigate the viability of integrating coal-based gasification with carbon capture and storage to produce low emission electricity,” Mickel said.
“Then there is the Underground Coal Gasification Project, a Linc Energy and Ergo Energy trial at Chinchilla to burn coal underground and produce a gas that can be used to produce electricity, liquid fuels and chemicals. Again, the end result is the significant reduction of carbon emissions entering the atmosphere.”
