Exec: UCG has Key Role to Play in Southern Africa's Energy Future

摘要

Underground coal gasification (UCG) has a key role to play in Southern Africa's energy future, Coal Wealth Botswana executive director Michael Nightingale told a conference in Johannesburg, Engineering News Online reported July 13. UCG would complement renewable energy sources such as solar, wind and biomass. Nightingale said that, based on existing assumptions and production rates, southern africa coal reserves would last another 140 years.