Wyoming Clean Coal Research Facility Suspended on Energy Policy, Gas Prices, Electricity Demand

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GE and the University of Wyoming have suspended joint plans to build a US$100 million clean coal research facility near Cheyenne, citing the nation's "uncertain energy policy", lower natural gas prices and tepid electricity demand as the reasons, AP reported Aug 1. The High Plains Gasification-Advanced Technology Center was expected to be operational in late 2012, with construction commencing later this year. The plant would be used to test the efficient gasification of coal. GE and the university were reviewing bids for the construction and design of the facility by two firms when GE decided to suspend the project, said Bill Gern, the university's vice president for research and economic development. "GE called us. We were in the process of really starting to say we were ready to select the design builder," said Gern.