Clean coal research among finalists in European energy award

摘要

Australian research into new and unique technology to turn low-rank coals into a much-improved and far more environmentally-friendly fuel for power generation and catalytic coal gasification was recently invited to participate in a major European energy prize. Developed and owned by Clean Coal Technology Pty Ltd, the project has had its research base at La Trobe University for the past decade. Led by Dr George Domazetis, the company's managing director, was recently considered for the 'New Frontiers of Hydrocarbons' prize, the 592,000 Australian dollars top-category in the Italian-based Eni Awards. Dr Domazetis, a La Trobe PhD graduate and an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Chemistry, said Eni's Scientific Commission had announced that the Australian project was included in its final deliberations on the winners in January, but didn't take the prize.