Not sure if this has been posted on HC forum before but there is a lot of good well researched info on this page IMO -
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Advanced_Lignite_Demonstration_Program
Possible contenders for a brown coal allocation or new brown coal projects include:
Coal Energy Australia
Exergen
Ignite Energy Resources
Latrobe Fertilisers
Shanghai Electric Australia Power & Energy Development
Newtech Energy
B Rubes