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Grants for brown coal research

Several research projects related to brown coal have received funding
from Brown Coal Innovation Australia (BCIA). This month BCIA
announced grants for the assessment of hydrogen production and
export from Victoria, and for research aimed at reducing carbon
dioxide emissions from brown-coal-fired powerstations by increasing
the efficiency of a direct injection coal engine.
The hydrogen project, to be carried out by HRL Developments
in association with Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy Industries, has received
$300,000. It will examine the technical and economic merits of
various options for producing hydrogen from Latrobe Valley brown
coal, at both pilot and commercial-scale.
The emissions project, to be carried out by CSIRO Advanced Coal
Technology and Exergen, will receive $1.3 million. It will investigate
high-efficiency power generation using processed brown coal in
an adapted diesel engine. It expects to achieve a 45% reduction in
CO2 emissions.


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