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Overview

The Clinton Project will use Biomass Coal to Liquids (BCTL) technology in this Coal-Biomass-to-Liquid project of Syngas Limited, an ASX listed company.

The project involves the development, commissioning and operation of a large scale long term (33-40 years) diesel production facility, using lignite coal feedstock from the company's Mineral Exploration License (MEL) 3896, which lies about 120km northwest of Adelaide in South Australia, near the towns of Beaufort, Clinton and Kulpara in the Northern St Vincent Basin.

'28800 hectares'

'845 ML/yr'

It is expected that the coal feedstock will be supplemented by non-food biomass. A memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed with the Yorke Peninsula Alkaline Soil Group (YPASG) in May 2009 covering potential supply of carbon neutral straw biomass as feedstock for the project. ^[3]

As at February 2009, the Clinton Project is moving towards deployment, undergoing Bankable Feasibility Study and environmental impact assessment and it is planned to begin production in 2015^[4].

Coordinates of this project: -34.069826° 138.06707°Latitude: 34°4′11.374″S
Longitude: 138°4′1.452″E

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1. • Strategic Objective
     • develop a business -> sustainable, long term, environmentally friendly
     • unlock resources
     • deliver cleaner more secure transport fuel for Australia

Coal-Biomass-to-Liquid (CBTL)

1. Pre-feasibility study estimated:
   • Total production to be 150 million barrels of oil equivalent
   • 80% as clean premium diesel
   • >33 year life of operation
   • Plant feed rate 5.9 million tonnes per annum
2. Fischer-Tropsch

Feedstocks

1. Coal
   • 285 mt resource (JORC)
   • lignite -> high GHG emissions when used for firing power plants
   • 1.14 of lignite converts to 1 barrel of oil equivalent at Clinton
2. Biomass
   • 10% biomass (straw) to be supplementary feed to manage carbon
   • Primary coal plant feed rate reduced to 5.4 million tonnes per annum by using biomass

Environmental Protection

1. Non food biomass feedstock ->carbon negative
2. Coal used to produce liquid fuels -> GHG emissions much lower than burning coal for stationary power
3. Liquid fuels produced to be used for transportation -> GHG emissions lower than using petroleum
4. 114MW peaking power electricity generation capacity

Capital and Operational expenditure

1. USD33 per barrel total operating costs
2. Construction costs post Bankable Feasibility Study completion will be USD2.26 billion (AUD3 billion)

Infrastructure

Project situated close to

1. national electricity grid
2. rail

Government policy and regulation

1. biomass component classed as renewable energy -> taxation advantage
2. taxation on diesel fuel, rail and marine transport and alternative fuels reduced as of July 1, 2000^[5]
3. integrated sink enhancement policy^[5]

References

1. ↑ [Syngas: Pre-feasibility study results show commercial viability of Clinton Clean Premium Diesel Project ]pg 20
2. ↑ [Syngas: Pre-feasibility study results show commercial viability of Clinton Clean Premium Diesel Project ]pg 27
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Syngas Limited Annual Report 2009pg 12
4. ↑ Syngas Limited website Feb 15, 2010
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} link title OECD report Encouraging environmentally sustainable growth in Australiapg 31

second generation

'28800 hectares'

'845 ML/yr'

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