Southern licenses advanced "clean coal" technology to China power plant

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Facility promises to reduce air pollution and cut carbon emissions by between 20 and 25 per cent

US utility company Southern Co said yesterday that it will license its coal gasification technology for use at an existing power plant in China. Southern's transport integrated gasification (TRIG)...

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