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Fuel cells and carbon capture combine for clean coal breakthrough

Tom Young

30 December 2009 • 3 min read

Integrating underground coal gasification with hydrogen fuel cells will revolutionise energy generation, predict Linc and AFC Energy

Australian clean coal technology specialist Linc Energy and British fuel cell firm AFC Energy have signed a major new partnerhip, paving the way for a pioneering demonstration project that the two companies...

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