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Title: Synthetic Natural Gas From Lignite-Status Of The Great Plains Coal Gasification Project
Author: Kent E. Janssen
Source: American Gas Association 1990
Year Published: 1990
Abstract: The Great Plains Synfuels Plant in North Dakota is the nations first commercial-scale effort to demonstrate energy independence using this nations vast coal resource to produce synthetic natural gas (SNG). The gasification plant is part of a huge energy complex owned and operated by Basin Electric Power Cooperative. Antelope Valley Station, the 900-MW generating station supplies power to the Great Plains facility. The Freedom Mine, also controlled by a subsidiary of Basin Electric, Dakota Coal Company, mines 11.6 million tons of lignite per year over 6 million for the synfuels project and over 5 million for the power plant. The synfuels plant was conceived by American Natural Resources of Detroit, Michigan, during the early 1970s when there was thought to be a natural gas shortage. The development and operation of the Great Plains plant demonstrates the national effort toward energy independence.

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