German engineering firm Siemens Energy has received a contract from Australian Energy Company to supply two 500MW coal-gasifiers for a fertilizer plant in Latrobe Valley in the Australian state of Victoria. The two gasifiers are destined for a where they are to be used to convert lignite to ammonia.

Loy Yang Power, which operates a 2,200MW brown coal fired power station in Latrobe Valley in the Australian state of Victoria, has signed an agreement with EESTech to undertake a site-specific feasibility study into carbon capture using the world's most advanced technology.

LATROBE VALLEY, Australia _ Beneath the rolling green hills of Australia's Latrobe Valley lies a deposit of brown coal so enormous it seems almost endless.

By Laurie Goering and David Greising, Chicago Tribune Oct. 10--LATROBE VALLEY, Australia -- Beneath the rolling green hills of Australia's Latrobe Valley lies a deposit of brown coal so enormous it seems almost endless.

Contact Energy is selling its stake in Valley Power, a gas-fired peaking station in Victoria Australia, which sparked some controversy when Contact bought it. If successful, it will complete the sale of two of Contact's three Australian businesses.