Liquid fuel conversion renews coal’s promise

And Denver-based Rentech Inc. aims to be at the forefront of a unique alternative technology. The process would allow the company to convert gas – squeezed out of Colorado’s abundant coal – into ultraclean diesel, naphtha and jet fuel.

That has never been done in the United States, and Rentech wants to be the first company to try. With the nation sitting on more than 250 years’ worth of coal supply, the technology could have tremendous ramifications for Western states, including Colorado.

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