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What does CETA stand for?
Clean Energy Technology Association
What types of clean energy technologies do you work with?
CETA was formed to develop technologies that are environmentally sustainable but which will allow us as a Country to use all our energy resources (fossil fuels, wind, solar, hydro, etc.) in the most practical, cost-effective manner. CETA’s most recent project is its Project to Reinvent Coal™. We are also pursuing technologies that reduce sulfur in coal, those that use biomass as a fuel source, and technologies that can capture CO2.
What is the Project to Reinvent Coal™?
CETA has developed a process whereby coal (of any type) can be broken down into its component parts. These component parts include gases, liquids as well as a solid coal product we call COALliteTM.
Do you burn the coal?
No. CETA uses a distillation process whereby the coal is heated to a specific temperature in the absence of oxygen. This heating process causes the component gases and liquids to separate from the coal where they are captured and sold to refineries for use in products like cosmetics, resins, pharmaceuticals, concrete, plastics, and transportation fuels, to name a few.
What will CETA do with the COALliteTM that remains after the components are taken out?
The remaining COALliteTMcan be used as a fuel source, as an ingredient in fertilizers, as a feed stock for gasification plants and other fixed carbon uses.
Isn’t this just another “coal plant” that will pollute our environment?
Not at all. First of all, CETA does not burn the coal. We merely heat it up to the point where the liquids and gases are released. Further, because our process removes or reduces many of the toxins associated with burning coal, the remaining COALliteTMis cleaner than the original coal from which it was produced.