Wyoming - GE eye 'world-class facility' for coal research

February 13, 2008

If Wyoming legislators are willing to put up $20 million, General Electric may match that amount to build a research facility in the state aimed at reducing the cost of turning Wyoming coal into clean-burning gas.

"It buys us a world-class facility that allows us to focus purely on the coal we produce here in Wyoming," University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources director Mark Northam told the Star-Tribune this week.

By DUSTIN BLEIZEFFER Star-Tribune energy reporter

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