WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - Carbon Friendly Solutions Inc. and its subsidiary MicroCoal Inc. or 'MCI' announced that Ameren has signed a Letter of Interest that reflects the intention of Ameren Corp. (AEE) and MCI to negotiate a term sheet and enter into a proposed license agreement relating to the deployment of MCI technology at one of Ameren's coal-fired power plants in two main phases.
The first phase is proposed to commence in January, 2012 and consists of re-configuring MCI's four year old pilot plant in Colorado to determine the design for Ameren's plant in upgrading Powder River Basin (PRB) coal to higher energetic value.
The second phase involves the construction and operation of a fully integrated commercial plant, which will be able to treat 250,000 tons of PRB coal per month. This first commercial coal upgrading plant will be located at Ameren's Nominated Plant, located in the State of Missouri. It is a 1,000 Megawatt coal-fired plant and burns approximately 3 million tons of coal annually.
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