GE to build clean, green coal power plant in Poland

This announcement was made during the meeting of John Krenicki, president of GE Energy and Prime Minister Jarosław Kaczyński in Washington. Due to be completed in five years time, the plant will produce electricity using the process of gasification of hard coal. In this process coal is converted into gas, which is then burnt without creating waste. Krenicki said that because of increasing demand and Poland's large coal resources, this is a natural place for an investment such as this. GE Energy will also establish a European Cleaner Coal in Warsaw to specialize in the development of clean coal technology. The cost of building a power plant is USD 1 billion, part of which GE wants to obtain from the EU. (Rzeczpospolita, 16-17 September, p. A1, B1) M.M.