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[{"type":"text","content":"\n RNS Number : 6809V AFC Energy Plc 15 July 2009 \n \nAFC Energy PLC\n('AFC Energy' or the 'Company')\nWaste2Tricity announces Chairman and Thornton New Energy MoU\nAFC Energy, the low-cost alkali fuel cell company, is pleased to announce that Waste2Tricity has made the following press release this morning. Waste2Tricity is AFC Energy's exclusive licence holder for gasification projects in the UK.\n\nProfessor Ian Arbon takes Chair of Waste2Tricity as it announces joint venture with TNE Ltd \nto produce ultra low carbon emission electricity from coal\n*Hydrogenfuel cells and Underground Coal Gasification enable 99% CCS*\n\nLondon, 15 July 2009 - The board of Waste2Tricity is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Ian Arbon, CEng, CEnv as Chairman. Professor Arbon's appointment coincides with the news of a proposed joint venture to bring together the most efficient technology to convert coal into electricity combining new generation fuel cells with underground coal gasification (UCG).\nProfessor Arbon previously served as Chairman of the Energy, Environment & Sustainability Group at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE). He is also a Visiting Professor in Alternative Energy at Newcastle University.\nPeter Jones, Director of Waste2Tricity says: 'The appointment is further acknowledgement of the potential of Waste2Tricity's technologies, in attracting a person of his experience and gravitas in the energy from waste arena.'\nIn a bid to bring to market an ultra low carbon emission technology to convert coal into electricity, Thornton New Energy Ltd and Waste2Tricity Ltd have signed a memorandum of understanding. Also allowing for the capture of carbon dioxide as part of the process, the proposed joint venture is the UK's first commercial application to generate clean electricity from coal, combining new generation AFC Energy fuel cells with UCG and other proven technologies. The gasification of coal underground generates a fuel with a low emissions profile and the potential for complete carbon capture and storage (CCS) at low energy and financial costs.\nThornton New Energy, a subsidiary of BCG Energy Ltd, was in January 2009 awarded the first UK licence to carry out UCG and develop deep, previously un-mineable coal reserves under the Firth of Forth, Scotland.&n...