Where is coal-to-liquids technology used?
Even though the United States has the world’s largest coal reserves, South Africa has been leading the world in new coal technologies. In fact, South Africa has been producing coal-derived fuels since 1955 and has the only commercial coal-to-liquids industry in operation today, which meets around 30% of the country’s gasoline and diesel needs. In the past year, the U.S. government has been considering legislation that will heavily subsidize the CTL industry, and other large countries such as China are also planning to develop large-scale CTL programs.
