Cheap Gas Fuels More Plant Conversions

GALWAY, IRELAND--May 17, 2013 --Written by Martin Lynch, European News Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland) There is a growing trend among power, industrial and manufacturing plants towards converting from coal and fuel-oil to cleaner and more efficient energy sources, such natural gas and biomass sources.

This is particularly notable in the U.S. where the shale gas boom has led to abundant supplies of cheaper natural gas becoming the new fuel of choice at many of the nation's coal-fired power plants.