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CNX Gas Presents Check to West Greene School District
(CSRwire) WAYNESBURG, Pa., Nov. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CNX Gas Corporation
(NYSE: CXG) presented a check in the amount of $8,500.00 to West Greene
School District this morning. The money represents the value of the
electricity generated during the first full year of operation of a
micro-turbine project undertaken by CNX Gas, CONSOL Energy Inc. (CNX Gas
majority shareholder) and Ingersoll Rand Energy Systems. Last January, a
micro-turbine unit (a small, mobile electricity generator) was installed
at CONSOL's Bailey Mine to recover coalmine methane liberated directly
from the underground workings of the mine and then used to generate
electricity. Use of this unit is recovering an otherwise lost resource and
will help to curb greenhouse gas and carbon emissions. The project was the
first of its kind in the world.
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Accepting on behalf of the district was Thelma Szarell, Superintendent of
West Greene School District. "We would like to use these funds to provide
to our students at all levels (K-12) the opportunity to experience virtual
field trips. These field trips enable students the opportunity to make real
world connections to classroom learning. It is a way to integrate
technology, meet the needs of diverse learners, and help accomplish the
objectives of planned lessons," said Ms. Szarell. She continued by saying,
"Part of the money will also be used to purchase library books for the
students at Springhill-Freeport Elementary School since we feel it is
still very important to be able to get books in the hands of our students
at a young age."
Nicholas J. DeIuliis, president and chief executive officer of CNX Gas,
had a few words to say about the micro-turbine project, "We've been able
to demonstrate that this unit is an innovative way to harvest and use a
greenhouse gas which would normally be vented into the atmosphere." He
continued by saying that if the economic evaluation is positive, this
technology can be applied in coalfields either in isolated areas which may
lack access to electricity transmission lines or at individual commercial
power generation sites. "The success of a project such as this has many
positive environmental implications, and today I'm very happy to see that
West Greene School District was able to realize some economic benefits as
well."
J. Brett Harvey, CONSOL Energy president and chief executive officer,
echoed Mr. DeIuliis' thoughts, "CONSOL Energy is pleased with the
performance and potential application of the Micro turbine technology." He
continued by saying that demand for electricity is anticipated to grow
during the next decades and such clean power technology will help to meet
that demand while controlling emissions of greenhouse gases.
"Our goal is to be a major stakeholder in such projects to ensure the
environmentally sound and efficient use of coal, methane gas and
alternative fuels. And the fact that we were able to pass along the
savings in electricity costs to benefit the West Greene School District is
an added benefit of the efficiency of this technology."
CNX GAS CORPORATION is an independent natural gas exploration,
development, production and gathering company operating in the Appalachian
and Illinois basins of the United States. CNX Gas is the leading
Appalachian gas producer, by revenue, and believes it is the number one
capturer of methane in the energy industry. CNX Gas recently joined the
Chicago Climate Exchange as an offset provider and was named a finalist in
two categories by the Platts in their 10th annual Global Energy Awards and
was also Pittsburgh Technology Council's Tech 50 Awards. Nicholas J.
DeIuliis, President and Chief Executive Officer, received the Ernst &
Young Entrepreneur of the Year(R) 2007 Award. CNX Gas has also been
featured in such publications as Business Week, American Executive, Smart
Business Pittsburgh, and the Pittsburgh Business Times. CNX Gas was
recently listed as one of the Best Places to Work in the Pittsburgh
Tribune Review.
For more information please contact:
Laural Ziemba
412.200.6758
412.638.6061
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