Those pellets are then put into a gasifier, which heats them until they turn into synthetic gas — fuel for the generator. (cnet.com)
«The Dakota gasification project is creating synthetic gas and taking the CO2 from that process,» then pipelining it to the Weyburn oil field, observes carbon storage development coordinator Kurt Waltzer of the Boston — based environmental group the Clean Air Task Force. (scientificamerican.com)
Anyway, it's a process [for] being able to create some sort of synthetic gas that way. (scientificamerican.com)