Lignite Energy Council

What Lignite Is Why Region Has Lignite Lignite Production "Lignite" Counties One of ND's Largest Industries Region's Lignite History Impact on ND's Economy Lewis & Clark - Ties to Industry
	Uses of Lignite

	About 79 percent of lignite coal is used to generate electricity, 13.5 percent is used to generate synthetic natural gas, and 7.5 percent is used to produce fertilizer products (anhydrous ammonia & ammonium sulfate). A very small percentage is used as home heating fuel, for use as fertilizer and for use as oil well drilling mud. The electricity generated from lignite is used by over 2 million consumers and businesses in the Upper Midwest, while the Great Plains Synfuels Plant supplies synthetic natural gas made from lignite to 225,000 homes and businesses in the East. To learn more about the various uses of coal combustion and coal gasification byproducts, click on the links below: Coal Combustion Byproducts Coal Gasification Byproducts