Clean Energy Digest

The Department of Energy announced significant changes to the FutureGen clean coal project today.
According to the announcement, “Under this strategy, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will join industry in its efforts to build IGCC plants by providing funding for the addition of CCS technology to multiple plants that will be operational by 2015.” The [...]

In recent weeks there have been some questions about how (or even if) the FutureGen project would go forward. Those questions may have been answered today.
This morning the Washington post reported, “…the Bush administration might drop its support for a $1.5 billion coal-fired power plant designed to store greenhouse gases underground, citing mounting cost estimates [...]

A couple of interesting news items have come to light in recent days that relate to clean energy and the state of Hawaii.
The Department of Energy announced a partnership, “that will work towards dramatically shifting Hawaii’s energy system from one that is fueled primarily by oil to one that is powered primarily by renewable energy.” [...]

The FutureGen Alliance selected Matoon, Illinois as their site for their near-zero-emission coal fired power plant. The FutureGen Alliance is a partnership of public and private organizations that seeks to develop clean energy technologies based on coal.
The site selection for their experimental plant was seen as a major step forward for the project, which [...]

Brad Barton from the U.S. Department of Energy giving a speech at the California Clean Tech Open. Brad is speaking on the U.S. governments efforts in the areas fuel conservation and energy efficiency.