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.” [...]

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 [...]

FutureGen is a $1.2 billion (and rising) project funded by both the private sector and U.S. Federal Government. The goal is to build a zero-emissions coal power plant that uses carbon capture and sequestration technology. In December the FutureGen Alliance announced the selection of Matoon, Illinois as the site for the project. Unfortunately the Department [...]

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 [...]