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FutureGen is a project of the US government to build a "near zero-emissions" coal-fired power plant that intends to produce hydrogen and electricity while using carbon capture and storage. While the plant itself is designed to have reduced emissions levels, the coal mining process will remain the same as other "dirtier" plants.

FutureGen will be a 275-megawatt power plant expected to take ten years to build and whose cost will be shared — $620 million by the Department of Energy and $250 million by a large consortium of coal mining and power industry companies. It will be operated as a research facility.

FutureGen will seek to sequester carbon dioxide emissions at an operating rate of one million metric tons per year in order to adequately stress test a representative portion of a geologic formation (with a capability up to two million tons per year), since nothing like this has ever been done[1].

States have bid to host the demonstration project, and foreign participation has been solicited (since by 2020 more than 60% of man made greenhouse gas emissions are expected to come from developing countries) - as of June, 2006, South Korea and India had joined the U.S. in a partnership[2].

In May 2006 seven states submitted proposals to host the FutureGen project. These sites are in or near:

On July 25, 2006 four finalist sites were announced:

Future plants based on FutureGen should qualify for several provisions of the Energy Policy Act of 2005.

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