FutureGen
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FutureGen is a project of the US government to build a near zero-emissions coal-fueled power plant that intends to produce hydrogen and electricity while using carbon capture and storage.
FutureGen will be a 275-megawatt power plant and is currently in the development stage with construction to begin in 2009. The plant will be online in 2012. The 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 and development 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). A field test similar to this was done in Norway.[1][2][3]
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[4].
In May 2006 seven states submitted proposals to host the FutureGen project. These sites are in or near:
- Effingham, Illinois
- Marshall, Illinois
- Mattoon, Illinois
- Tuscola, Illinois
- Henderson County, Kentucky
- Bowman County, North Dakota
- Meigs County, Ohio
- Tuscarawas County, Ohio
- Odessa, Texas
- Jewett, Texas
- Point Pleasant, West Virginia
- Gillette, Wyoming
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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- Marshall University Studies related to the Clean Coal Initiative
- India, US sign pact for FutureGen project
- Clean Coal Push Concerns Environmental Activists
- Potomac Hudson Engineering - Performing the environmental impact surveys on the finalist sites.
- Specialized Ecological Services - Performed ecological investigations (wetland delineations and threatened & endangered species surveys) for a finalist site.
