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[edit] Energy Costs

Given that this could offer a safe-valve for the present development of gas electrcity generation, and provide countries with an option for future energy, as well as nuclear, what are the costs? What is the lifespan of a plant, in theory, and what would the per kilowatt cost be, both marginal and real? Cheers, Nick Kerr 20:50, 14 August 2005 (UTC)

Good questions, but unanswerable today. The technology to build this plant isn't complete, and some of its components will be prototypes, not even first generation. Part of the cost will depend on where the carbon dioxide goes, and the method hasn't even been settled on. Simesa 22:38, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

Today I e-mailed Victor K. Der for more information. Simesa 21:01, 17 August 2005 (UTC)

I have mailed both contacts for Clean Coal and received nothing in at least two weeks. Simesa 21:40, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

As of right now FutureGen is planned to a be a 275 MW IGCC plant that uses an oxyfuel input in order to produce a easily capturable CO2 flue gas stream that can then be sequestered. Right now the cost is estimated to be around 1 billion with 20-25% of that being from pirvate companies. the contruction of the plant is planeed to begin in late 2008 and completed between 2010 and 2012 with the plant operating at full capicity late in 2012. The plant will plan to be run for 30-50 years if all goes well, but all of this technology is not only first of its kind, it is first to be completely intergrated together. FutureGen also plans to produce Hydrogen from the flue gas to add in driving down per kilowatt costs due. Right now IGCC plants with carbon capture and storage are predicted to cost around $35/MWh, however with the oxygen only fuel stream, that could rise as much as 25%.