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Clean Coal: DOE Wants Input on New ‘FutureGen’ Plan - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
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Publication Date: 14-MAY-08
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The Dept. of Energy is seeking public comments through May 21 on its restructured “FutureGen” program to develop carbon-capture storage (CCS) technology. In a May 7 notice, DOE outlines the scope of several commercial-scale clean-coal projects that will use CCS technology at a cost of $100 million to $600 million per plant. DOE announced in January that it decided to scuttle its original plan to build the world’s first zero-emissions coal-fired powerplant. The project’s cost was to be about $1 billion. DOE says its new approach will speed commercial use of CCS.

 

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