FutureGen is a U.S. government project to build an experimental clean coal power plant . The FutureGen initiative was announced in February 2003 by President George W. Bush .
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FutureGen Industrial Alliance
FutureGen Industrial Alliance was created to implement the initiative.
Members of the alliance: American Electric Power ( USA ); BHP Billiton Energy Coal, Inc ( Australia ); Consol Energy Inc. (USA); Foundation Coal (USA); China Huaneng Group ( China ); Kennecott Energy (USA); Peabody Energy (USA); Southern Company (USA), E.ON US LLC; and other large producers of coal and energy.
In June 2006, South Korea and India joined the alliance.
Project Goal
The primary goal of the project is to capture 90% of CO 2 , but with the development of technology 100% of emissions can be captured. Captured carbon dioxide will be pumped into deep geological formations, or oil fields.
Project
It is planned to build a power plant with a capacity of 275 MW. From 1 to 2 million tons of CO 2 will be captured annually. Construction was scheduled to begin in 2009 . It was assumed that the power plant will begin work in 2012 .
FutureGen Industrial Alliance invests $ 250 million in the project. The US Department of Energy (DoE) invests $ 620 million in the project. The total cost of the project is estimated at $ 1.2 billion.
Electric and thermal energy will be generated at hydrogen power plants . Hydrogen will be produced by coal gasification. Part of the hydrogen can be used to fuel cars . Electricity will be produced in gas turbines , and in the future in hydrogen fuel cells .
On December 18, 2007, FutureGen Alliance chose the site for the construction of an experimental power plant . The power plant will be built 3.5 miles from the city of Matoon, Illinois . The captured exhaust gases will be stored underground at a depth of 2.5 kilometers.
January 29, 2008 the project was stopped due to its high cost. On June 12, 2009, the US Department of Energy announced the resumption of the project [1] .
See also
- Hydrogen power