N SEQUESTRATION,
EA OF CAPTURING
DIOXIDE BEFORE IT
TED TO THE ATMO-
AND STORING IT IN
ROUND ROCK FOR-
S OR OTHERWISE
TERING
IT, HAS
SSED
STEADILY
OVER THE PAST 10
EARS. IT IS NOW
POISED TO BECOME
A KEY TECHNOLOGY
OPTION FOR GREEN-
HOUSE GAS EMIS-
SIONS ABATEMENT.
FutureGen Timelin
SITE CHARACTERIZATION
2004
2006
2008
2010
Producing Result
FUTUREGEN IS A $1 BILLION IN
PARTNERSHIP TO DESIGN, BUILD,
GASIFICATION-BASED, NEARLY EM
ELECTRICITY AND HYDROGEN PRO
Work is moving forward under the
Coal Research Initiative (CRI) in DOE’s
Office of Fossil Energy — its purpose:
Advance a range of technologies for
improved pollution control, higher
efficiencies, and carbon capture and
sequestration.
CRI includes the $1 billion Clean
Coal Power Initiative (CCPI) to
demonstrate technology advances and
the $1 billion FutureGen Project to
integrate advanced technologies in the
world’s first near-zero-emissions coal
plant.
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SUPPORTING RESEARCH
DESIGN/CONSTRUCTIO
ELECTRICITY IS THE INDISPENSABLE COMMODITY IN A MODERN
ECONOMY. ALTHOUGH OFTEN TAKEN FOR GRANTED, A PLENTIFUL AND
CLEAN ELECTRICITY SUPPLY IS ESSENTIAL TO HOW AMERICANS LIVE,
WORK, AND PLAY, FROM OPERATING COMPUTERS AND MACHINERY
TO LIGHTING OUR HOMES AND POWERING THE ECONOMY.
CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGY . . .
FROM RESEARCH TO REALITY
More than 50 percent of the U.S. electricity
supply comes from coal. Starting with the
original Clean Coal Technology Program
that began more than two decades ago,
the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
has engaged in innovative research and
development (R&D) to transform research
advances into market realities. Investment
tax credits awarded under the Energy
Policy Act are providing further momentum
toward this goal.
With a clear vision and understanding of
energy challenges in the new millennium,
our Nation’s leaders recognize the
importance of finding new ways
of extracting the power from coal
— America’s largest domestic energy
resource — while simultaneously expanding
environmental protecti