Abstract
THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY signed an agreement last week with an alliance of utilities and coal companies to build a prototype of the power plant of the future. nearly $1 billion venture will combine electricity and hydrogen production with the virtually total elimination of harmful emissions, including greenhouse gases. so-called FutureGen initiative is a response to President George W. Bush's directive to develop a hydrogen economy to address global climate change. The prototype plant will be a stepping-stone toward future coalfired power plants that not only will produce hydrogen and electricity with zero-emissions but will operate with some of the most advanced, cutting-edge technologies, says Energy Secretary Samuel W. Bodman. U.S. will invest $700 million in the project, and the eight-company consortium will contribute $250 million, evenly divided. alliance plans to begin operations in 2012. At the heart of the project will be coal gasification technologies that can collect air ...
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