|
23 May 2006 -- The FutureGen Industrial Alliance today announced that power generator PPL Corp. has joined the non-profit consortium of global electric utilities and coal companies working with the U.S. Department of Energy to site and develop FutureGen, the consortium's effort at the world's cleanest coal-fueled power plant.
PPL becomes the tenth member of the Alliance, which is facilitating design, construction and operation of the first "zero-emissions" coal-fueled power plant and hydrogen production facility with integrated carbon capture and sequestration.
PPL Corp., headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania, controls about 12,000 MW of generating capacity in the United States, sells energy in U.S. markets and delivers electricity to more than 5 million customers in Pennsylvania, the United Kingdom and Latin America.
The Alliance has issued a siting proposal and received 12 project bids from seven states to host FutureGen. The Alliance will decide upon a short list of candidate sites by late summer. The Department of Energy will review the candidate sites in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act prior to the Alliance's selection of a final site by late-summer 2007.
The FutureGen Alliance represents some of the world's largest coal companies and electric utilities including: American Electric Power, Anglo American, BHP Billiton, the China Huaneng Group, CONSOL Energy Inc., Foundation Coal, Rio Tinto Energy America, Peabody Energy and Southern Company. The Alliance is partnering with the U.S. Department of Energy to design and build the facility.
| 
Articles 
| View all PennWell sites | View all PennWell events
Add RSS Feed
