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25 October 2007 – A demonstration project designed to convert biomass, coal and petroleum coke into separate streams of natural gas and CO₂ will break ground later this year with operations commencing in 2008 at Dominion's Brayton Point Power Station in Massachusetts. GreatPoint Energy will construct the facility to test the commercial capability of its conversion process.

The process produces a separate stream of CO₂ and captures mercury, sulfur and other pollutants. Dominion is sponsoring separate research at Virginia Tech to see if it is possible to sequester CO₂ in coal seams in Southwest Virginia.

Brayton Point is New England's largest fossil-fueled power station, with a total net summer capability of 1,568 MW, and burns coal, natural gas and oil. Dominion acquired Brayton Point in 2005.

Dominion is investing about $600 million at Brayton, including an ash recovery system that offsets about 170,000 tons of CO₂ emissions each year. Other equipment reduces SO₂, NO_X and mercury emissions.

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