FutureGen to meet in Mattoon
Invitation-only reception will be held at Eastern
Staff Report
Issue date: 9/1/09 Section: News
The FutureGen Alliance will be switching venues for its regular board meeting and meet in Mattoon as opposed to Washington D.C.
The alliance board of directors, a group of energy and coal producers, will discuss future project plans and is expected to announce developments with the alliance's partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy, while visiting the future site of the energy plant today and Wednesday, according to a press release.
The directors will host an invitation-only reception today for 100 community members at Eastern's campus.
A press conference, including Kristina Johnson, undersecretary for the U.S. Department of Energy, and Michael Mudd, chief executive officer of the alliance, will also be held today.
The FutureGen plant would convert coal to hydrogen without emitting carbon dioxide. The carbon dioxide in the coal would then be stored underground and turned into gas to fire the plant.
In June, the Energy Department announced it would commit a little more than a billion dollars of the $2.4 billion estimated to build the facility in Mattoon. The department presumably left the alliance to pick up the rest of the construction tab.
The announcement received praise from the alliance after losing the large-scale Mattoon project in 2008.
The Energy Department, under the Bush administration, rescinded in January 2008 its plan to pay the bulk of the costs for the Mattoon project.
The alliance board of directors, a group of energy and coal producers, will discuss future project plans and is expected to announce developments with the alliance's partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy, while visiting the future site of the energy plant today and Wednesday, according to a press release.
The directors will host an invitation-only reception today for 100 community members at Eastern's campus.
A press conference, including Kristina Johnson, undersecretary for the U.S. Department of Energy, and Michael Mudd, chief executive officer of the alliance, will also be held today.
The FutureGen plant would convert coal to hydrogen without emitting carbon dioxide. The carbon dioxide in the coal would then be stored underground and turned into gas to fire the plant.
In June, the Energy Department announced it would commit a little more than a billion dollars of the $2.4 billion estimated to build the facility in Mattoon. The department presumably left the alliance to pick up the rest of the construction tab.
The announcement received praise from the alliance after losing the large-scale Mattoon project in 2008.
The Energy Department, under the Bush administration, rescinded in January 2008 its plan to pay the bulk of the costs for the Mattoon project.
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