States Vie for Next-Generation Power Plant

(AP) – In fierce bidding reminiscent of efforts two decades ago to win the superconducting super collider, seven states are aggressively trying to land a billion-dollar power plant prototype that’s virtually pollution free…

Touted as the power plant of tomorrow, FutureGen involves technology that converts coal into highly enriched hydrogen gas that burns cleaner than coal. Plans call for the 275-megawatt plant to capture most of its emissions of carbon dioxide – a “greenhouse” gas widely blamed for global warming – and inject them permanently into underground reservoirs, a process called sequestration.
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