FutureGen will be located at a host site that will enable DOE and the industry consortium to achieve the objectives of the project:

• Design, construct, and operate a nominal 275-megawatt prototype plant that produces electricity and hydrogen with near-zero emissions.
• Sequester at least 90 percent of CO₂ emissions from the plant with future potential to sequester nearly 100 percent—1 million tons per year.
• Prove the effectiveness, safety, and permanence of CO₂ sequestration.
• Establish standardized technologies and protocols for CO₂ measuring, monitoring, and verification.
• Validate the engineering, economic, and environmental viability of advanced, coal-based, near-zero-emission technologies.

Ongoing Carbon Sequestration Initiatives

On June 9, 2005, U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel W. Bodman announced the Phase II $100-Million Regional Carbon Sequestration Initiative to advance carbon sequestration technology “…from the lab to the field.” Secretary Bodman noted that Phase II results “…will also be critical to the future of DOE’s FutureGen power plant, by offering data that will help determine the most ideal location for siting such a plant.”

Texas is a partner in both Southeast and Southwest Phase II regional partnerships, and BEG is a leading research authority on technical aspects of CO₂ sequestration and related monitoring, measurement, and verification techniques. Further expertise gained during this process will help BEG evaluate and recommend promising locations for siting the FutureGen facility.

For more information:
(512) 471-2143
futuregentexas@beg.utexas.edu