Monday, January 12, 2009

Illinois Commits $18 Million For Clean Coal Power Plant

Illinois legislation approved today commits $18 million in state funding to environmental studies required preceding construction of a clean coal power plant near Taylorville, which would be the first commercial scale application of carbon dioxide capture technology to reduce climate change from plant emissions. Half the carbon dioxide emissions of the coal burning plant will be injected deep underground, either at the plant location, or after pipeline transmission to assist offshore oil recovery in the Gulf of Mexico. The new law will require Illinois electric utilities to purchase 5% of their electricity from the new plant.

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