St. Louis Post-Dispatch: After years of planning and politicking, two next-generation power plants planned for central Illinois face their respective days of reckoning. The projects — FutureGen and Taylorville Energy Center — aspire to be among the most advanced, cleanest coal-fueled power plants in the world, proving that the nation’s vast coal reserves can be put to use while sharply curtailing emissions of heat-trapping gases linked to global warming. The projects rely on technologies that are …
Illinois ‘clean coal’ plants await their fate
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: After years of planning and politicking, two next-generation power plants planned for central Illinois face their respective days of reckoning. The projects — FutureGen and Taylorville Energy Center — aspire to be among the most advanced, cleanest coal-fueled power plants in the world, proving that the nation’s vast coal reserves can be put to use while sharply curtailing emissions of heat-trapping gases linked to global warming. The projects rely on technologies that are …
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