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The U.S. Department of Energy has issued its long-awaited record of decision for the FutureGen IGCC project in Mattoon, Ill.
DOE announced the record of decision in a July 14 news release and said the decision is a big step toward the first commercial-scale, fully integrated carbon capture and sequestration project in the country.
The record of decision and a cooperative agreement signed by DOE and the FutureGen Industrial Alliance Inc. allow the alliance to proceed with site-specific activities for the project. Over the next eight to 10 months, the alliance will complete a preliminary design, refine its cost estimate, develop a funding plan, expand the sponsorship group and, if needed, conduct additional subsurface characterization.
Following those activities, which will be completed in early 2010, DOE and the alliance will decide whether to continue the project through construction and operation. Both DOE and the FutureGen Alliance agree that a...