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FutureGen is a project of the US government to build a near zero-emissions Coal -fueled Power Plant that intends to produce Hydrogen and Electricity while using Carbon Capture And Storage . FutureGen will be a 275- Megawatt power plant and is currently in the development stage with construction to begin in 2009. The plant will be online in 2012. The cost will be shared — $620 million by the Department Of Energy and $250 million by a large consortium of coal mining and power industry companies. It will be operated as a research and development facility. FutureGen will seek to sequester carbon dioxide emissions at an operating rate of one million metric tons per year in order to adequately stress test a representative portion of a geologic formation (with a capability up to two million tons per year). A field test similar to this was done in Norway. {Link without Title} {Link without Title} {Link without Title} States have bid to host the demonstration project, and foreign participation has been solicited (since by 2020 more than 60% of man made Greenhouse Gas emissions are expected to come from developing countries) - as of June, 2006, South Korea and India had joined the U.S. in a partnership {Link without Title} . In May 2006 seven states submitted proposals to host the FutureGen project. These sites are in or near:
On July 25, 2006 four finalist sites were announced: Future plants based on FutureGen should qualify for several provisions of the Energy Policy Act Of 2005 . REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS
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