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FOSSIL ENERGY NEWS SPOTLIGHT

Illinois CO2 Injection Project Moves Another Step Forward
The recent completion of a three-dimensional seismic survey at a large Illinois carbon dioxide injection test site is an important step forward for the carbon capture and storage project’s planned early 2011 startup. Read More >

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Cooperative Agreement Awarded for IGCC Facility with Pre-Combustion CO2 Capture and Storage
The Department of Energy has awarded a cooperative agreement to Summit Texas Clean Energy, LLC, for the Texas Clean Energy Project to design, build, and demonstrate an integrated gasification combined cycle electric generating facility, complete with co-production of high-value products and carbon capture and storage. Read More >

DOE Awards Cooperative Agreement for Post-Combustion Carbon Capture Project
The Department of Energy has awarded a cooperative agreement to American Electric Power Service Corporation for the Mountaineer Commercial Scale Carbon Capture and Storage Project to design, construct, and operate a system that will capture and store approximately 1.5 million tons per year of carbon dioxide. Read More >

Innovative Drying Technology Extracts More Energy from High Moisture Coal
An innovative coal-drying technology that will extract more energy from high moisture coal at less cost and simultaneously reduce potentially harmful emissions is ready for commercial use after successful testing at a Minnesota electric utility.
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OFFICE OF FOSSIL ENERGY

Ensuring that we can continue to rely on clean, affordable energy from our traditional fuel resources is the primary mission of DOE's Office of Fossil Energy. Fossil fuels supply 85% of the nation's energy, and we are working on such priority projects as pollution-free coal plants, more productive oil and gas fields, and the continuing readiness of federal emergency oil stockpiles.