FutureGen
USA
Canceled
Overview
Status
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Canceled
Region
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North America
Geography
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USA
State
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Illinois
Equity Owner
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Proponent
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FutureGen Alliance, US Department of Energy, State of Illinois, Ameren Energy Resources, Babcock&Wilcox, American Air Liquide
Output
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Carbon capture utilization storage (CCUS)
Type of electricty
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Capacity
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Financing
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Technology
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Technical Advisors
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Advisors
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Project Contact
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Lawyers
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Project Cost
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$ 1.65bn
Offtaker
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Commercial Operations Date
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Decommission Date
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FID
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Description
An oxyfuel retrofit of an idled 65-year-old facility in Illinois.
The project got a $1 billion award for FutureGen from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. This money was formally committed on September 28, 2010, and needed to be spent by September 2015 or it would have been forfeited.
The project was coordinated by the FutureGen Industrial Alliance, a non-profit group that represents the power and coal industries.
It was officially canceled in 2016, after losing its DOE financing in 2015.