Jacksonville, Ill.
The U.S. Department of Energy has selected Ameren Energy Resources Company, The Babcock & Wilcox Company, and Air Liquide to negotiate the installation of the world's first full-scale oxy-coal-fired power plant near Jacksonville, Ill. Featuring permanent carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS), the FutureGen 2.0 project includes construction and operation of a 200-megawatt, near-zero emissions generating facility at Ameren's Meredosia campus. The plant will produce clean energy from coal by capturing and storing approximately 1.3 million tons of CO2 each year, or 90 percent of the plant's CO2 emissions. Pending regulatory approvals, construction will begin in 2012 and reach completion in mid-2015.
