Alliance Members
The FutureGen Industrial Alliance, Inc member companies provide energy to tens of millions of U.S. and international residential, business, and industrial customers. Member companies have global operations serving customers in Asia, Australia, Canada, Continental Europe, the People's Republic of China, South Africa, South America, and the United States.
American Electric Power Service Corporation
Columbus, Ohio
American Electric Power (AEP) owns and operates more than 36,000 megawatts of generating capacity in the United States. It is the largest electricity generator in the United States. At its Mountaineer Plant, AEP currently hosts DOE's largest U.S.-based geologic sequestration project related to deep saline formations. The geologic characterization and carbon dioxide injection well design and permit preparation expertise gained in the Mountaineer project will be directly applicable to FutureGen.
Anglo American Services (UK) Limited
London, UK
Anglo American llc is one of the world's largest mining and natural resource groups. With its subsidiaries, joint ventures and associates, it is a global leader in platinum group metals, gold and diamonds, with significant interests in coal, base and ferrous metals, industrial minerals and paper and packaging. The group is geographically diverse, with operations in Africa, Europe, South and North America, Australia and Asia.
BHP Billiton Energy Coal Inc
Melbourne, Australia
BHP Billiton is the world's largest diversified resources company, and is an industry leader in major commodity businesses including, aluminum, energy coal and metallurgical coal, copper, ferro alloys, nickel, iron ore, uranium, nickel and titanium and minerals. BHP provides steaming coal for use in the electric power generation industry and general industrial concerns such as cement production. The company's operations produce a variety of coal (e.g. low-sulphur, high-volatile South African coal and bituminous and sub-bituminous Indonesian coal) that can provide product solutions for most applications.
China Huaneng Group
Beijing, China
China Huaneng Group is one of the top 10 power companies in the world and is the largest coal-based power generator in the People's Republic of China, representing about 9 percent of China's generating capacity. The Huenaneg Group's involvement in FutureGen signals an exciting step forward in international cooperation to meet long-term global energy challenges, promote a cleaner environment, and create solutions to address concerns about climate change. China has the world's third-largest coal reserve base and uses coal to generate about 70 percent of its electricity.
CONSOL Energy Inc
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
CONSOL Energy Inc. is the largest producer of high-Btu bituminous coal in the United States, the largest exporter of U.S. coal, and one of the largest U.S. producers of coal bed methane. CONSOL also operates one of the largest private coal research organizations in the United States. Under a grant from DOE, CONSOL is conducting a $9 million investigation of sequestering carbon dioxide in coal seams. Coal seams are a possible formation for FutureGen sequestration, making CONSOL's technical experience highly relevant to the project.
E.ON U.S. LLC
Louisville, Kentucky
E.ON U.S., headquartered in Louisville, Ky., is a subsidiary of E.ON A.G., the world's largest investor-owned energy services provider. E.ON U.S. is a diversified energy services company that owns and operates Louisville Gas and Electric Company, a regulated utility that serves 321,000 natural gas and 394,000 electric customers in Louisville and 16 surrounding counties, and Kentucky Utilities Company, a regulated electric utility in Lexington, Ky., that serves 525,000 customers in 77 Kentucky counties and five counties in Virginia.
Foundation Coal Corporation
Linthicum Heights, Maryland
Foundation Coal Corporation is one of the 5 largest U.S. coal producers with 13 surface and underground mines located in 6 eastern, midwestern, and western states. To the FutureGen effort, Foundation Coal brings a technical understanding of a diversity of coals and strong relationships in the international community.
Luminant
Dallas, Texas
Luminant, a subsidiary of Energy Future Holdings Corp. (EFH), is a competitive power generation business, including mining, wholesale marketing and trading, construction and development operations. Luminant has over 18,300 MW of generation in Texas, including 2,300 MW of nuclear and 5,800 MW of coal-fueled generation capacity. Luminant is also the largest purchaser of wind-generated electricity in Texas and fifth largest in the United States. EFH is a Dallas-based energy holding company that has a portfolio of competitive and regulated energy subsidiaries, primarily in Texas.
Peabody Energy Corporation
St. Louis, Missouri
Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU) is the world's largest private-sector coal company, with 2002 sales of 198 million tons of coal and $2.7 billion in revenues. Its coal products fuel more than 9 percent of all U.S. electricity generation and more than 2 percent of worldwide electricity generation. With diverse national and international coal and energy operations, Peabody brings a robust business perspective to FutureGen.
PPL Energy Services Group, LLC
Allentown, Pennsylvania
PPL Corporation controls about 11,500 megawatts of generating capacity in the United States, sells energy in key U.S. markets and delivers electricity to more than 5 million customers in Pennsylvania, the United Kingdom and Latin America.
Rio Tinto Energy America (RTEA) Services
Gillette, Wyoming
Rio Tinto Energy America (RTEA) is among the safest and most efficient energy producers in the world. Headquartered in Gillette, Wyoming, RTEA provides the fuel for approximately six percent of the nation's electricity through five coal mines it operates in the Western United States. RTEA is affiliated with the Rio Tinto Group of companies, which makes it part of one of the world's leading consortiums in finding, extracting and processing mineral resources. RTEA believes in reliable and affordable energy, and in balancing economic growth and environmental protection. Through the Rio Tinto group, RTEA brings strong international connections to Australia and the United Kingdom, including Australian clean coal and sequestration research and development projects such as the Australian CRC for Coal in Sustainable Development. RTEA will be a significant conduit to exchanging technical information between FutureGen and Australian technical experts.
Southern Company Services, Inc
Atlanta, Georgia
Southern Company, with 4 million customers and nearly 40,000 megawatts of generating capacity (over 22,000 megawatts of which is coal-based), is the premier super-regional energy company in the Southeast and a leading U.S. producer of electricity. In addition to management functions required for day-to-day plant operation, Southern Company maintains a large in-house Engineering and Construction Services organization that handles engineering, procurement, and construction activities for both new and existing power plants. In Wilsonville, Alabama, Southern Company hosts the Power Systems Development Facility (PSDF), which is the nation's premier facility for testing innovative coal-based power generation and pollution control systems. The operation of PSDF is co-sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Fossil Energy/National Energy Technology Laboratory; Southern Company; EPRI; Kellogg, Brown and Root; Peabody Energy; and Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation. PSDF offers a potential site for pilot testing technologies prior to their incorporation into the FutureGen facility.
Xstrata Coal Pty Limited
Sydney, Australia
Xstrata Coal Pty Limited is the world's largest exporter of thermal coal and the fifth largest producer of hard coking coal, producing both premium quality hard coking coal and semi-soft coal. Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, Xstrata Coal Pty Limited has interests in over 30 operating coal mines throughout Australia, South Africa and Colombia. Thermal coal is used in power generation, while coking coal is used mainly in the production of steel and other industrial applications. Xstrata Coal Pty Limited is the second largest of the commodity businesses within Xstrata plc, a major global diversified mining group, listed on the London and Swiss stock exchanges with around 40,000 employees worldwide.