Artist Concept of the FutureGen Power Plant
FutureGen Alliance Statement
February 6, 2008
Contact: Carly Baker (908) 578-8303
Response to Samuel Bodman's Letter to the Editor
The FutureGen Alliance respectfully disagrees with Secretary Bodman’s assertion that IGCC technology is so mature that testing it in integration with carbon capture and sequestration is unnecessary. Furthermore, the Department of Energy’s (DOE) cost share of FutureGen has not doubled; DOE’s current share is $1.1B vs. $800M. FutureGen at Mattoon remains the world’s premier leading project to advance near-zero emission coal plant technology in the shortest amount of time. Members of the Alliance unanimously agree that FutureGen at Mattoon remains in the public interest and the project should proceed to completion.