Oklahomans Meet With FutureGen Texas Delegation
A teaming of Texas and Oklahoma in efforts to win $1 Billion U.S. Department of Energy FutureGen project could result in the world’s first near-zero-emissions fossil-fuel power plant.
(PRWEB) December 21, 2005 -- “Texas has reached out to Oklahomans to team up in its efforts of being awarded the $1 billion U.S. Department of Energy FutureGen project”, stated Mark A. Stansberry, president of The International Society of The Energy Advocates and chairman of The GTD Group. Stansberry along with former Oklahoma Secretary of Energy and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Energy Mike Smith, and Dr. Bob Delano, president of Environmental Assessments Group coordinated today’s Texas delegation visit. The meeting was hosted by Dr. Charles Mankin, Director of Sarkeys Energy Center, University of Oklahoma.
Future Gen is a Federal Initiative of the U. S. Department of Energy to build a power facility that is capable of producing hydrogen and sequestering carbon dioxide. The $1 billion research project is intended to create the world’s first near-zero-emissions fossil-fuel power plant.
The Bureau of Economic Geology, under the direction of State Geologist Scott W. Tinker, has been charged with coordinating Texas’ site-selection process and the State’s response to the upcoming DOE Request for Proposals. FutureGen represents a new energy era, providing a bridge from the fossil-based energy economy of today to the hydrogen-based-energy economy of tomorrow.
FutureGen Texas is on the short-list of states for the awarded project.
“It is important that we support the FutureGen Texas effort. Oklahoma as a leader in research and development along with technological advancement has much to offer and to gain in this regional coalition,” Stansberry states.
“The mission of FutureGen Texas is to bring the DOE FutureGen project to Texas and partner with the region to ensure that similar facilities provide the power of the future. This opportunity provides Oklahoma a strong position for future energy project development.”
About FutureGen: FutureGen is an initiative to build the world's first integrated sequestration and hydrogen production research power plant. The $1 billion dollar project is intended to create the world's first zero-emissions fossil fuel plant. When operational, the prototype will be the cleanest fossil fuel fired power plant in the world.
For more information on the FutureGen Project, visit the Department of Energy's Website at: http://www.fossil.energy.gov/programs/powersystems/futuregen/ and also the FutureGen Texas Official Website at: http://www.beg.utexas.edu/futuregentexas/
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