Wyoming carbon-capture plant seeks funds – Refitted to Bury Emissions, Plant Draws Attention

A Wyoming coal plant owner and two partners plan to build the nation’s first commercial-scale carbon capture and sequestration coal-fired power plant in Campbell County.

Black Hills Corp., Babcock & Wilcox and Air Liquide Engineering have filed an application to the U.S. Department of Energy seeking clean coal technology funding available under the agency’s restructured FutureGen project. The plant is anticipated to be in service by 2015, according to Babcock & Wilcox.

"While we can confirm that Black Hills has submitted an application to the DOE, unfortunately, DOE application rules restrict us from discussing details," Black Hills Corp. senior communications coordinator Laura Snyder stated in an e-mail response to the Star-Tribune.

DUSTIN BLEIZEFFER – Star-Tribune energy reporter

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Refitted to Bury Emissions, Plant Draws Attention

By MATTHEW L. WALD

Poking out of the ground near the smokestacks of the Mountaineer power plant here are two wells that look much like those that draw natural gas to the surface. But these are about to do something new: inject a power plant’s carbon dioxide into the earth.

Full Story: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/22/science/earth/22coal.html?ref=global-home