Texas Moves to National Forefront in Development of Ultra-Clean Energy Projects AUSTIN, Texas – The Clean Coal Technology Foundation of Texas (CCTFT) today praised passage of House Bill 3732 by the Texas House, saying a financial package that includes tax incentives and $280 million in project funding makes Texas the national leader in the development [...]

Executive Director testifies in favor of legislation AUSTIN, Texas – Donna McDonald, executive director of the Clean Coal Technology Foundation of Texas (CCTFT), issued the following statement in response to the legislation filed by Representative Bryan Hughes that would provide the necessary funding for applied research for a clean coal project in Texas which was [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio – American Electric Power (NYSE:AEP) will install carbon capture on two coal-fired power plants, the first commercial use of technologies to significantly reduce carbon dioxide emissions from existing plants. The first project is expected to complete its product validation phase in 2008 and begin commercial operation in 2011. “AEP has been the company [...]

Washington, DC – Leading academics from an interdisciplinary Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) panel issued a report today that examines how the world can continue to use coal, an abundant and inexpensive fuel, in a way that mitigates, instead of worsens, the global warming crisis. The study, “The Future of Coal – Options for a [...]