December 22, 2008 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Coal-Based Electricity Sector Currently Spending More Than $500 Million on Carbon Capture and Storage Research and Development Alexandria, VA – The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE) today released a list of more than 80 carbon capture and storage demonstration and research projects, predominantly underway in the U.S., [...]

Optimization Software Demonstration Project Improves Emissions, Efficiency, Cost, and Availability at Coal-Fired Power Plant Washington, DC — A project selected in 2003 under the initial round of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Clean Coal Power Initiative (CCPI) has drawn to a successful close, having met all of its performance and cost goals. The optimization software [...]

DALLAS, TX – For 16 years Luminant’s Monticello Steam Electric Station employees have placed safety first, working nine million hours without a single lost-time injury. This achievement is a record for Luminant and its affiliates and is believed to be one of the longest such streaks in the industry. “The magnitude of Monticello’s accomplishment is [...]

AUSTIN – Gov. Rick Perry today told energy experts that as a matter of foreign and economic policy, the nation must reduce its dependence on foreign oil by building a deeper, more diverse energy portfolio. “America’s national security and economic stability are seriously threatened by the fact that we rely on other nations for 70 [...]

WASHINGTON—Technologies exist to generate clean and abundant electricity with America’s vast domestic fuel resources and effectively address climate change if the country has the will to respond to the challenge, an energy industry authority testified Thursday. If not, the United States faces a future of sharply rising electricity prices and declining reliability, with the country’s [...]

Projects Sought to Explore Innovative Concepts for Cleaner Use of American Coal Washington, DC – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released a funding opportunity announcement calling on U.S. colleges and universities to propose new projects to enhance the long-term use of coal. The announcement launches the 30th year of DOE’s University Coal Research [...]

AUSTIN, Texas (May 6, 2008) –The Clean Coal Technology Foundation of Texas has supported United States Department of Energy research and development funding for mercury control technology since the Foundation’s inception in 2004. The mission of the Foundation is to pursue the development of all available technologies to improve emissions from coal fueled power plants [...]

Consistent with the President’s call to fund new technologies that can generate power from coal while capturing carbon emissions, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced President Bush’s Budget Request for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 for DOE’s advanced coal technology research, development, and deployment program is $648 million, a 25% or $129 million increase [...]

SHREVEPORT, La. – The Louisiana Public Service Commission (LPSC) has approved a request by Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO), a unit of American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP), to construct a 600-megawatt coal-fueled power plant in Hempstead County in southwest Arkansas. The five-member Commission unanimously approved the request for certification on March 19. “We are very [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio – American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) reaffirmed its commitment to Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) generation but indicated that the company will have to wait for clarity about the future of electricity generation in Ohio before it can determine if it can build an IGCC plant in the state. “It’s disappointing that the [...]