future plants

A power plant that gasifies coal, produces hydrogen, and seguesters carbon is the DOES answer to the question, "How will the U.S. reduce its greenhouse gas emissions without signing the Kyoto Protocol?" But unproven technologies, an aggressive schedule, and the energy industry's historical inability to cost-share raise questions about the program. Is this just another pie-in-the-sky federal boondoggle or the coal-fired plant of the future?

By Dr. Robert Peltier PE, Editor-in-Chief POWER