The Department of Energy's FutureGen Program

House Science, Space, and Technology Committee
   Energy Subcommittee
2318 Rayburn

15/04/2008 at 10:00AM

On January 31, 2008, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced a significant departure from its clean coal initiative, FutureGen. Originally conceived in 2003, FutureGen was touted as a pollution-free power plant of the future intended to showcase cutting-edge technologies to address climate change and advance the President’s hydrogen initiative.

Panel I

  • C. H. “Bud” Albright, Under Secretary of Energy, Department of Energy

Panel II

  • Jeffrey N. Phillips, Program Manager, Advanced Coal Generation EPRI
  • Ben Yamagata, Executive Director, Coal Utilization Research Council
  • Paul W. Thompson, Senior Vice President, Energy Services, E.ON U.S. LLC

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