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Federal coal subsidies

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* Southern Company Services, Birmingham, AL - Demonstration of a 285-MW Coal-Based Transport Gasifier
===FutureGen===
In August 2010, the [[Obama Administration]] awarded $1 billion to [[FutureGen]], a "[[clean coal]]" power plant in Illinois.<ref name="wsj">[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704657504575411784292302468.html?mod=googlenews_wsj "New Federal Funding Pushes Clean-Coal Project Ahead"] Wall Street Journal, August 5, 2010.</ref>
 
===2011 US DOE funding===
On Sep. 13, 2011, the U.S. [[Department of Energy]] (DOE) awarded $14 million to six projects aimed at being [[integrated gasification combined cycle]] (IGCC) coal-fired power plants using [[carbon capture]]: Electric Power Research Institute Inc. (Palo Alto, Calif.); TDA Research, Inc. (Wheat Ridge, Colo.); two for projects by [[General Electric]] (Houston, Texas); Air Products and Chemicals Inc. (Allentown, Pa.); and Reaction Engineering International (REI) (Salt Lake City, Utah).<ref>[http://www.power-eng.com/articles/2011/09/clean-coal-power-projects-awarded-14-million-from-doe.html "Clean coal power projects awarded $14 million from DOE"] Power Engineering, Sep. 13, 2011.</ref>
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