Odessa FutureGen Site Proposal Makes State Cut
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Posted Tuesday, March 14, 2006 at 03:19 PM [GMT-6]

I just noticed a news release announcing that Odessa will be one of two recommended by the state of Texas as the site of the DOE's $1 billion FutureGen project. The competing site in Texas is in Jewett, which is just west of I-45, about halfway between Houston and Dallas.

According to the release, the Jewett site is actually near a lignite coal mine, which makes sense since FutureGen will be an attempt to construct and operate a near-zero-emissions coal-gasification electricity generation plant.

It's not clear as to how the state will promote these two sites in the national competition for the project, but the fact that our local proposal has made it this far is great news. The state's final proposal is due on May 4, 2006.

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