Project Overview
Washington Division has been selected by the FutureGen Industrial Alliance to provide architectural, design, and engineering support services for the FutureGen initiative, a public-private partnership to develop and build a first-of-its-kind, coal-fueled, near-zero-emissions electric power plant.
The project includes development of a large-scale engineering laboratory and research platform for evaluating and testing new technologies for the conversion of coal to fuel gases, for the capture of carbon dioxide, and for the clean production of power.
As the engineering and construction-management provider, Washington Division will assist the alliance in the evaluation and selection of technologies for coal gasification and for gas and power generation, as well as integrate the selected technologies and packages for the processes across the facility.Highlights & Accomplishments:
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Estimated to cost in excess of $1 billion, the prototype project will also be the world’s first integrated carbon sequestration and hydrogen gas production research power plant. The approximately 275-megawatt Integrated (coal) Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) power plant will use cutting-edge technologies to generate electricity while capturing and permanently storing carbon dioxide – a greenhouse gas – deep underground. The project will convert a variety of coal types to hydrogen gas for power generation and other potential industrial uses.
- The initial technology selection, design, and engineering work are scheduled for completion in March 2008.