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DOE NETL selects 12 fossil-fuel power systems projects for funding

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water management and treatment for power plant and CO 2 storage operations. The project has future applications for supercritical CO2 cycles in power plants, nuclear power, solar power and natural gas combined cycle units. DOE: $750,000 Non-DOE: $187,500 Total: $937,500 (20% cost share). General Electric Company. Siemens Corporation.

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GE Technology Selected for Hydrogen Energy IGCC Project in California

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IGCC plants gasify solid fuels into syngas, which then is used by a gas turbine combined-cycle system to generate electricity, providing a cleaner, economical coal-to-power option. Chemical scrubbers would filter out pollutants and would separate CO 2 , leaving a hydrogen-rich fuel to power the gas turbine combined-cycle system.

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Florida has no wind turbines but it’s going to ban them anyway

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Florida legislature is about to ban offshore wind turbines in state waters, which wouldn’t be put there to begin with, to protect the beaches. It’s about to pass HB 1645 , which will ban wind turbines in state waters. Maine banned wind farms in its state waters in 2021 to “preserve state waters for recreation and fishing.”

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