Obama ditches FutureGen 2.0 'clean coal' project
Department of Energy says $1.7bn project would not meet September deadline for federal funds
The White House has shut down a $1.7bn project aimed at demonstrating the potential of "clean coal" technology. The FutureGen 2.0 project would have retrofitted a coal-fired generating unit at Ameren's...
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