The projects - FutureGen and Taylorville Energy Center - aspire to be among the most advanced, cleanest coal-fueled power plants in the world, proving that the nation's vast coal reserves can be put ...

TUSCOLA – The chief executive officer of the FutureGen Alliance says all four finalists for his organization's project could be in line to get a clean-coal gasification plant if they pass ...

(AP) — U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu says a futuristic coal-burning power plant slated for Illinois that languished under the previous administration has merit. A spokeswoman says Chu wants to work ...

MATTOON — Enthusiasm sparked by the announcement that Mattoon will be home to the FutureGen power plant quickly spilled from the former Time Theater to the surrounding downtown Tuesday morning.

Three months ago, Crain's reported that the costs of the downstate clean-coal FutureGen plant were going out of control. Yesterday the consortium behind FutureGen admitted that was true: The estimate ...

A site near Jewett was named one of four nationwide finalists for a $1 billion near zero-emissions coal power plant, officials announced Tuesday.