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| Berger is now part of DOE's team developing FutureGen Initiative Berger Group is part of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) team developing the $1 billion FutureGen Initiative. FutureGen is an innovative effort to design, construct and operate the world's first near-zero emissions, coal-fired power plant, a 275-megawatt prototype facility using advanced coal gasification technology and permanent geologic sequestration of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Berger is supporting the DOE's National Energy Technology Laboratory for the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) compliance process, including preparation of the Environmental Impact Statement, which will identify potential sites in Illinois and Texas for the proposed facility. The Team's NEPA compliance activities involve support for the public scoping process and complex environmental reviews of the potential sites, focusing on air quality, socioeconomics, land use, aesthetics, noise, light, traffic and transportation, wetland mitigation, biological resources, and Native American and other archaeological resources. Berger is also collaborating with the FutureGen Industrial Alliance, environmental scientists and nationally recognized experts in the fields of geologic sequestration and risk assessment to determine the potential environmental impacts of constructing and operating the proposed FutureGen facility at the proposed sites. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Construction News :: home page |