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India Becomes the First Nation to Accept U.S. Invitation to Participate in New Clean Coal Project

W. Bush announced today that India will become the first country to participate on the government steering committee for the U.S. Department of Energy's FutureGen project – an initiative to build and operate the world's first coal-based power plant that removes and sequesters carbon dioxide (CO2) while it produces electricity and hydrogen.  As a partner, the Indian government will contribute $10 million to the FutureGen Initiative and Indian companies will also be invited to participate in the private sector segment.
 
"We welcome India in to our effort to build the first zero-emissions coal power plant," Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman said.  "The success of the FutureGen Initiative will lead to the effective and environmentally clean use of coal to power economies around the globe."
 
FutureGen will use coal – a low-cost, abundant, and geographically diverse energy resource – to globally supply clean energy.  The FutureGen Initiative is a 10-year effort announced by President Bush in 2003 to integrate advanced coal gasification technology, hydrogen from coal, power generation, carbon dioxide capture, and geologic storage. 
 
Secretary Bodman has invited government leaders of the multi-national Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum (CSLF) to become active participants in the FutureGen project.  The