Mattoon
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - A top official in the Department of Energy office who oversees the FutureGen clean-coal project is a past president of a company newly chosen to retrofit a western Illinois power plant instead of finishing the original project in Mattoon.
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - An eastern Illinois town backed out of what was once a flagship energy project Wednesday after more than two years of political and financial ups and downs that saw the plans killed, revived and then radically altered.
MATTOON, Ill. - Angela Griffin spent Friday morning on the phone and in interviews trying to learn why the crown jewel of the FutureGen clean-coal experiment won't be coming to eastern Illinois.
MATTOON, Ill. - Caterpillar Inc., the world's largest maker of mining and construction equipment, plans to join a coalition of companies planning to build an experimental clean-coal power plant known as FutureGen, key politicians announced Monday.
