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Published on: 6/7/2008
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"What's coming out of those three main engines is steam," says Keith Pronske, the firm's chief executive.
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"You can take natural gas and oxygen and add water and end up with some pressurized steam and carbon dioxide that you can then control the temperature of and drive turbines and operate power plants that don't have smokestacks on them" Pronske said.
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Although the firm will now be moving forward with a good-sized federal grant, Pronske said the project's progress is hindered by government energy policies focused on alternatives to fossil fuels.
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But Pronske, the company's CEO, says that in the meantime, utilities would be more likely to embrace his company's concept if they got credit from regulators for any zero-emission electricity they produce, not just that which comes from non-carbon sources such as solar, wind or geothermal.
"Let's have one out of 10 plants have some form of carbon capture," he said.