Duke Energy Files Plans for Carbon Storage Study in Southwest Indiana

PLAINFIELD, IND. - Duke Energy has filed testimony with the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission describing a proposed carbon dioxide storage project in southwest Indiana. The company is proposing to study permanent underground storage of a portion of the carbon dioxide emissions from its Edwardsport coal gasification power plant under construction. Carbon dioxide is considered a greenhouse gas and is linked with global warming. Earlier this year Duke Energy received permission to study capturing a portion of the plant's carbon emissions. The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed a comprehensive measure to control carbon emissions and the U.S. Senate is expected to take up the issue following the congressional break. 'Indiana gets more than 90 percent of its electric power from coal, and our country has hundreds of... [read full story]                    

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