Posted by Rachel Folz - email
INDIANAPOLIS, IN (WFIE) - Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels signs a bill into law that will create 1,000 construction and 500 permanent jobs in southern Indiana.
The bill makes it possible to move forward with the construction of a coal gasification plant in Rockport.
According to the governor's office, the plant will operate with 99 percent fewer pollutants than a traditional coal plant.
Should national coal policy mandate the reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2), the SNG plant is designed to capture 90 percent of its CO2 emissions.
No state dollars will be used to construct the plant, which will utilize homegrown energy resources.
"Edwardsport establishes our unique leadership in producing electricity from clean coal. Rockport will be first in gas from clean coal. In concert, these two facilities will make Indiana the world's clean coal leader," said Daniels.
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