Could the training center could be located across the street from the Ameren Meredosia plant or in close proximity to the power plant instead of being a part of the underground storage site?
The FutureGen 2.0 program consists of repowering Ameren’s Meredosia power plant and the development of a CO2 storage hub and pipeline network. Under the terms of the Cooperative Agreement with DOE, the FGA is responsible for siting and constructing the CO2 storage hub facilities, including co-located carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) visitor, research, and training facilities. These facilities are part of the economic development benefit provided to the community hosting the storage site, and there are technical advantages for the facilities to be co-located with the CO2 storage site. If Meredosia wishes to compete for the storage site and support facilities, the community is certainly welcome to do so as part of the siting process.
