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NRG Energy Issues Statement Re: Commitment To IGCC And Reducing Carbon Profile
January 12, 2007 (NRG Energy, Inc. via EletricNet.com)
- In response to an email distributed publicly by TXU Corporation’s Media Relations group, NRG Energy, Inc. has issued the following statement from David Crane, President and CEO…
- “NRG’s commitment to the deployment of IGCC [integrated gasification combined cycle]is driven by several facts.

- First, global warming is one of the most significant challenges facing mankind.
- Second, the power sector is responsible for a significant part of the global emissions of greenhouse gases, and must play a leading role in reducing those emissions.
- Third, coal is—and will remain—the premier energy source for power generation purposes in the United States for the foreseeable future. This means it is incumbent on us to find ways to convert coal to electricity while dramatically reducing its carbon emissions.

- “We have proposed IGCC projects in response to “clean fuel” Requests for Proposals issued by the States of New York and Delaware…In both cases, we expect to win the projects and bring them to successful completion using state-of-the-art, carbon capture capable IGCC technology…
- Connecticut asked for power in a time frame which could not be achieved by an IGCC plant, or for that matter, by a traditional coal plant…
- “We recognize that a public debate is now occurring in the State of Texas regarding what type of generation should be built in order to fuel Texas’ robust growth and continued economic prosperity. We want to be part of that debate, and indeed we believe the blend of new nuclear, gas and coal-fueled plants which we have proposed in our ‘Repowering Texas with NRG’ program represents the best approach to affordable and reliable generation produced in an environmentally responsible manner…both in terms of air emissions and water usage…

More on IGCC here.