CHAMPAIGN, ILL. (AP) -- At least some of the coal producers and other companies working with the Department of Energy to build an experimental coal-fired power plant in Illinois have decided to stick with the project despite major changes to the original plan.
Members of the FutureGen Alliance said in a statement Tuesday that they would build and operate a pipeline as outlined under the revamped plan.
The pipeline would run from an existing power plant to a site where its carbon dioxide would be stored underground.
The Energy Department's surprise changes announced this month for the $1.2 billion project include scrapping plans to build a new power plant in Mattoon in eastern Illinois.
The plan now calls for modifying a power plant in another part of the state.
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