Welcome To The Next Generation of American Energy

What will the future bring for America in terms of next-generation energy technologies?

• High-tech power plants that convert America's huge coal reserves into ultra-clean energy with virtually zero emissions.
• High-efficiency facilities that convert coal to super clean liquid fuels, allowing America to begin reducing our dangerous reliance on foreign energy.
• Hybrid energy facilities that combine the best advantages of both fossil and renewable resources and allow for the deployment of "mega-renewable" deployment.
• Alternative energy farms that produce ultra-clean energy along with a dizzying array of useful products, materials and fuels.
• Strategies that allow society to make beneficial use of carbon dioxide as a commodity prior to its final disposition.

These technologies are not the far-flung future of American energy.  They are on the horizon today.  And, with sound public policies and aggressive government-industry partnerships, these technologies can be deployed in a manner that can help America become truly energy independent in the next 20-30 years.

To help promote the accelerated deployment of these and other 21st Century technologies, the NextGen Energy Council (NextGen) was formed in 2007.  It is a non-profit collaborative of Western and Great Plains Governors, State and federal legislators, State and federal agency officials, business leaders, conservation groups and others committed to accelerating the development of next-generation advanced coal technologies, fossil-renewable hybrid systems and strategies for increasing the economic utilization of carbon dioxide. 

Governors Give NextGen A National Launch

Governors from five states join to support a national campaign that aims to accelerate the build-out of “near zero emission” fossil energy plants, to link fossil and renewable energy technologies, and to find beneficial uses of carbon dioxide.

Governors from the states of Utah, Wyoming, Nevada, West Virginia, and North Dakota held a press conference in Washington, D.C. during National Governors Association to announce their support for the NextGen Energy Council (NextGen).

Go here to read the press release with statements from the Governors.

Go here to see a video clips from the Governors' statements.

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