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The Next Generation of Coal-Fired Power Plants
The FutureGen project is a $1 billion effort by the Department of Energy and a consortium of private companies to build the world's first zero-emissions coal-fired electric power plant incorporating carbon sequestration by 2012. Van Ness Feldman serves as General Counsel to the industry consortium.
Related Practices: Advanced Coal / Fossil Fuel Technologies and Carbon Capture and Storage, Clean Energy Technologies, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Electric, Energy Policy, Energy Transactions, Project Development, and Permitting, Environment
New York Power Authority Secures New 50-Year License for the Niagara Power Project
Van Ness Feldman helped to obtain a new 50 year license for the continued operation of the largest FERC-licensed hydroelectric facility in the United States.
Related Practices: Electric, Hydropower, Policy Development & Strategy, Project Licensing and Compliance, Transactions
Cutting Edge Advice on Global Climate Change
When the CEO of a Fortune 500 multinational energy company decided to commit the company to a proactive position on strategy on global climate change, the company retained Van Ness Feldman to assist in devising and implementing its new approach.
Related Practices: Climate Change, Electric, Energy Policy, Environment
