Board of Directors
Foundation Representatives
Michael Klein— Ambre Energy
Randy Eminger — American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity
Gary Gibbs — American Electric Power
Dennis Kearns — BNSF
Tiffany Rau — Hydrogen Energy
Kelly Tomblin — International Power
Henry Eby — Lower Colorado River Authority
Mark Walker – NRG
Kelly Mader – Peabody Energy
Chris Guild — Praxair
Mark Russell – Russell and Sons Construction
Jeff James – Tenaska, Inc.
Gary Parsons - Texas Municipal Power Agency
Denny Kingsley — Westmoreland Coal Company
Ex-Officio Director
The Honorable Michael L. Williams
Chairman, Governor's Clean Coal Technology Council
Chairman, Railroad Commission of Texas
Ambre Energy
Headquarters: Brisbane, Australia & Salt Lake City, Utah
Presence in Texas: Project discussions are currently underway.
Technologies they champion/innovate: Retorting & Hybrid Energy System
Corporate Leadership: Edek Choros (President & CEO)
Foundation representative: Michael Klein
Year Company joined Foundation: 2007
History: The company began under the leadership of Edek Choros as the Millennium Coal project in 1999 in Queensland Australia. In 2004, the Millennium Coal project was sold, eventually being acquired by Peabody. Assets from that sale were used to start Ambre Energy Australia.
Ambre Energy is developing technology to turn low-value coal into high-value char, hydrocarbon liquids, and gas. Their Hybrid Energy System allows them to convert coal into these products more cheaply than common coal-to-liquids technology.
www.ambreenergy.com
American Coalition for Clean Coal Energy
Headquarters: Alexandria, Virginia
Presence in Texas: Amarillo
Technologies they champion/innovate: IGCC, Coal-to-hydrogen
Leadership: Brett Harvey, Chmn. (CONSOL Energy President & CEO)
Foundation representative: Randy Erminger
Year Company joined Foundation: 2004
History: The organization was founded as CEED in 1992 by the nation's leading coal producers and railroad companies. Membership has grown from 35 initial members to nearly 200, and includes electricity producers, barge and trucking companies, equipment manufacturers and suppliers, labor unions, and others. In 2008 CEED changed its name to the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity.
www.cleancoalusa.org
American Electric Power
Headquarters: Columbus, Ohio
Presence in Texas: AEP serves 373 communities and approximately 850,000 customers in Texas. Major cities AEP serves include Corpus Christi, Abilene, McAllen, Harlingen, San Angelo, Vernon, Victoria, and Laredo. AEP owns four natural gas and three coal-fired power plants in Texas.
National fuel mix: Coal-73%, Natural Gas-16%, Nuclear-8%, Misc.-3%
Technologies they champion/innovate: IGCC (Facilities in WV and OH in 2012 and 2017, respectively), Carbon capture, Coal Combustion
Corporate Leadership: Michael G. Morris (Chairman & CEO)
2008 Earnings: $14.4B (Symbol: AEP)
Foundation representative: Gary Gibbs (CCTFT Vice-Chairman)
Year company joined Foundation: 2004
History: AEP was founded in 1906 as the American Gas & Electric Company. It acquired its first utility properties one year later. Utilities in its early years included electric service, gas, water, steam, transit, and ice service. In 1958, AG&E became American Electric Power. The company merged with Central and Southwest Corp. in 2000.
Today, AEP has the nation's largest electric transmission system, spanning 39,000 miles. It is also one of America's largest electric providers, delivering 38,000 megawatts of generating capacity to 11 states, including Texas.
www.aep.com
BNSF
Headquarters and regional offices: Fort Worth
Presence in Texas: Fort Worth
Clean Coal Technologies they champion/innovate:
2008 Earnings: $18.0B (Symbol: BNI)
Corporate Leadership: Matthew K. Rose (Chairman, President, & CEO
Foundation representative: Dennis Kearns
Year Company joined Foundation: 2008
History: BNSF is a product of America's rich railroad tradition, dating back to 1849. Over the years, 390 railroad lines have merged into what the company is today. In September 1995, it became the wholly-owned subsidiary of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation. The company changed its name to Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway in December 1996, and again to BNSF Railway in January 2005. Today, BNSF is the second-largest transcontinental railroad operating in the United States. It operates rail lines in 28 states and Canada. In 2006, BNSF ran an average of 55 coal trains per day and transported a record-high 287.2 million tons of coal, which accounted for 20 percent of the company's revenues.
www.bnsf.com
Hydrogen Energy
Headquarters: Weybridge, England
Technologies they champion/innovate: Integrated Combined Gasification Cycle with Carbon Capture and Sequestration to produce Low-Carbon Hydrogen from Fossil Fuels.
Corporate Leadership: Lewis Gillies (President), Jonathan Briggs (Regional Director for the Americas)
Foundation representative: Tiffany Rau
Year Company joined Foundation: 2007
About the company: Hydrogen Energy International LLC is developing alternative energy solutions in the form of decarbonized energy projects. It is a joint venture between BP and Rio Tinto formed in May of 2007.
BP is a world leader in plans for low-carbon energy. Rio Tinto is a major coal producer, and brings a wide array of capabilities and know-how across the coal value chain. Both parent companies are committed to technologies and businesses that reduce carbon emissions, and will use their combined skills to accelerate the deployment of hydrogen fuelled power plants and carbon capture and storage projects.
The new company will invest in hydrogen fuelled power projects across the globe. The reduction of CO2 emissions from coal and other fossil fuels is a global challenge requiring a global solution from producers and technology owners across the value chain.
Hydrogen Energy's initial projects will combine a number of existing technologies in a unique way to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel power generation by some 90 per cent when compared with existing plants. The carbon dioxide will be extracted from fossil fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas, and then stored permanently and securely deep underground, leaving hydrogen to be used as the fuel to generate low-carbon energy.
More about Hydrogen Energy:
BP is one of the world's largest energy companies
Rio Tinto is a world leader in finding, mining and processing the earth's mineral resources.
www.hydrogenenergy.com
International Power
Headquarters: London, UK
Regional Offices: USA, Marlborough, MA
Presence in Texas: Four power plants -- Coleto Creek-coal (Fanin), Hays-gas (San Marcos), Midlothian I&II-gas (Midlothian), Oyster Creek-gas (Freeport)
Technologies they champion/innovate: Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC), Australia — carbon capture project
2008 earnings: £4.8B (Symbol: IPR-London Stock Exchange)
Corporate Leadership: Philip Cox (CEO)
Foundation representative: Kelly Tomblin
Year Company joined Foundation: 2007
History: The company began as National Power when the UK's state-run Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB) split into three private generating companies in 1990. In April 2000, National Power was renamed International Power to reflect its global presence.
Today, International Power has 38 power generating facilities in 20 countries. Together, they generate over 30,000 megawatts of electricity.
www.ipplc.com
LCRA
Headquarters: Austin
Presence in Texas: 53 Counties
Technologies they champion/innovate: Clean coal, Wind power, Biogas
2007 Earnings: $1.08 billion
Corporate Leadership: Thomas G. Mason (General Manager)
Foundation representative: Henry Eby
Year Company joined Foundation: 2004
About: LCRA is a conservation and reclamation district that provides energy, water and community services to Texans in its service area. LCRA generates electricity and sells it wholesale to city-owned utilities and cooperatives that serve more than 1.1 million people. LCRA also builds and operates transmission projects through a nonprofit corporation, manages and protects the waters of the lower Colorado River, operates parks, and helps communities with economic development.
LCRA operates six hydroelectric dams, three natural gas facilities, and one coal-fired power plant. The company also purchases 116 megawatts of wind power from West Texas facilities.
www.lcra.org
The North American Coal Corporation
Headquarters and regional offices: Dallas, Texas
Presence in Texas: The Corporate headquarters is located in Dallas. It also has mining operations at its Hallsville (Sabine) and Jourdanton (San Miguel) locations.
Technologies they champion/innovate: Land reclamation
2008 Earnings: $130.5 million
Corporate Leadership: Robert L. Benson, President and Chief Executive Officer
Foundation representative: Joel Trouart
Year Company joined Foundation: 2004
About: The company was founded in 1913 as the Cleveland & Western Coal Company, a coal sales business in Chicago. In 1917, the company purchased its first coal mines in Ohio. It changed its name to The North American Coal Corporation in 1925. In 1985, the company diversified its operations and changed its name to NACCO Industries, Inc. in 1986.
The North American Coal Corporation, a subsidiary of NACCO Industries, Inc. (NYSE:NC), mines and markets lignite coal primarily as fuel for power generation and provides selected value-added mining services for other natural resources companies. North American Coal currently operates mines in Texas, North Dakota, Louisiana, and Mississippi. It is the nation�s largest producer of lignite coal and one of the ten largest coal producers in the country.
www.nacoal.com
NRG
Headquarters: NRG Energy: Princeton, NJ; NRG Texas: Houston
Presence in Texas: Texas is the largest region in the NRG fleet with approximately 11,000 megawatts of generation, including coal, natural gas, nuclear and wind.
NRG's two coal plants in Texas include Limestone (1,690 MW) and W.A. Parish (2,460 MW), the single largest coal-powered facility in the state and one of the largest in the nation.
Technologies they champion/innovate: NRG is making advances in numerous clean and cleaner coal plants in the nation. Through improvements at the current units, NRG will not only net emissions of SOx NOx and mercury at the site but will reduce these emissions following startup. NRG will also offset 50% of the carbon from the new unit and through air cooling will significantly reduce the water usage from the site. NRG is also supporting development of many clean coal technologies including a commercial-scale post-combustion carbon capture demonstration at the WA Parish plant and advancing the commercial use of plasma gasification and IGCC technologies.
2008 Earnings: $6.9B (Symbol: NRG)
Corporate Leadership: NRG Energy: David Crane President & CEO); NRG Texas President: Kevin Howell
Foundation representative: Mark Walker
Year Company joined Foundation: 2008
About the company: A Fortune 500 company, NRG Energy, Inc. owns and operates a diverse portfolio of power generating facilities, primarily in Texas and the Northeast, South Central and West regions of the United States. NRG also has ownership interests in generating facilities in Australia and Germany. NRG is a member of USCAP, a diverse group of business and environmental organizations calling for mandatory legislation to achieve significant reductions of greenhouse gas emissions. NRG is also a founding member of "3C—Combat Climate Change," a global initiative with companies calling on the global business community to take a leadership role in designing the road map to a low carbon society.
www.nrgenergy.com
Peabody
Headquarters and regional offices: St. Louis, Missouri (headquarters); regional offices in Gillette, Wyoming and Evansville, Indiana
Presence in Texas: The company ships coal to Texas.
Technologies they champion/innovate: Land Reclamation (Early innovators); Btu Conversion and clean coal technologies (coal-to-liquid, coal-to-gas, carbon capture and storage
2008 Earnings: $6.6B (Symbol: BTU)
Corporate Leadership: Gregory H. Boyce (Chairman & CEO)
Foundation representative: Kelly Mader
Year Company joined Foundation: 2007
History: The company was founded as a retail coal business in 1883 by 24-year-old Francis S. Peabody. In 1954 it merged with Sinclair Coal Co. but retained the Peabody name. In 1996, Peabody and UK-based Eastern Group joined to form The Energy Group plc. After a bidding war between PacifiCorp and Texas Utilities (later TXU) for The Energy Group in 1997, TU acquired Eastern and Peabody Group became independent. The company changed its name to Peabody in 2001.
Today Peabody is the world's largest private-sector coal company. It supplies coal for 10 percent of America's power and approximately two percent of the electricity worldwide. Peabody's products and services reach 300 customer locations in nearly 40 American states and 18 countries on six continents worldwide.
www.peabody.com
Praxair
Headquarters and regional offices: Danbury, Connecticut
Presence in Texas: Praxair provides industrial gas products and services throughout the state and has its regional headquarters in Houston. Praxair operates the largest Oxygen, Nitrogen, and Hydrogen pipeline system in North America throughout Texas and the Gulf Coast.
Technologies they champion/innovate: OxyCoal process technologies, Air Separation Plants for IGCC and OxyCoal power plants, CO2 processing and compression technologies, and integrated process controls systems for OxyCoal and IGCC.
2008 Earnings: $10.8B (NYSE: PX)
Corporate Leadership: Stephen F. Angel (Chairman, President, and CEO)
Foundation representative: Chris Guild
Year Company joined Foundation: 2006
History: Praxair (from the Greek word "praxis", or practical application, and "air", its primary raw material) was originally founded in 1907 when it was the first company in North America to commercialize cryogenically separated oxygen.
The company introduced the first distribution system for liquid gas in 1917, and developed on-site gas supply by the end of WWII. In the 1960s, Praxair introduced non-cryogenic means of air separation, and since then has continued to introduce innovative applications technologies for various industries.
Today, with over 28,000 employees in over 30 countries, Praxair is the largest industrial gases company in North and South America and one of the largest worldwide. The company supplies atmospheric, process and specialty gases as well as high-performance coatings and related services to a diverse range of customers around the world.
Praxair serves a wide scope of industries, including metals, healthcare, food & beverage, energy, aerospace, chemicals, electronics, manufacturing, and others.
www.praxair.com
Russell and Sons
Headquarters: Longview, Texas
Presence in Texas: Based in Longview, Texas, Russell & Sons' scale of operations includes environmental reclamation, civil construction, and surface mining capabilities ranging from engineering to all elements of operational support. The company owns and operates a large fleet of heavy earth moving equipment.
Technologies they champion/innovate: Russell & Sons developed both techniques and equipment through a U.S.-funded technology transfer program designed to provide industry with better methods of restoring surface mined land. Independently the company has designed and patented tools for mine restoration and other large earth moving applications.
Corporate Leadership: Mark Russell (President)
Foundation representative: Mark Russell
Year Company joined Foundation: 2004
History: Established in 1945, Russell & Sons has operated in seven states as a general contractor and service provider to both public and private markets. In 1975, Russell & Sons was contracted by the United States Bureau of Mines to develop new technologies and methods to improve reclamation techniques utilized in coal/lignite surface mines. Since that time the company has established itself as a lead service provider for mine operators in both Texas and Louisiana.
Today, as a contributor to the process of providing Texans with low cost and reliable electricity, R&S believes the future economic and environmental balance rely on new technologies to utilize our most abundant resource. The company is proud to support the efforts of Governor Perry and Commissioner Williams in this important cause.
www.russellandsons.com
Tenaska
Headquarters: Omaha, Nebraska
Presence in Texas: Tenaska has developed four generating plants in Texas and continues to own and operate two, Tenaska Frontier Generating Station near Shiro and Tenaska Gateway Generating Station near Mt. Enterprise. A third plant, the Tenaska Kiamichi Generating Station near Kiowa, Oklahoma, also supplies electricity into Texas. Tenaska's power marketing company, Tenaska Power Services Co., is based in Arlington, along with Tenaska's Business Development Group. Tenaska has more than 180 employees in Texas.
Tenaska's Trailblazer Energy Center, proposed near Sweetwater, would be the first new conventional coal-fuled power plant in the U.S. to use carbon management technology on a commercial scale. If built, the plant would be designed to capture 85 to 90 percent of the carbon dioxide (CO2) that would otherwise be released into the atmosphere. The CO2 would then be dehydrated, compressed and delivered via pipeline to West Texas oil fields for use in enhanced oil recovery. Fueled by low-sulfur coal and equipped with an efficient supercritical steam cycle for generation, the Trailblazer Energy Center would meet or emit less than all Texas and federal environmental standards. For more information about the Tenaska Trailblazer Energy Center, visit www.tenaskatrailblazer.com.
Technologies they champion/innovate: Tenaska's development efforts include clean coal technologies such as carbon capture and integrated gasification and combined cycle (IGCC) technologies.
Tenaska was listed by the Natural Resources Defense Council in 2008 benchmarking studies as having the best record among companies in the U.S. that generate power from fossil fuels for controlling emissions of carbon dioxide and as one of the top performing companies for controlling emissions of nitrogen oxide and sulfur dioxide.
2008 Earnings: $16.0B gross revenues (Privately held)
Corporate Leadership: Howard L. Hawks (Co-founder, Chairman and CEO)
Foundation representative: Jeff James, Director Business Development & David Fiorelli, President and CEO - Business Development Group
Year Company joined Foundation: 2008
History: Tenaska was founded in 1987. Fortune and Forbes magazines recently ranked Tenaska as the nation's 25th and 26th largest privately-held company, respectively. The company has developed 9,000 MW of power generation and currently manages and owns in partnership with other companies 10 electric-generating facilities in six states and one foreign country, totaling 6,800 MW.
Tenaska affiliates also market natural gas, electric power and biofuels, with Tenaska's natural gas marketing affiliate rated as one of the top ten natural gas marketers in North America. Tenaska's electric power marketing company provides management and marketing services for approximately one-third of the wind generation market in Texas. Affiliates are also involved in private equity fund and acquisition management, fuel supply, gas transportation systems and electric transmission development.
www.tenaska.com
Texas Municipal Power Agency
Headquarters: Carlos, Texas
Presence in Texas: Carlos, Texas
Technologies they champion/innovate: Clean coal, mine land reclamation
Corporate Leadership: Gary T. Parsons (General Manager)
Foundation representative: Jan K. Horbaczewski (Environmental Manager)
Year Company joined Foundation: 2009
History: The Texas Municipal Power Agency (TMPA is a non-profit, joint action agency created by the Texas legislature in 1975 to provide reliable electric power to the four Member Cities of Byran, Denton, Garland, and Greenville. TMPA operates the Gibbons Creek Steam Electric Station, a coal-fired generating plant located in Grimes County, Texas with a net generating capability of 470 megawatts. Commercial generation began in October 1983. TMPA also owns and operates an electric transmission system located within the electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT).
www.tmpa.org
Westmoreland Coal Company
Headquarters and regional offices: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Presence in Texas: Jewett Mine (Former FutureGen candidate)
Technologies they champion/innovate: Technologically and Environmentally advanced surface lignite mining and reclamation
2008 Earnings: $509.6M (Symbol: WLB)
Corporate Leadership: Keith E. Alessi (Chairman & CEO)
Foundation representative: J. Denny Kingsley, P.E., VP Engineering & Environmental Services & Ches Blevins, Alternate Representative (CCTFT Treasurer)
Year Company joined Foundation: 2004
History: Westmoreland Coal Company was founded in Pennsylvania in 1854. The completion of the Pennsylvania Railroad at that time was instrumental to the company's creation, and all of the company's founders were affiliated with the railroad to some degree. In 2001, the company acquired the Jewett, Texas mine, whose proximity helped make that community one of the four finalists for the FutureGen project.
Today, Westmoreland is the nation's ninth-largest coal producer, with mining operations in Montana, North Dakota, and Texas. It also has eight independent power projects generating 867 megawatts of electricity.
www.westmoreland.com
