“Construction of TEC will create more than 1,500 construction jobs, plus hundreds of permanent mining and power plant jobs. Central Illinois will also benefit from a regional ripple effect that will create hundreds of new positions in industries such as retail, hospitality and health care.”

John Lewis, Ph.D., Northern Illinois University Regional Development Institute

FACT:
Illinois is home to approximately 20 percent of recoverable U.S. coal reserves.
Taylorville Energy Center
Taylorville Energy Center (TEC) is a proposed 716-megawatt (gross), 602-MW (net) coal-fed power plant using an advanced technology called Integrated Gasification Combined-Cycle (IGCC) with Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) to make it among the cleanest power plants in the world.

Located a mile northeast of Taylorville in central Illinois, the plant will convert Illinois coal into clean substitute natural gas (also known as methane) to generate enough electricity to power about 600,000 homes.

The benefits of TEC include:
  • • Millions saved annually on power costs
    • Economic development for a job-starved region
    • Creation of a new market for Illinois coal
    • Protection of the environment and public
    health through clean-coal technology
Taylorville Energy Center is being developed by Christian County Generation, L.L.C., a joint venture between affiliates of Tenaska, an Omaha, Nebraska-based power development company, and MDL Holding Co. of Louisville, Kentucky. 

Plant rendering (high-res image)
Tenaska is managing developer of the Taylorville project.  Since its inception 23 years ago, Tenaska has built more than 9,000 megawatts of power generation.  Forbes magazine ranks Tenaska as the 16th largest private U.S. corporation, based on 2008 gross revenues.

To read more about Tenaska, please visit its web site.


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