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Taylorville Energy Center
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 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.
Tenaska is managing developer of the Taylorville project. Since its inception more than 25 years ago, Tenaska has built more than 9,000 megawatts of power generation. Forbes magazine ranks Tenaska as the 35th largest private U.S. corporation, based on 2011 gross revenues.
To read more about Tenaska, please visit its web site.
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