The Southwest Research Institute has been awarded a Department of Energy grant to build a new type of turbine that could be used to power a near zero emissions coal plan
The DOE awarded $5.1 million to SwRI with the organization receiving another $1.3 million for the project from other sources. The other sources of funding weren’t identified in the announcement made by SwRI on Monday.
The money will be put toward developing a supercritical carbon dioxide turbine, which can be fueled by synthetic…
