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it the first U.S. purchase by a utility of low-carbon power from a commercial-scale, coal-based power plant with carbon capture. The 400-MW TCEP plant is a first-of-its-kind integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) poly-generation facility capable of capturing 90 percent of the carbon dioxide (CO 2) it produces. The $2.4-billion plant was a third round selection under DOE's Clean Coal Power Initiative (CCPI), a cost-shared collaboration between the Federal government and private industry aimed at stimulating investment in low-emission, coal-based power generation technologies through successful commercial demonstrations. CCPI will provide $450 million in funding for the plant, with $211 million coming from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). The facility is expected to be fully operational in 2015. The Global CCS Institute (GCCSI) announced it will fund a package of Australian CCS demonstration projects and research initiatives that highlight the technology's role in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Specifically, the Institute will provide: $1.84 million in support to Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) to research the impact of CO 2 capture technology on air quality; $240,000 in support to CarbonNet for a study ensuring emissions are safely stored and accounted for; and $226,000 to study post-combustion capture deployment impacts on an existing subcritical pulverized fuel power plant (the Loy Yang A power station in Victoria, Australia). GCCSI works with organizations and governments to accelerate the broad deployment of commercial CCS. GCCSI captures knowledge from different stages of the project life cycle, across different technologies and regions, and shares it via workshops, group discussions and meetings, their digital knowledge platform, private and public discussions, case studies, reports, and other communications.