Large-scale anthropogenic CO2 sources (>
100,000 tonnes/year) were catalogued and assessed for the Illinois East Sub-Basin project area. The portfolio of sources is quite diverse, and contains not only fossil-based power generation facilities but also ethanol, chemical, and refinery facilities. Over 60% of the facilities are relatively new (i.e. post year 2000 construction) hence increasing the likelihood that retrofitting the facility with a carbon capture plant is feasible. Two of the facilities have indicated interest in being ?early adopters? should the CarbonSAFE project eventually transition to a build and operate phase: the Prairie State Generating Company?s electricity generation facility near Marissa, Illinois, and Quasar Syngas, LLC?s Wabash ammonia/direct-reduced iron plant, currently in development north of Terre Haute, Indiana.