Luminant Continues to Advance New Carbon-Control Technologies

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Thu Jul 31, 2008 12:59pm EDT 

Company to Participate in Department of Energy Partnership Project
DALLAS--(Business Wire)--
Luminant has continued to invest in and support emerging
emission-reduction technologies by participating in a Department of
Energy (DOE) partnership project to advance carbon-capture technology.

   Luminant is one of several energy companies who have committed to
project funding for the advancement of technology under development by
ADA-ES, Inc. ADA-ES was recently notified by the DOE's National Energy
Technology Laboratory that it had been selected to negotiate a
contract to develop a technology that will capture carbon dioxide
(CO2) from coal-fueled power plants.

   "This is a significant commitment for us, but moreover, it is
indicative of our effort to explore new and innovative emerging
technologies that will help generate cleaner, more efficient energy,"
said Steve Horn, Luminant's vice president of technology and
operational readiness.

   Luminant and ADA-ES have previously worked together in developing
similar technology, which captures carbon through the use of solid
sorbent materials. This process, which soaks up the CO2 much as a
sponge would, requires less energy than other technologies.

   "The entire industry will benefit because this research has now
been opened up to collaborative funding," Horn said.

   ADA-ES will be performing additional tests at several of the
involved companies.

   About Luminant

   Luminant, a subsidiary of Energy Future Holdings Corp. (EFH), is a
competitive power generation business, including mining, wholesale
marketing and trading, construction and development operations.
Luminant has over 18,300 MW of generation in Texas, including 2,300 MW
of nuclear and 5,800 MW of coal-fueled generation capacity. Luminant
is also the largest purchaser of wind-generated electricity in Texas
and fifth largest in the United States. EFH is a Dallas-based energy
holding company that has a portfolio of competitive and regulated
energy subsidiaries, primarily in Texas. Visit
http://www.luminant.com/ or http://www.energyfutureholdings.com/ for
more information.

Luminant
Media:
Tom Kleckner, 214-875-8663

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