Operation of Texas Energy Development Fund. Biennial report, 1980-1981

Technical Report · Sun Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1981

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6274293· OSTI ID:6274293

The comprehensive plan for alcohol fuels development in Texas brought together a wide range of state interests with the federal Office of Alcohol Fuels, leading to a more informed approach to alcohol fuels development in the state, with groundwork laid for expanding federal-state-private industry interaction in the area. The groundwork has also been laid for a major federal-state-private industry Texas lignite development program involving careful study of permitting, regulation, environmental protection, and socioeconomic impact mitigation together with a step-by-step deep basin lignite assessment, characterization, recovery process research, and experimental investigation of in situ gasification and other potential approaches to optimal recovery of the state's vast lignite resources with adequate and appropriate attention to matters of environmental concern. On the basis of TENRAC conceptual design, legislation has been developed which would provide for major programs in deep basin, lignite development, atmospheric fluidized bed combustion of lignite, cellulose conversion, agriculturally derived fuels RD and D, solar electric repowering, and solar industrial process heat, in addition to the more limited research efforts within the general TENRAC budget. In order to strengthen overall research reporting, coordination, evaluation and planning, a process has been set in motion for the development of a five-year Texas energy research plan involving the cooperative effort of TENRAC, the University of Texas at Austin, Texas A and M University, the University of Houston, and Texas Tech University. This executive summary provides a bird's eye view of the operation of the energy development fund to date and references the greater detail presented in the full report. It presents a record of significant accomplishment and points toward a more effective future.

• Research Organization: Texas Energy and Natural Resources Advisory Council, Austin (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6274293
• Report Number(s): TENRAC/TD-82-001; ON: DE83902058
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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