A utility perspective on the deployment of CCTs into the next millennium

Conference · Wed Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1997

OSTI ID:682293

Mudd, M J ^[1]

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1. AEP Energy Services, Columbus, OH (United States)

The successful Clean Coal Technology projects which are being discussed in this conference are all a testament to the positive advancements that can be made with environmentally superior technologies when the government and industry cooperate in the context of a properly funded and a well thought-out program. Many of the technologies developed in the Clean Coal Technology Program have taken a competitive position in the marketplace, and many others are on the verge of being competitive in the marketplace. Based on the success of the Clean Coal Technology Program, one would expect that they would be ready for full deployment in the marketplace with the approach of the next millennium. This is not happening. There are several hurdles that impede their deployment. Some of those hurdles, such as the higher first-of-a-kind cost and technology risk factors that accompany not-yet mature technologies, have existed since the initiation of the Clean Coal Technology Program. However, several new hurdles are impeding the market penetration of Clean Coal Technologies. Those hurdles include the radically different marketplace due to the restructuring of the electric utility industry, a soft market, the difficulty in financing new power plants, low natural gas prices, and lower-cost and higher-efficiency natural gas combined cycle technology.

• Research Organization: National Mining Association, Washington, DC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 682293
• Report Number(s): CONF-970121--Vol.1; ON: DE97006902
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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