Clean Coal Technology Demonstration Program

Technical Report · Mon Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:6869939

The Clean Coal Technology Demonstration Program (also referred to as the CCT Program) is being implemented in a dynamic domestic and international environment which is conducive to making major strides in efficient use of energy, securing energy supplies, and enhancing environmental quality. The CCT Program is a major initiative of the DOE whereby coal will be able to reach its full potential as a source of energy for the national and international marketplace. The intent as well as the objective of the DOE, as related to coal, has been endorsed most recently in the language of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-486). This legislation identifies a number of energy goals which already are a key part of the CCT Program, including achieving greater efficiencies in the conversion of coal to useful energy; achieving control of sulfur oxides, oxides of nitrogen, air toxics, solid and liquid wastes, greenhouse gases, or other emissions resulting from coal use; and promoting the export and transfer of US clean coal technologies and services to developing countries and countries making the transition to free market economies. The CCT Program is a technology development effort jointly funded by government and industry. In this program, the most promising of the advanced coal-based technologies are being moved into the marketplace through demonstration. The demonstrations are at a scale large enough to generate all data needed to judge the commercial potential of the processes developed. The program seeks to make available to the energy marketplace a number of advanced, more efficient, and environmentally sound coal-using technologies. The technologies that will be commercialized reflect the strategic importance of coal to the US economy. Further, the international marketplace offers opportunities that can create US jobs and strengthen the US economy while addressing energy and environmental needs of the international community.

• Research Organization: USDOE Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, Washington, DC (United States). Office of Clean Coal Technology
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 6869939
• Report Number(s): DOE/FE-0272; ON: DE93011403
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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