ERDA to ask $798 million for fossil energy in FY 1978 budget

Journal Article · Wed Jul 07 04:00:00 EDT 1976 · Energy Dig. (Wash., D.C.); (United States)

OSTI ID:7264095

Coal conversion's major share of the new funding plans, nearly 47 percent of the total, will continue the trend set by previous budgets. Oil, gas, and shale technology is to get $110 million, a 62 percent increase over FY 77. MHD is to receive the biggest boost of any technology, with $86 million programmed, an increase of 130 percent. The demonstration plant program is slated for $171 million, about 64 percent more than last year. Fossil Energy plans to fund the Energy Research Centers with $67 million and the National Labs with $45 million, about 14 percent of the total. The budget documents show three optional levels of funding: Level A, a threshold or survival amount; Level B, the figure that Fossil Energy really wants; and Level C, the most that could be effectively spent. There are some exceptions. For example, the Low BTU Gasification office is asking for the high level for the Combined Cycle Test Facility, because their budget was reprogrammed to support the revised CCTF and the early estimates had proved to be at least 10 percent low.

• OSTI ID: 7264095
• Journal Information: Energy Dig. (Wash., D.C.); (United States), Journal Name: Energy Dig. (Wash., D.C.); (United States) Vol. 6:7; ISSN EGYDA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
010000 -- Coal
Lignite
& Peat
04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS
040000 -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
290200 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Economics & Sociology
294000* -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Fossil Fuels
30 DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION
300100 -- Direct Energy Conversion-- MHD Generators
BUDGETS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
COAL
COMBINED CYCLES
DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS
ENERGY SOURCES
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS
FUEL GAS
FUELS
GAS FUELS
GASES
LOW BTU GAS
MHD GENERATORS
MINERAL OILS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NATURAL GAS
OILS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM
POWER PLANTS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SHALE OIL
SYNTHETIC FUELS
SYNTHETIC PETROLEUM
TEST FACILITIES
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
THERMODYNAMIC CYCLES
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS