Clean Coal Demonstrations
Round 1 Information
Eight projects were
selected by the Department of Energy in January, 2003 under Round 1 of
the CCPI program (see
TechLine). Subsequently, two projects were withdrawn by
the participants. CCPI is a multi-year clean coal technology
demonstration program with private sector cost-share being at least 50
percent. Private sector participants for the remaining projects
selected in Round 1 will contribute approximately $670 million, well in excess of the
department’s requirement for 50 percent cost-sharing.
One of the projects
is directed at new
ways to comply with the President's Clear Skies initiative which calls
for dramatic reductions in air pollutants from power plants over the
next decade-and-a-half. For more specific information on this
project, click on the title below:
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TOXECON Retrofit for Mercury and
Multi-Pollutant Control on Three 90 MW Coal-Fired Boilers
Three other projects are expected to
contribute to President Bush's Climate Change initiative to reduce
greenhouse gases. The first two projects (below) will reduce carbon dioxide, a
primary greenhouse gas, by boosting the fuel use efficiency of power
plants. The third project will demonstrate a potential alternative to
conventional Portland cement manufacturing, a commercial process that
produces large amounts of carbon
dioxide. For more specific information on these projects, click on the
titles below:
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Demonstration of Integrated Optimization Software at the Baldwin
Energy Complex
- Increasing Power Plant Efficiency--Lignite
Fuel Enhancement
- Advanced
Multi-Product Coal Utilization By-Product Processing Plant
The
remaining two projects will reduce air pollution through coal
gasification and multi-pollutant control systems while at the same time
make use of low-value "waste" coal feedstocks that are causing
environmental concerns in these regions. For more specific
information on these two projects, click on the titles below:
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Gilberton
Coal-to-Clean Fuels and Power Project
- Western Greenbrier Co-Production Demonstration
Project
Withdrawn Projects
- Integration of Advanced Emissions Controls
to Produce--Next Generation Circulating Fluid Bed Coal Generating Unit (Project Withdrawn)
- Commercial Demonstration of the Airborne
Process
(Project Withdrawn)
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