Fossil Fuels: Lessons Learned in DOE's Clean Coal Technology Program
(Letter Report, 05/26/94, GAO/RCED-94-174).
The Energy Department's (DOE) Clean Technology program, which has been
underway since 1986, is a unique partnership between government and
industry for sharing the costs of commercial-scale projects
demonstrating innovative technologies for using coal in a more
environmentally sound, efficient, and economical way. DOE funds up to
half of a project's cost, with the project's sponsor and other
nonfederal participants picking up the tab for the rest. This report
reviews the lessons DOE has learned in implementing the clean coal
program and the changes it has made that would be useful to other
federal agencies that share in the costs of developing and demonstrating
technologies. GAO also obtained information on DOE's plans for the
future direction of the clean coal program. Although it is too soon to
judge the commercial success of the innovative technologies developed,
the program has shown that the government and the private sector can
work together to develop and apply new technologies.
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REPORTNUM: RCED-94-174
TITLE: Fossil Fuels: Lessons Learned in DOE's Clean Coal
Technology Program
DATE: 05/26/94
SUBJECT: Coal resources
Fuel research
Fossil fuels
Research program management
Air pollution control
Technology transfer
Energy industry
Environmental research
Cost sharing (finance)
Cooperative agreements
IDENTIFIER: DOE Clean Coal Technology Program
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