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CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGY DESCRIBESA NEW GEN

ENERGY PROCESSES THAT SHARPLY REDUCEAIR EM

OTHERPOLLUTANTSFROMCOAL-BURNINGPOWERPLAN

WHY COAL?

We need it for our energy security.

It is Americas largest domestic energyresource enough to last 250 years atcurrent rates of use.

It is a versatile energy resource that can be

used in solid, liquid, or gaseous form.

It has traditionally been the largest singlesource of U.S. electricity generation, currentlyproviding more than 50 percent of the total,and will continue to be the primary generatorof Americas electric power for years to

come.It can be used cleanly and affordably to driveour economic prosperity.

Preparing Coal for the Futur

HIGHLIGHTS POLICY, PROGRAMS, PROGRESS

Maximizing Americas ability toplace more reliance on its massivecoal resource means finding ways toli i t ll ti d t d th

The development anddeployment of advanctechnologies are beinth h i t t t


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Clean Coal Technology Prog

...LAYINGTHE FOUNDATION

...REAPING THE BENEFITS

Thirty-eight technologydemonstration projectswere selected andconducted between19861993 a jointlyfunded $5.3 billion effortby government andindustry; while the cost-

sharing requirement wasa 50/50 split, the privatesector provided two-thirdsof funds.

The projects demonstratedand commercialized newlower-cost options forcontrolling emissions ofsulfur dioxide (SO

2) and

nitrogen oxides (NOx) at

coal-based power plants,as well as improvements

in plant performanceand efficiencies.

The resuprojectseventuacommer(resultinor interthe techtechnolo

operatethe plan


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COAL USE UP, POLLUTION DOWNIN ELECTRICITY GENER

All data in million short tons. Figures are rounded. Total em

are due to several factors, which include increased commdeployment of clean

(Sources: Energy Information Administration, Environmenta


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The Commitment to Clean Coa

The National Energy Policy Development Group (NEPDG) report recog

continue to play a key role in securinga healthy U.S. economy between2006 2030, 130 gigawatts (GW) ofnew coal-based generating capacity isprojected to be added (Source: U.S.Energy Information Administration,

Annual Energy Outlook, 2008).Recommendations include $2 billionover 10 years for advanced clean coaltechnologies.

FOSSILFUELSARE

TOREMAINTHEM

ENERGY CONSUM

INTO THE 21S

AVAILABILITY

FUELS TO PROV

AFFORDABLE E

ESSENTIAL FO

PROSPERITYAND

Coal assumes a key rolevel initiatives: ClimatHydrogen, Sequestratenergy policy with env

MEETING 21ST CENTURY NEEDS


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Regional Carbon

Sequestration

Partnerships

Involves 40 states, 4 Canadianprovinces, hundreds of stakeholders.

Initial efforts identified potentialgeological storage for 600 gigatonsof CO

2 capacity enough to hold

several centuries worth of U.S. poweremissions.

Additional funding over the next 10years will advance the work of theregional partnerships, supportingmultiple large-scale tests of geologicsequestration.

ENERGYNERGYU.S. DEPARTMENT OFFor more information about the Office of Fossil Energys Clean CoalTechnology Program, please visitwww.fossil.energy.gov.

Carbon

Sequestration

Key Goals

To develop by 2012 fossil fuelconversion systems that offer 90percent CO

2capture with 99 percent

storage permanence at less than a 10percent increase in the cost of energyservices.

The portfolio of technologies beingdeveloped through government andindustry partnerships applies to bothnewly built systems and also retrofits ofexisting equipment.

CARBON SEQUESTRATION,THE IDEA OF CAPTURING

CARBONDIOXIDEBEFOREIT

IS EMITTED TO THEATMO-

SPHEREANDSTORINGITIN

UNDERGROUND ROCK FOR-

MATIONS OR OTHERWISE

SEQUESTERING IT, HAS

PROGRESSED STEADILY

OVERTHEPAST 10YEARS. IT IS NOW

POISED TO BECOME

A KEY TECHNOLOGY

OPTIONFORGREEN-

HOUSE GAS EMIS-

SIONSABATEMENT.

(Source: IPCC Special Report on Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage, 2005)

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