Coal is expected to provide at least half of electricity in the US over the next 15 years, despite coal’s association with pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. And the US Energy Information Agency projections forecast an additional 87 gigawatts of new coal-fueled generation will be constructed by 2025. To meet this demand, the US government’s Clean Coal Power Initiative is providing government co-financing for new coal technologies that can help utilities cut sulfur, nitrogen and mercury pollutants from power plants.
Some early clean coal projects are demonstrating technologies to reduce greenhouse emissions by boosting the efficiency by which coal plants convert coal to electricity or other energy forms. Coal gasification electric power plants are now operating commercially in the United States and in other nations, and many experts predict that coal gasification will be at the heart of future generations of clean coal technology plants.
Among the opportunities that are emerging from clean coal research, development and commercialization, in August 2009, the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) announced that it will invest a total of $27.6 million in 19 projects to evaluate the potential risks of storing carbon dioxide (CO2) in geologic formations.
This report includes advanced coal cleaning, combustion, gas separation, and the CO2 capture & sequestration technologies, markets and forecasts. It also presents the latest trends and prospects for the industry. The report contents include:
1. Introduction: Clean Coal Technologies and Equipment
2. US National Clean Coal Policy Considerations
3. US Coal Production and Consumption Including New Coal-Fired Power Plants and Market Outlook
4. Clean Coal Technology: Now and Tomorrow
5. Advanced Combustion and Carbon Sequestration Technology
6. Advanced Boiler and Gas Separation Technology
7. Clean Coal Corporate Profiles and Activity
8. US Clean Coal R&D Projects
9. Outlook for Clean Coal Production and New Generation Equipment
10. Venture Capital Investment in Clean Coal Technology
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