DOE announces $50M for large-scale pilot coal projects
26 August 2017
The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced the availability of a $50-million funding opportunity through the Office of Fossil Energy (DE-FOA-0001788) to design, construct, and operate two large-scale pilots for transformational coal technologies that improve coal-powered systems’ performance, efficiency, emission reduction, and cost of electricity.
DOE has supported a range of potentially transformational coal technologies aimed at enabling step-change improvements in coal-powered systems. Some of these technologies are now ready to proceed to the large-scale pilot stage of development. Applicants to this new FOA should have already demonstrated technical success at a small-scale pilot stage, and a 20 percent minimum cost share on total award values is required.
The FOA will involve three phases, with down-selections made between phases:
Phase I (Feasibility) will support efforts to secure team commitments; update the preliminary cost estimate and schedule for design, construction, and operation; secure construction/operation cost-share funding; and complete an environmental information volume.
Phase II (Design) selected projects will complete a front-end engineering design study, and complete the National Environmental Policy Act process.
Phase III (Construction/Operation) will ultimately be the two, final projects selected to support construction and operation of the large-scale pilot facilities.
Excellent objectives to (eventually) use the abundant supply of coal in USA while reducing pollution and GHG?
Other countries could follow?
Posted by: HarveyD | 27 August 2017 at 08:00 AM
Investing in buggy whip production. Clean coal is a myth, and coal CCS is devastatingly uneconomical. Utilities around the country are shuttering coal fired power plants.
Posted by: electric-car-insider.com | 27 August 2017 at 10:48 AM
Political window dressing for the core. At least it is not $500 million.
Posted by: JMartin | 28 August 2017 at 08:39 AM
IGCC with fuels can work, we just have to see the benefits.
Posted by: SJC | 30 August 2017 at 11:51 AM