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Fossil Fuels: Lessons Learned in DOE's Clean Coal Technology Program

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date May 26, 1994
Report No. RCED-94-174
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Summary:

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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