Appendix F
Acronyms and Abbreviations
ABET Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
ACARP Australian Coal Association Research Program
ACR Australian Coal Research
ACT accelerated technology
AEO Annual Energy Outlook
AFBC atmospheric fluidized bed combustion
AML abandoned mine lands
BCR Bituminous Coal Research
BLM Bureau of Land Management
Btu British thermal unit
CAST Center for Advanced Separation Technology
CCPI Clean Coal Power Initiative
CCS carbon capture and sequestration (alt. carbon capture and storage)
CCTDP Clean Coal Technology Demonstration Program
CP carbon price
CRCMining Cooperative Research Centre for Mining
CTL coal-to-liquids
CURC Coal Utilization Research Council
DoD Department of Defense
DOE Department of Energy
DOE-EERE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (DOE)
DOE-EIA Energy Information Administration (DOE)
DOE-FE Office of Fossil Energy (DOE)
DOE-OE Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (DOE)
DOI Department of the Interior
DOL Department of Labor
DRB Demonstrated Reserve Base
EC European Commission
EIA Energy Information Administration (DOE)
EOR enhanced oil recovery
EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EPRI Electric Power Research Institute
ERDA Energy Research and Development Administration
ERR Estimated Recoverable Reserves
FGD flue gas desulfurization
FP fuel price
FY fiscal year
GDP gross domestic product
GHG greenhouse gas
GIS geographic information system
GRE Great River Energy
Gt gigaton
GW gigawatt
IEA International Energy Agency
IGCC integrated gasification combined cycle
IOF Industry of the Future
IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IWUB Inland Waterways Users Board
MSHA Mine Safety and Health Administration
Mt megaton
NCEP National Commission on Energy Policy
NCRA National Coal Resource Assessment
NEMS National Energy Modeling System
NETL National Energy Technology Laboratory
NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NMA National Mining Association
NSF National Science Foundation
O&G oil and gas
O&M operations and maintenance
OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
ORD Office of Research and Development (EPA)
OSM Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
PC pulverized coal
PNNL Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PPII Power Plant Improvement Initiative
PRB Powder River Basin
R&D research and development
RD&D research, development, and demonstration
RRAM Recoverable Reserves at Active Mines
SMCRA Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act
SNG substitute natural gas (also known as synthetic natural gas)
UIC Underground Injection Control
UMWA United Mine Workers of America
UNECE United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
USACE U.S. Army Corp of Engineers
USBM U.S. Bureau of Mines
USGS U.S. Geological Survey
WEC World Energy Council
WEO World Energy Outlook
WETO World Energy, Technology, and Climate Policy Outlook
