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8 TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION AND COMMERCIALIZATION
8 TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION AND COMMERCIALIZATION
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Recommendations made by the Clean Coal Technology Coalition (CCTC) and the National Coal Council (NCC' for the future of the CCT program are reviewed below.
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CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM The CCT program is a technology development effort jointly funded by government and industry in which advanced coal-based technologies are being demonstrated at a scale large enough for the marketplace to judge their commercial potential. A unique feature of the program is that industry plays a major role in defining the demonstration project and in ensuring eventual commercialization.
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The patent rights for inventions developed during the demonstration program are normally granted to the industrial participant, thereby preserving the incentives for subsequent commercialization. Five competitive solicitation cycles (CCT Rounds I through V)
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. Advanced Emission Control Systems Of the 45 active CCT demonstration projects, 19 involve advanced emission control systems technologies aimed at the cleanup of SO2, NOX, and particulates (see Chapter 7, Table 7-8~.
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Two first-generation PFBC demonstrations, sized at 70 and 80 MW, are part of the CCT program, as is a 95-MW second-generation PFBC demonstration unit. PFBC technology has the potential to achieve 50 percent thermal efficiencies but only if hot gas cleanup systems can be improved and used in conjunction with advanced turbines (see Chapter 7)
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An IGCC demonstration selected in CCT Round V will utilize a portion of the clean coal gas to fuel a 2.5-MW molten carbonate fuel cell. FUTURE DIRECTIONS Additional CCT Solicitations Section 1321 of EPACT requires DOE to conduct additional solicitations for the development of cost-effective, higher-efficiency, low-emission coal utilization technologies for commercialization by 2010.
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For example, if the risk differential between a 400-MW IGCC project and conventional pulverized coal with FGD plant is $360 million, the federal incentive for the project would be $54 million or 15 percent of the differential. International CCT Initiative Section 1332 of EPACT (Innovative Clean Coal Technology Transfer program)
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Commercially available pulverized coal plants with modern flue gas cleanup technology may be more cost effective and beneficial (see Chapter 31. Supporting funding for commercially available technology, including retrofit technologies for environmental control, could come from the traditional sources of overseas aid, without impacting the existing CCT program or the FE R&D program budget.
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As for advanced power generation technologies, first-of-a-kind or pioneer plant demonstrations are likely to be significantly more expensive than fully commercial systems. Thus, the committee anticipates that some federal cost sharing of early demonstration plants, similar to that in the CCT program, will be necessary to stimulate industry participation, and ultimate adoption, of coproduct systems to produce coal liquids and electric power.
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3. The commercial acceptance of new power generation technologies will be impeded by the remaining financial risk associated with second- and third-of-akind demonstration projects.
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