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1 INTRODUCTI0N AND SCOPE OF THE STUDY
1 INTRODUCTI0N AND SCOPE OF THE STUDY
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In 1992 coal-fired steam electricity generating plants accounted for 56 percent of the electricity produced in the United States. Coal's continued viability as a domestic energy source will be strongly linked to its environmental acceptability relative to that of competing fuels such as natural gas.
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outside DOE, both in the private sector and overseas. THE ENERGY POLICY ACT OF 1992 The major impetus for this study, EPACT, represents the culmination of several years of energy policy deliberations, prompted largely by the Bush administration's 1991 National Energy Strategy proposals (DOE, 1991~.
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Recent or current DOE programs have addressed, or are addressing, many of the areas identified in EPACT. The National Research Council committee was specifically charged as follows: - Review the DOE coal program, including the current version of the coal strategic plan and additional details contained in the administration's budget requests for fiscal year (FY)
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. In developing a framework for strategic assessment of the DOE program, the committee sought to reflect the key factors likely to affect future coal use in the United States and elsewhere.
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The information and perspectives developed were then used to assess current DOE programs and to draw conclusions and recommendations consistent with the committee's stra tegic planning framework and its overall charge. COAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Over the years, R&D has been conducted in the United States on all stages of the coal fuel cycle, from mining to end use, in both private and public sectors.
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Commercial coal gasification plants in the United States include the Great Plains Gasification Plant, the Dow gasificationcogeneration plant, and the Tennessee Eastern syngas-to-chemicals plant. Coal technologies to produce electric power have been pursued extensively by both the private sector and DOE.
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Chapters 5 through 7 follow the fuel cycle, with Chapter 5 addressing coal preparation, coalliquid mixtures, and coalbed methane recovery: Chapter 6 addresses coal conversion to clean fuels and specialty products, and Chapter 7 covers electric power generation. Chapter 8, on technology demonstration and commercialization, and Chapter 9, on advanced research programs, describe a variety of cross-cutting activities within DOE's coal program.
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1993. Annual Report 1992-1993: International Energy Agency Coal Research.
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