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Clean coal : DOE's decision to restructure FutureGen should be based on a comprehensive analysis of costs, benefits, and risks : report to Congressional requesters / United States Government Accountability Office.
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- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- United States. Government Accountability Office
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Department of Energy.
- United States.
- Coal gasification--United States.
- Coal gasification.
- Coal gasification plants--United States.
- Coal gasification plants.
- Carbon sequestration--United States.
- Carbon sequestration.
- Energy development--United States.
- Energy development.
- Coal--United States.
- Coal.
- Physical Description:
- ii, 48 pages : digital, PDF file
- Other Title:
- DOE's decision to restructure FutureGen should be based on a comprehensive analysis of costs, benefits, and risks
- FutureGen
- Place of Publication:
- [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2009]
- Summary:
- Coal-fired power plants generate about one-half of the nation's electricity and about one-third of its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, which contribute to climate change. In 2003, the Department of Energy (DOE) initiated FutureGen--a commercial-scale, coal-fired power plant to incorporate integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC), an advanced generating technology, with carbon capture and storage (CCS). The plant was to capture and store underground about 90 percent of its CO2 emissions. DOE's cost share was 74 percent, and industry partners agreed to fund the rest. Concerned about escalating costs, DOE restructured FutureGen. GAO was asked to examine (1) the original and restructured programs' goals, (2) similarities and differences between the new FutureGen and other DOE CCS programs, and (3) if the restructuring decision was based on sufficient information. GAO reviewed best practices for making programmatic decisions, FutureGen plans and budgets, and documents on the restructuring of FutureGen. GAO contacted DOE, industry partners, and experts.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed Mar. 3, 2009).
- "February 2009."
- Paper version available from: U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, 441 G St., NW, Rm. LM, Washington, D.C. 20548.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- "GAO-09-248."
- OCLC:
- 314357194
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