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GE and CPECC Sign Agreements with USTDA to Advance Commercial Scale IGCC in China

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Gasification technology has become a critical tool in the expansion of the Chinese economy, allowing a wide variety of industrial products and fuels to be created from low-cost, abundant coal resources. and the Polk Tampa Electric IGCC plant in Florida that helped demonstrate the commercial feasibility of IGCC.

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DOE NETL selects 12 fossil-fuel power systems projects for funding

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Siemens Corporation. DOE: $750,000 Non-DOE: $187,500 Total: $937,500 (20% cost share). EPRI) will team with Babcock and Wilcox Company and Wyman-Gordon to qualify improved high-performance structural materials for use in current power plants to improve flexibility. Cost: DOE: $749,058 Non-DOE: $187,264 Total: $936,322 (20% cost share).

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US DOE Awarding Up To $62M for Concentrating Solar Power Research and Development

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The selected projects will seek to improve component and system designs to extend operation to an average of about 18 hours per day, a level of production that would make it possible for these plants to displace traditional coal-burning power plants. Infinia Corporation – Kennewick, WA – up to $3.0 SkyFuel, Inc.

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