U.S. Policy and Finance

Documents, Tools & Resources
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Popular Documents
- Identifying Opportunities for Coal Mine Methane Recovery at U.S. Coal Mines: Profiles of Selected Gassy Underground Coal Mines 2002-2006 (PDF, Jan. 2009) (207 pp, 1.2MB, About PDF)
- U.S. Abandoned Coal Mine Methane Recovery Project Opportunities (PDF) (61 pp, 2.1MB, About PDF)
- Coal Mine Methane Global Overview, prepared by CMOP on behalf of the Global Methane Initiative Coal Subcommittee

- Thermal Oxidation of Coal Mine Ventilation Air Methane (PDF) (6 pp, 197K, About PDF)
- Technical Options Series
Finance
- Coal Mine Methane (CMM) Finance Guide (PDF, July 2009) (34 pp, 441K)
- Financing Coal Mine Methane Projects (PDF, Feb. 2005) (2 pp, 146K)
- Catalog of Coal Mine Methane Project Finance Sources (PDF, July 2002) (27 pp, 273K)
Policy/Regulatory
- Financial and Regulatory Incentives for U.S. Coal Mine Methane Recovery Projects (PDF, Aug. 2011) (18 pp, 531K)
- Major U.S. GHG Registries and Their Rules for Coal Mine Methane Projects (PDF, Aug. 2010) (6 pp, 94K)
- State Renewable Energy Programs (PDF, July 2010) (3 pp, 76K)
- Managing Methane (World Coal article) (PDF, May 2010) (4 pp, 432K)
- Coal Mine Methane Ownership Issues: An Overview (PDF, Fall 2007) (11 pp, 369K)
Inventory Methodologies
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