Clean Air Act Advisory Committee
Advanced Coal Technology Work Group
This work group is currently inactive.
The Clean Air Act Advisory Committee in September 2006 charged the Advanced Coal Technology Work Group to discuss and identify the potential barriers and opportunities to create incentives under the Clean Air Act for the research, development, demonstration and deployment of advanced coal technologies (ACTs), including carbon capture and sequestration. During the course of the year, the group agreed to go beyond the limits of its charter and to discuss mechanisms that might be engaged to advance deployment of ACTs outside of the existing Clean Air Act.
On January 29, 2008 the work group completed its Final Report, which presents thirteen succinct, consensus-based recommendations that can be undertaken by various stakeholders to accelerate the development and use of ACTs.
For further information, please contact Benjamin Hengst (hengst.benjamin@epa.gov).
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- Download Membership List (PDF) (9pp, 50k)
- Download Final Report (PDF) (10pp, 235k)
- Download Draft Interim Report (PDF) (13pp, 107k)
Charge to the Work Group
- To discuss and identify the potential barriers and potential opportunities to create incentives under the Clean Air Act to the development and deployment of advanced coal technologies.
- This may include discussion of technical and economic information, environmental performance and characteristics, state and regional developments, and questions related to the Clean Air Act and the deployment of advanced coal technology.
- It should also consider potential updates to the information in EPA’s technical report entitled “The Environmental Footprints and Costs of Coal-Based Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle and Pulverized Coal Technologies,” and carbon capture and sequestration, among others.
- Work group duration would be for up to one year. With an interim report at six months, and final report at one year.
- Diversity of stakeholder views and perspectives.
Supplemental Materials
During the Work Group process, various groups or individuals developed materials for consideration and discussion by other Work Group members.The Work Group agreed that it would be useful to post some of these background documents on this website.The views expressed in these materials represent those of the author(s)only, and authors' names and affiliations are indicated for each document.
Opportunities under existing Clean Air Act Authorities (PDF) (17pp, 180k) - Clean Air Task Force.
Documents from Past Meetings
January 29, 2008 (final meeting)
Arlington, VA
- Agenda (PDF) (1pg, 22k)
- Presentations
December 11, 2007
Arlington, VA
- Agenda (PDF) (1pg, 16k)
- Presentations
- Recap presentation of November 13-14 meeting (PDF) (25pp, 110k)
November 13-14, 2007
Annapolis, MD
- Agenda (PDF) (2pp, 21k)
- Presentations
October 16, 2007
Arlington, VA
- Agenda (PDF) (1pg, 29k)
- Presentations
- Recap presentation of September 18 meeting (PDF) (13pp, 88k)
September 18, 2007
Arlington, VA
- Agenda (PDF) (2pp, 28k)
- Presentations
- Recap presentation of August 7 meeting (PDF) (13pp, 83k)
- Permit update from EPA (PDF) (6pp, 43k)
- Presentation by Dr. Stan Rhodes, SCS, on Lifecycle Impact Assesment (PDF) (39pp, 942k)
- Additional Documents
August 7, 2007
Santa Fe, NM
- Draft Agenda (PDF) (2pp, 90k)
- Presentations
- Recap presentation of June 5 meeting and subcommittee call (PDF) (9pp, 27k)
- Challenges of Coal Generation (PDF) (31pp, 808k)
June 5, 2007
Arlington, VA
- Draft Agenda (PDF) (1pg, 55k)
- Meeting Summary (PDF) (27pp, 203k)
- Presentations
May 8, 2007
Arlington, VA
- Draft Agenda (PDF) (2pp, 13k)
- Presentations
- A Cost Curve for Greenhouse Gas Reductions (PDF) (11pp, 284k)
- Tracking New Coal-Fired Power Plants (PDF) (27pp, 725k)
- Recap Presentation for January through March 2007 meetings (PDF) (27pp, 76k)
May 3, 2007
Conference Call
- EPA Efforts on Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage (PDF) (12pp, 417k)
- Background on USEPA Efforts on Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage (PDF) (3pp, 32k)
April 27, 2007
Conference Call
April 24, 2007
Conference Call
- Electricity Technology in a Carbon-Constrained Future (PDF) (16pp, 393k)
- Executive Summary (PDF) (1pg, 39k)
- Questions and Answers (PDF) (7pp, 57k)
March 29, 2007
Arlington, VA
- Draft Agenda (PDF) (2pp, 72k)
- Meeting Summary (PDF) (22pp, 117k)
- Presentations
- Recap Presentation for March 6, 2007 meeting (PDF) (5pp, 28k)
- Presentation by Coal Utilization Research Council (PDF) (12pp, 225k)
- Presentation by US Climate Action Partnership (PDF) (4pp, 174k)
- Presentation by EPCOR (PDF) (13pp, 349k)
March 6, 2007
Arlington, VA
- Draft Agenda (PDF) (2pp, 72k)
- Meeting Sumary (PDF) (24pp, 118k)
- Presentations
- Summary of Information from the February 8th Meeting (PDF) (5pp, 43k)
- Overview of the Clean Air Rules for Coal Based Generation (PDF) (9pp, 798k)
- Implementation of Clean Air Act Requirements for Advanced Coal Technologies (PDF) (13pp, 259k)
- Advanced Coal Technology for PC Plants (PDF) (16pp, 561k)
- Legal, Liability and Public Acceptability Aspects of CCS (PDF) (15pp, 334k)
- The Business Case for Coal Gasification with Co-Production (PDF) (19pp, 269k)
February 8, 2007
Arlington, VA
- Draft Agenda (PDF) (1pg, 46k)
- Meeting Sumary (PDF) (28pp, 114k)
- Background Materials
- Carbon Dioxide Capture and Geologic Storage (PDF) (37pp, 6250k)
- Presentations
- Summary of Information Obtained from the January Meeting of the Advanced Coal Technology Work Group (PDF) (6pp, 52k)
- An Overview of CO2 Capture Technology for Fossil Fuel Power Plants (PDF) (56pp, 2660k)
- On the Potential Large-Scale Commercial Deployment of Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage Technologies (PDF) (22pp, 3280k)
- Southern Company's Views on Advanced Coal Technology (PDF) (20pp, 1230k)
- IGCC Barriers & Opportunities (PDF) (22pp, 1230k)
- American Electric Power - Advanced Coal Technology Development (PDF) (12pp, 141k)
January 8 - 9, 2007
Arlington, VA
- Draft Agenda (PDF) (3pp, 106k)
- Meeting Notes (PDF) (34pp, 919k)
- Background Materials
- Presentations
- EPRI Overview of Advanced Coal Technology for Electric Power Generation (PDF) (31pp, 1640k)
- Overview of Carbon Capture & Sequestration (PDF) (47pp, 5330k)
- Federal Incentives Provided by EPAct2005 for Advanced Coal Technology (PDF) (15pp, 58k)
- Advanced Coal Technologies - State Incentives (PDF) (23pp, 192k)
- Public Utility Commission's Perspective on Advanced Coal Technology (PDF) (17pp, 226k)
- Financial Community Perspectives on Advanced Coal Technology (PDF) (13pp, 74k)
