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COAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH COUNCILSM

Chairman

Nicholas K. Akins
Executive Vice President
Generation
American Electric Power

Vice-Chairman

John Stowell
Vice President
Environmental Health & Safety Policy
Duke Energy

Treasurer

Marshall Mazer
The Babcock & Wilcox
Company

Executive Director

Ben Yamagata
Coal Utilization Research CouncilSM

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News


 7/22/2008
NMA Letter of Support for Conrad-Hatch Bill
A letter to Senators Kent Conrad (D-ND) and Orrin Hatch (R-UT), signed by Kraig Naasz, President of the National Mining Association, supporting S. 3208, the "Carbon Reduction Technology Bridge Act of 2008." This bill embodies the elements of the CURC "Near Term CO2 Reduction" Program, which was developed by members of CURC last year and agreed to by the membership as a policy mechanism for providing the incentives needed for early adopters of CCS technology and CO2 reduction measures.
 7/21/2008
Sens. Durbin, Bond Urge Extension of FutureGen Cooperative Agreement as Part of Supplemental
Last Friday, Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Kit Bond (R-MO) wrote a letter to the Senate Appropriations Committee urging the Committee to include language in the upcoming Infrastructure Supplemental Appropriations bill to extend the Department of Energy's cooperative agreement with the current FutureGen Alliance.
 7/15/2008
Sen. Bingaman Energy Technology Deployment Bill
Last Friday Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), Chairman of the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee, introduced S. 3233, the “21st Century Energy Technology Deployment Act” which would create a government corporation to encourage deployment of new energy technologies that are perceived as too risky for needed low cost financing by commercial lenders.
 7/11/2008
Energy and Commerce Subcommittee Hearing on H.R. 6258, the Carbon Capture and Storage Early Deployment Act
On June 12th, Rep. Boucher (D-VA) introduced legislation aimed to create a Carbon Storage Research Corporation (CSRC or the Council) to accelerate the demonstration and early deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS) systems. Funds would be competitively awarded to CCS projects and generated by assessing a fee on fossil fuel based power generation.
 7/7/2008
The Carbon Reduction Technology Bridge Act of 2008
 7/3/2008
Chairman Gordon Urges President Bush to Support International Cooperation in Carbon-Capture Technology
 6/24/2008
DOE Seeks to Invest Approximately $1.3 Billion to Commercialize CCS Technology
 6/19/2008
Ben Yamagata interviews with E&E TV
 6/19/2008
McCain Speech on Energy and Clean Coal
 6/18/2008
Climate MATTERS Cap-and-Trade Legislation Introduced
 6/12/2008
Sen. Boucher Introduces Legislation to Accelerate Availability of CCS Technology
 6/12/2008
Sen. Baucus Introduces CCS Tax Credit Legislation
 6/9/2008
IEA Finds U.S. CO2 Sequestration Program World's Most Ambitious
 6/5/2008
Sen. Dorgan CCS Amendment to Climate Change bill
 5/28/2008
Investing in Climate Action and Protection Act (iCAP Act)
 5/28/2008
May 22, 2008 Presentations - 'Carbon Capture and Storage: A Technology Solution to Continued Coal Use in a Carbon Constrained World' Congressional Briefing
 5/21/2008
Restructured FutureGen FOA comments
 5/20/2008
Sen. Boxer (D-CA) 'Manager's Amendment' Substitute Bill
 5/12/2008
Senate Energy & Water Appropriations Subcommittee Hearing on the Advancement of the FutureGen Project
 5/8/2008
Restructured FutureGen Draft Funding Opportunity Announcement
 5/7/2008
DOE Awards $126.6 Million for Two More Large-Scale Carbon Sequestration Projects
 5/5/2008
CURC position paper on the 'Status of CCS Technologies'
The CURC position paper on the status of technology for carbon capture and storage (CCS) is the first in a series of briefing papers CURC intends to issue addressing the status of CCS technologies. The paper has been circulated to staff in both Houses of Congress and will be discussed during the May 22, 2008 Congressional briefing.
 5/2/2008
Wyoming Request for Proposals
The Clean Coal Task Force, composed of members of the Wyoming Energy Resources Council to the University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources, requests proposals for research into clean coal technologies.
 12/7/2007
Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act Clears Senate Committee Markup: Future Prospects Uncertain
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