Key to achieving this goal is the near-term deployment of advanced coal power systems to resolve the technical, economic, and institutional challenges facing advanced coal technologies through real-world experience. The result will be a self-sustaining commercial marketplace offering prudent investment options capable of satisfying society's energy demands and environmental concerns both in the short term and over the long term.
This EPRI program is based on supporting several early deployment advanced coal power projects and translating the designs for generic use by the member companies. The program provides licensed materials for use by EPRI’s CoalFleet members and focuses on three elements of work, including Analysis of Incentives and Permitting Options, Creation of Standard Design Guidelines, and RD&D for Advanced Coal Technologies.
Technologies covered by CoalFleet include integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC), ultra-supercritical pulverized coal (USC PC), and supercritical circulating fluidized-bed combustion (SC CFBC). CoalFleet is especially focused on incorporating user requirements and lessons learned from existing IGCC and advanced PC and CFBC plants (as well as new developments) into new designs being developed for potential commercial orders, helping spur reductions in capital cost and risk for subsequent orders as well as improvements in plant availability and performance.
CoalFleet brings together an international collaborative group that spans five continents. The group includes greater than 60% of the coal-based power generators, large European generators, 50 and 60 Hz OEMS, EPC (engineer-procure-construct) companies, research partners such as the U.S. Department of Energy, and others.
