Issued on: December 8, 2005
U.S. and Indian Officials Meet to Advance Clean Coal Technologies
Dialogue Targets Collaboration in the Area of Clean Fossil Energy Technologies
Washington, DC – Officials from the India Ministry of Coal and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy recently held meetings as part of the U.S.–India Energy Dialogue to work towards adopting clean coal technology in India.
"This meeting represents another crowning achievement in worldwide clean coal technology adoption," said Mark Maddox, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy. "It is this type of dialogue that will help bring clean, coal-based technologies to a country seeking to improve power plant efficiency and curb pollution."
India expects a coal shortage of approximately 87 million tonnes by 2012 and is studying the recently enacted U.S. National Energy Policy Act of 2005 as a model for one of the world’s fastest growing nations. Of particular interest to India are coal preparation technologies to achieve optimal levels of ash reduction and efficient use of rejects, coal gasification and liquefaction, coal bed methane, and coal mine closure and safety issues.
The FutureGen project and carbon sequestration technology are also being reviewed by the Indian delegation. India and the United States are both members of the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum, an international climate change initiative that is focused on development of cost-effective technologies for the separation and capture of carbon dioxide for its transport and long-term safe storage.
Maddox and Pradeep Kumar, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Coal, Government of India, concluded the U.S.–India Coal Working Group meeting with the formal signing of a Record of Meeting.
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