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Illinois Coal Competitiveness Program
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Illinois Coal Competitiveness Program encourages communities and businesses to improve miner safety and the coal extraction, preparation and transportation systems within Illinois. The program is aimed at improving the efficiency of the Illinois coal industry, enhancing the competitive position of Illinois coal in domestic and international markets, and opening new markets for Illinois coal and coal byproducts.
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Illinois Coal Demonstration Program
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The Illinois Coal Demonstration Program is committed to bringing state-of-the-art, advanced coal-use technologies to commercial readiness. Recent projects include partial funding for the construction of a flue gas desulfurization system at Springfield City Water, Light and Power and repowering Southern Illinois Power Cooperative with a new circulating fluidized bed boiler.
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Illinois Coal Development Program
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The Coal Development Program seeks to advance promising clean coal technologies beyond the research stage towards commercialization. The program provides a 50/50 match with private industry dollars to support market-driven needs of the industry. Development processes include technology maturation, technology transfer and related studies. The Coal Development Program is administered by DCEO with technical oversight by the Illinois Clean Coal Institute (ICCI).
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Illinois Coal Education & Marketing Program
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Illinois Coal Education & Marketing Program strives to preserve and enhance the marketability of Illinois coal; heighten awareness and understanding of the importance of the coal industry to the socioeconomic structure of Illinois; and create a positive image for the mining and utilization of coal in Illinois.
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Illinois Coal Research Program
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DCEO oversees the largest state-sponsored coal research program in the United States. This program is administered by DCEO and is under the technical oversight of the Illinois Clean Coal Institute (ICCI).
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Illinois Coal Revival Program
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The Illinois Coal Revival Program provides financial assistance in the form of grants to assist with the development of new or expanded coal-fired electric generation capacity, coal gasification or IGCC units that generate chemical feedstocks or transportation fuels derived from coal in Illinois. In related legislation, the Public Utilities Act allows any gas utility to enter into a 20-year supply contract with a company for synthetic natural gas produced through coal gasification.
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