Open AccessAn evaluation of commercialization mechanisms for the Clean Coal Technology Program
Author(s) -
Emily Joyce,
L.M. Matysiak,
J.A. Wampler
Publication year - 1995
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/39140
Subject(s) - commercialization , general partnership , coal , national laboratory , business , technology transfer , government (linguistics) , emerging technologies , fossil fuel , clean coal , petroleum , investment (military) , public–private partnership , engineering , engineering management , manufacturing engineering , marketing , waste management , finance , political science , computer science , international trade , paleontology , philosophy , engineering physics , artificial intelligence , politics , law , biology , linguistics
The Clean Coal Technology (CCT) Program is an exemplary model of a successful collaboration between industry and government to develop advanced clean coal technologies that will both sustain and expand coal usage for electrical power production and materials manufacturing. Begun in 1985, the program has included five national competitive solicitations over a period of nine years. These solicitations have resulted in forty-five projects covering twenty-one states with a total capital investment of almost $7 billion. The goal of the program has been to demonstrate the next generation of advanced coal based technologies and to transfer these technologies to individual companies in the domestic and international market place. This study was commissioned by the CCT Program to evaluate technology transfer mechanisms used in other programs that can be used to stimulate the commercialization of the CCT Program`s technologies. Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) was selected for this task because of its involvement in the Natural Gas and Oil Technology Partnership, which is sponsored by the DOE Office of Fossil Energy. The mission of the Partnership is to coordinate the development and transfer of technologies developed at DOE national laboratories to the U.S. petroleum industry. The intent of this study is to examine the structure of the Partnership and evaluate the applicability of this structure to the CCT Program