Fossil Fuels
Pace and Focus of the Clean Coal Technology Program Need to Be Assessed Gao ID: RCED-90-67 March 19, 1990Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Energy's (DOE) evaluation and selection of project proposals under the second round of the Clean Coal Technology (CCT) Program.
GAO found that: (1) DOE formed a board to develop proposal evaluation and selection criteria and evaluate proposed projects; and (2) DOE developed evaluation criteria in accordance with congressional and other program guidance. GAO also found that: (1) DOE picked 16 projects that represented the highest-ranked proposals for the range of technologies it included, but DOE rated 12 of the 16 projects weak in meeting 1 or more comprehensive evaluation criteria, acid rain reduction criteria, or technical readiness criteria; (2) half of the 48 proposals that DOE evaluated fared poorly against 3 or more of the evaluation criteria; and (3) 14 of the 32 projects that DOE did not select had better potential for reducing acid-rain-causing emissions than the 9 weakest projects DOE selected.
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