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§15971 Integrated Coal/renewable Energy System

Title 42 › CHAPTER 149 — NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY AND PROGRAMS › SUBCHAPTER IV — COAL › Part B — Clean Power Projects › § 15971

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

If funds are available, the Secretary can offer loan guarantees for projects that use advanced integrated gasification combined cycle technology to make energy from coal under 7,000 Btu/lb., as long as the project is paired with wind and other renewables, keeps carbon dioxide emissions low and offers a way to capture them, and provides hydrogen for nearby fuel cell tests. The facility can be built in stages, must total at least 200 megawatts and become more cost-competitive over time, and must be in the Upper Great Plains. It must meet the technical rules in section 15962(b). Receiving a loan guarantee does not stop the project from getting investment tax credits under section 48A of title 26 or other clean coal program funding.

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Title 42, §15971

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(a)In general

Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary may provide loan guarantees for a project to produce energy from coal of less than 7,000 Btu/lb. using appropriate advanced integrated gasification combined cycle technology, including repowering of existing facilities, that—

(1)is combined with wind and other renewable sources;

(2)minimizes and offers the potential to sequester carbon dioxide emissions; and

(3)provides a ready source of hydrogen for near-site fuel cell demonstrations.

(b)Requirements

The facility—

(1)may be built in stages;

(2)shall have a combined output of at least 200 megawatts at successively more competitive rates; and

(3)shall be located in the Upper Great Plains.

(c)Technical criteria

Technical criteria described in section 15962(b) of this title shall apply to the facility.

(d)Investment tax credits

(1)In general

The loan guarantees provided under this section do not preclude the facility from receiving an allocation for investment tax credits under section 48A of title 26.

(2)Other funding

Use of the investment tax credit described in paragraph (1) does not prohibit the use of other clean coal program funding.

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42 U.S.C. § 15971

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110