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US Needs to Develop Clean Coal Technologies: Energy Secretary Date Submitted: Thu May 06, 2010

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Observing that India and China are not going to turn their back on coal because of their increasing energy needs, a top Obama Administration official has told American lawmakers that the United States needs to develop clean coal technologies.

“I agree with you absolutely that China and India are not going to turn their back on coal, and so we have to develop the technologies that can use coal cleanly,” the US Energy Secretary, Steven Chu, said April 28 in response to a question from Senator George Voinovich.

“The United States, quite frankly, I don’t believe will turn its back on coal as well. So we need to develop these clean coal technologies,” Chu said as he appeared before the Energy and Water Development Subcommittee of Senate Appropriations Committee on National Assessment of Energy Policies. “We know darned well that even though the Sierra Club and others are shutting down new coal-fired IGCC plants in this country, China’s building them, India’s building them.

“In fact, India said they’re going to build the biggest coal-fired plant ever in the history of the world,” said Voinovich.

Chu said there are a number of co-ordinations at the international level going on right now.

“The Australians have set up a worldwide initiative that we’re members of. We’re in—specifically with China there’s—the president announced, I think it was about six months ago, a research cooperative where it’s $150 million in three areas: energy efficient buildings, energy efficient vehicle electrification, and clean coal technology,” he said.

“So China and the US are putting $25 million apiece into co-developing some clean coal technology we can both use,” he added. (PTI)