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FAQ: IGCC and New Coal Technologies

April 2006 - Billions of dollars in federal subsidies have been and continue to be sunk into developing "clean coal" alternatives to traditional pulverized coal-burning power plants. The clean-coal technology of the moment is integrated gasification combined cycle, or IGCC. While IGCC has great potential, it must clear a number of technical and economic hurdles.