Global Coal Initiative to Research Clean Technologies

In announcing a

Global Coal Initiative to research clean coal technologies, the Electric Power Research Institute forecasts a fourfold increase in worldwide power demand by 2050. “Meeting this estimated demand will require the equivalent of building a new 1,000-megawatt power plant somewhere in the world every two days for 50 years,” according to an August 2 press release. The research will focus on both near-term issues around coal combustion and on advanced coal power plants that will be able to generate electricity from coal “with virtually no air pollutant by-products—and with negligible or no net emissions of carbon dioxide.” For more on EPRI’s work with technology development, visit

www.epri.com/destinations/.