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Carbondale, IL USA




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SIU gets $300K in Obama clean coal investment

The Southern

CARBONDALE — SIU Carbondale is one of nine universities nationwide receiving funding from President Barack Obama’s administration to help develop better clean coal technology as a domestic energy resource.

The U.S. Department of Energy is giving SIU roughly $300,000 to partner with the Gas Technology Institute to work on using titanium carbide and titanium diboride powders as coatings to protect coal boiler and turbine parts from corroding. Success in using the powders would mean operating the machinery would cost 50 percent less than it does now, officials said.

SIU will invest a little more than $142,000 for its share toward the project.

All of the DOE awards are going to student-led teams working in the area of clean coal technology, spurring what the Obama administration hopes is a viable option for power in the clean energy economy. They represent part of more than $5 billion the president has allocated to clean coal research and development, an investment the administration says has attracted more than $10 billion in private funding.

“These university research projects will help build on extensive progress made by this administration to promote innovative technologies that help make coal-fired energy cleaner and more cost-competitive, while training the next generation of scientists and engineers in cutting-edge clean coal technologies,” Energy Secretary Steven Chu said.

Amie Gregory: CRC's new Energy and Environmental Specialist

The Coal Research Center welcomes Amie Gregory as the new Energy and Environmental Specialist.  You can reach Amie at agregory@siu.edu or (618) 453-7326.