3.0.0 2961 2023-01-11T13:30:34Z 2023-01-11T13:30:34Z House HR 2015-07-07 114 [Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 104 (Tuesday, July 7, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. TONKO:H.R. 2961.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 1,All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in aCongress of the United States, which shall consist of aSenate and House of Representatives[Page H4862]]]> hssy00 Science, Space, and Technology Committee House Standing hssy20 Energy Subcommittee Referred to 2015-08-18T20:44:23Z Referred to 2015-07-07T18:01:45Z America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2015 114 1806 HR 2015-05-21 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Related bill CRS 2015-08-18 hssy20 Energy Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy. Committee 2015-07-07 Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hssy00 Science, Space, and Technology Committee 2015-07-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2015-07-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress T000469 Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] Paul Tonko D NY 20 N M001180 Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1] David McKinley R WV B. 1 2015-07-07 True Energy Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits Electric power generation and transmission Energy efficiency and conservation Energy research Oil and gas Research and development Technology assessment Energy 00 2015-07-07 Introduced in House 2015-09-14T18:53:03Z This bill requires the Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Fossil Energy to carry out a research, development, and technology demonstration program to improve the efficiency of gas turbines used in power generation systems and to identify the technologies that will lead to gas turbine combined cycle efficiency of 65% or simple cycle efficiency of 50%.

The program must: (1) support first-of-a-kind engineering and detailed gas turbine design for megawatt-scale and utility-scale electric power generation; (2) include technology demonstration through component testing, subscale testing, and full scale testing in existing fleets; (3) include field demonstrations of the developed technology elements to demonstrate technical and economic feasibility; and (4) assess overall combined cycle and simple cycle system performance.

The goals of the multiphase program must be:

  • in phase I, to develop the conceptual design of, and to develop and demonstrate the technology required for, advanced high efficiency gas turbines that can achieve at least 62% combined cycle efficiency or 47% simple cycle efficiency on a lower heating value basis; and
  • in phase II, to develop the conceptual design for advanced high efficiency gas turbines that can achieve at least 65% combined cycle efficiency or 50% simple cycle efficiency on a lower heating value basis.

In selecting program proposals, DOE must emphasize the extent to which the proposal will stimulate the creation or increased retention of jobs in the United States and promote and enhance U.S. technology leadership.

]]> To establish a research, development, and technology demonstration program to improve the efficiency of gas turbines used in combined cycle and simple cycle power generation systems. Display Title To establish a research, development, and technology demonstration program to improve the efficiency of gas turbines used in combined cycle and simple cycle power generation systems. Official Title as Introduced To establish a research, development, and technology demonstration program to improve the efficiency of gas turbines used in combined cycle and simple cycle power generation systems. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr2961ih/xml/BILLS-114hr2961ih.xml 2015-08-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.