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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

 

Clean Coal Technology Program

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Request for Expressions of Interest.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Fossil Energy 
(FE), is issuing this Announcement to request Expressions of Interest 
in Commercial Clean Coal Technology Projects in Foreign Countries in 
accordance with the guidance provided by the Congress. DOE is directed 
to make the international dissemination of Clean Coal Technologies 
(CCTs) an integral part of its policy to reduce greenhouse gas 
emissions in developing countries. Accordingly, DOE is required to 
solicit Statements of Interest in commercial projects employing CCTs in 
countries projected to have significant growth in greenhouse gas 
emissions. Additionally, DOE shall submit to the Congress, by April 15, 
1995, a report that analyzes the information contained in the 
Statements of Interest, and that identifies the extent to which various 
types of Federal incentives would accelerate the commercial 
availability of these technologies in an international context. 
Specific information regarding the preparation and submittal of 
Statements of Interest follows.

DATES: The deadline for receipt of submittals at the address identified 
below is 3:30 p.m., E.S.T., on Friday, the 13th of January 1995.
    Presubmittal Conference: A Presubmittal Conference for this 
invitation for Statements of Interest will be held on Wednesday, 
December 14, 1994, at 10:00 a.m. local Washington, D.C., time in the 
DOE Auditorium of the Forrestal Building, as noted below. The purpose 
of this meeting will be to provide the opportunity for prospective 
respondents to gain a better understanding and clarification of the 
objectives and requirements of this Announcement. The Conference will 
be conducted informally to facilitate constructive dialog, and advance 
submittal of questions or comments is not required. Seating will be 
available on a first-come-first-served basis.
    The Presubmittal Conference will be held at the following location: 
Departmental Auditorium, U.S. Department of Energy, Forrestal Building, 
1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, D.C. 20585.
    Attendees must enter via the Main Lobby of the Forrestal Building, 
register for the Conference, and obtain an access pass for the purpose 
of the meeting. Accordingly, please take this registration process into 
account in planning your arrival time.

ADDRESSES: Mailed submittals should be addressed to: Dr. Howard Feibus, 
Director, Office of Clean Coal Technology, Fossil Energy, FE-221 (270 
CC), U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, D.C., 20585.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information on this 
Announcement, contact Dr. Howard Feibus, Director, Office of Clean Coal 
Technology, Fossil Energy, FE-221 (270 CC), U.S. Department of Energy, 
Washington, D.C., 20585, Tel. (301) 903-4348, Facsimile (301) 903-0243.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    This Announcement is issued pursuant to the Conference Report, No. 
103-740, to accompany Pub. L. No. 103-332, the Department of the 
Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995, and the 
guidance contained in the corresponding Senate and House Reports, Nos. 
103-294 and 103-551, respectively. The following is a summary 
description of DOE's CCT Program, international and other 
recommendations that have been proposed by various parties regarding 
the future of the Program, and the Congressional guidance for this 
Announcement.
    Potential respondents are advised that DOE has no monies or 
wherewithal to fund, or to otherwise provide any incentive in support 
of, any of the projects that may be proposed, does not anticipate 
endorsing or supporting any proposals pursuant to this Announcement, 
and cannot reimburse submitters for any expenses they may incur in 
responding to this Announcement. This solicitation is being conducted, 
as requested by the Congressional guidance, so that Congress may have 
the information it requires in order to consider the technical, 
economic, and environmental aspects of various incentives to support 
international CCTs, and their merits for potential future support.

DOE's CCT Program

    The burning of coal releases carbon dioxide (CO2), sulfur 
dioxide (SO2), oxides of nitrogen (NOX), particulate matter, 
and ash. The business of DOE's CCT Program is to develop and 
demonstrate the means of economically utilizing coal with attendant 
minimal emissions of these undesirable pollutants. When we speak of 
CCTs, we mean coal-based systems that offer significant benefits when 
used for power generation, pollution control, or the conversion of coal 
into other alternate energy products. The challenge confronting us for 
the future is less whether coal will be used, but more to ensure that 
its use is accomplished in the most efficient manner (thermodynamically 
and economically) consistent with the least adverse impact on the 
environment. Environmental requirements have joined with cost reduction 
to become the primary forces driving coal technology development in new 
directions. A responsive and successful technology development and 
demonstration program is essential to realizing sustainable economic 
and environmental development of our coal reserves, both domestically 
and on a global basis.
    The CCT Program initiative is the largest technology development 
and demonstration effort now underway in DOE. To date, the level of 
funding has responded directly to the strategic importance of coal in 
the U.S. economy and the international marketplace, and has recognized 
the need to develop solutions for the problems (economic and 
environmental) associated with meeting increased demand for this source 
of energy. The fact that the present and near term future of coal as an 
energy source depends upon continued advances in coal utilization 
technology has been accepted, and is being acted upon.
    The CCT Program is a technology development and demonstration 
effort, jointly funded by the Government and industry, whereby the most 
promising of the advanced coal-based technologies are being moved into 
the marketplace through demonstration. The demonstration effort is at a 
scale large enough to generate the data needed by the public sector to 
judge the commercial potential of the processes being developed. The 
goal of the Program is to make available to the U.S., and indeed to the 
global, energy marketplace a number of advanced, more efficient, and 
environmentally responsive coal utilization technologies. These 
technologies will reduce or eliminate the economic and environmental 
impediments that limit the full use of coal. This activity and the 
resulting processes that will be commercialized are in recognition of 
the strategic importance of coal to the U.S. economy and the 
international marketplace. They are efforts that will resolve the 
conflict between the increasing use of coal and the growing concern 
about the environmental impact of such use.
    The Program, as directed by Congress, has consisted of five 
competitive solicitations for cost-shared demonstration proposals, such 
that there now are 45 projects in the Program with a combined estimated 
cost of about 7 billion dollars. Of particular importance to DOE is the 
level of financial participation in these projects by the private 
sector. Although the Congress, in its guidance, requires that such 
participation be a minimum of 50 percent, the participants are 
voluntarily providing an overall average of 66 percent of the funds in 
the Cooperative Agreements that have been negotiated to date.

The Future of DOE's CCT Program

    With the announcement of the results of the fifth competitive CCT 
solicitation in May 1993, the goals of the CCT Program as originally 
envisioned by the U.S. and Canadian ``Special Envoys on Acid Rain'' 
have been largely met, as innovative pollution control technologies are 
beginning to move into the marketplace. By the completion of this fifth 
``round,'' the Program will have laid the basis for a new generation of 
advanced industrial and electric power technologies. In the course of 
evaluating future prospects for DOE's CCT Program, in its May 1994 
report to the Congress entitled, ``CCT Program: Completing the 
Mission,'' DOE found that ``an expansion of the current demonstration 
program in the form of an additional round of competition is not 
recommended.'' However, the report conjectured a likelihood that, by 
virtue of possible termination of one or two CCT projects prior to 
completion, ``$150 million would be available both to fund new 
initiatives and provide program direction in the out years.'' Thus, DOE 
recommended ``that Congress initially establish an International 
Technology Transfer Program.''
    In its Fiscal Year (FY) 1995 Congressional Budget Request for the 
CCT Program, DOE proposed to proceed in this direction:

    A new initiative is to implement an international program, in 
part authorized by Section 1332 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, 
for CCTs that substantially reduce environmental pollutants, 
including greenhouse gases, in developing countries or countries 
with economies in transition. The objective of the program is to 
increase trade exports and U.S. jobs by increasing the market share 
for U.S. energy and environmental technology services in developing 
countries and to improve environmental performance of existing and 
new power generating facilities in these countries. The Program 
would finance a portion of the differential cost (when compared to 
conventional technology currently used in the host country) of using 
high efficiency and environmentally sound U.S. technology in two 
``showcase'' projects--one in China, another in Eastern Europe--for 
the generation of power from new facilities or the improvement of 
performance of existing facilities. These projects would be examples 
of the U.S. Initiative on Joint Implementation which is consistent 
with the provisions of the President's Climate Change Action Plan.
    Prospective overseas markets promise to increase U.S. employment 
opportunities related to CCT sales and services. Eastern Europe and 
China were selected since each respectively far exceeds other 
regional markets for rehabilitation and new applications for power 
facilities. It is envisioned [that] the project in China will 
involve integrated gasification combined cycle technology and [that] 
Eastern Europe will demonstrate repowering/rehabilitation 
technologies.

    In response to a request by the Secretary of Energy for a study of 
future directions for the CCT Program, the National Coal Council, in 
its February 1994 report, Clean Coal Technology for Sustainable 
Development, recommended that:

    1. The Secretary of Energy not engage in any further 
solicitations under the existing CCT Program. Where unused funds 
exist, the continuation of operating demonstrations should be 
pursued as a means of facilitating commercial deployment through 
expanded operating experience.
    2. The Secretary of Energy promote the role of CCT in the 
environmental technology programs of the Administration; that CCT 
can improve the global environment as well as prevent pollution.
    3. The Secretary of Energy establish a new Federal Clean Coal 
Technology Incentive Program of approximately $1.5 billion over 15 
years to stimulate commercial deployment,
    4. The Secretary of Energy ensures that future governmental 
policy continues to be monitored from the standpoint of the 
competitive position of and the ability to deploy CCT.

Congressional Guidance

    In response to these proposals and recommendations, the Senate 
Report (No. 103-294) explained that:

    No funds have been made available for the international 
initiative recommended by the administration, for a domestic 
commercial incentives program suggested by the National Coal 
Council, or for a new round VI procurement for additional projects. 
The Committee believes the highest priority for this program is to 
complete the existing projects as promptly as possible, but with 
reasonable assurance that sufficient data are generated to support 
subsequent commercialization activity.

    Additionally, Congressional guidance was provided by the Senate 
Report specific to this solicitation for Statements of Interest in 
international CCT projects, as follows:

    The Committee does, however, support efforts by DOE in promoting 
exports of CCTs, particularly to countries experiencing rapid 
economic development. These technologies promise a number of 
significant economic and environmental benefits. In China, for 
example, the introduction of U.S. coal-fired power technology from 
the CCT program would allow that country to use its energy resources 
40 percent more efficiently. This U.S. technology would require 30 
percent less of China's water resources. Potential carbon dioxide 
emissions from power generation would be cut by 40 percent and 
potential emissions of sulfur, nitrogen oxides, and particulates 
would be reduced by 90 percent or more. While the Committee does not 
support the particular mechanism proposed by DOE to initiate a 
showcase demonstration project of CCT in China in FY 1995, the 
Committee does recognize the tremendous environmental potential of 
CCTs, particularly in helping to reduce the possibility of future 
global climate change that may be the result of enhanced production 
of greenhouse gases in developing countries.
    Accordingly, DOE is directed to make the dissemination of CCTs 
overseas an integral part of its policy to reduce greenhouse gas 
emissions in developing countries. The Secretary [of Energy] is also 
directed to solicit, in the Federal Register, statements of interest 
in commercial projects employing CCTs, and shall submit to the 
congressional committees of jurisdiction, no later than April 15, 
1995, a report that analyzes the information contained in such 
statements of interest and that identifies the extent to which 
various types of Federal incentives will accelerate the commercial 
availability of these technologies. This report shall specifically 
discuss the interests in, prospects of, and optimal incentives for 
demonstrating CCTs in countries projected to have significant growth 
in greenhouse gas emissions, using projects smaller in scale than 
those proposed in the FY 1995 budget request.

    Commensurate with the above guidance, Conference Report No. 103-740 
accompanying the appropriations legislation noted that:

    The managers agree with the Senate language asking [DOE to] 
solicit expressions of interest in commercial projects employing 
CCTs, limited to international (non-domestic) projects of the type 
described in the Senate report. These expressions of interest should 
be sought from U.S.-based companies or consortia expecting to 
provide significant domestic content to such projects.

    Similarly, the Congressional guidance provided by the House Report 
No. 103-551 noted, in part, that: The Committee does not support the 
construction of ``showcase'' facilities in international markets as 
proposed by the Administration. Many large projects to prove the use of 
gasifiers in power plants are currently underway in the United States, 
through the CCT program, and at several other worldwide locations. 
Gasifiers of the kind envisioned in the proposed China project are 
already operating in China as well as in other areas. Providing a 
subsidy to one more gasification project will not make it commercial 
even if it makes it ``welcome.'' Retrofit technologies for emissions 
control are already commercial and can be applied to Eastern European 
markets provided capital is available and electricity is sold on a 
commercial basis. A subsidy might be accepted in this case also, but 
does not address the main market problems of lack of capital and sale 
of electricity at less than commercially viable rates.

Previous Respondents

    Prospective submitters are advised that previous respondents to any 
one or more of the previous CCT Program solicitations (Program 
Opportunity Notices) are welcome to submit a Statement of Interest in 
response to this Announcement. Respondents may propose projects similar 
to those previously submitted, providing they otherwise satisfy the 
requirements set forth in this Announcement, including the 
international and global climate change aspects.

Statements of Interest and Informational Proposals

    Statements of Interest and informational proposals submitted in 
response to this Announcement shall propose an international (non-
domestic) project that would employ at least one CCT, and that is 
responsive to the Congressional guidance with regard to, at a minimum, 
the following:

    (1) Sponsored by a U.S.-based company or consortium;
    (2) Location in a developing country, or in a country making the 
transition from a centrally planned to a market economy, projected 
to have significant growth in greenhouse gas emissions;
    (3) Capability of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, 
particularly CO2, as compared to technologies in common use in the 
proposed locale;
    (4) Versatility with regard to effective usage of various 
globally available coal types and characteristics; and
    (5) Likelihood of utilization on a broad commercial scale 
subsequent to successful demonstration.

    It is important to note that proposals that do not satisfy the 
requirements for locales in developing countries, or in countries 
making the transition from centrally planned to market economies, 
projected to have significant growth in greenhouse gas emissions, or 
having the potential for significant reductions in emissions from 
existing facilities, will be considered to be unresponsive to this 
solicitation and hence will be neither analyzed nor included in the 
Report to Congress.
    Proposed projects may be for either electric utility, industrial, 
or commercial applications, and may be suitable for either retrofit to 
existing facilities; repowering, modernizing, or life-extending 
existing facilities; or for new (``grass roots'' or ``greenfield'') 
facilities.
    Interested parties may propose multiple projects, either within a 
single country or in multiple countries, either with the same CCT or 
with different CCTs, and either with the same requested type of Federal 
incentive or with different incentives. However, each proposed project 
must be submitted in its own separate, complete (``stand alone''), 
Statement of Interest. Each Statement of Interest must be limited to a 
single proposed project.
    Respondents are reminded again that no monies currently are 
available to fund proposals for projects submitted in response to this 
Announcement. Statements of Interest should be brief, but should 
include the following information to the extent known, and in 
sufficient detail to permit analysis and meaningful reporting to the 
Congress of the data they require to allow them to ascertain the merits 
of support for such projects in the future, specifically the interests 
in, prospects of, and optimal incentives for demonstrating CCTs in the 
identified foreign countries:

    1. The identity of the responding U.S.-based company or 
consortium, including the name, title, telephone number, and 
facsimile number, of an individual point-of-contact.
    2. Show that the respondent would provide ``significant domestic 
content'' for the proposed project.
    3. Identify the proposed project location as specifically as 
possible, and describe why the candidate developing country, or 
country making the transition from a centrally planned to a market 
economy, is projected to have significant growth in greenhouse gas 
emissions, or has the potential for significant reductions in 
emissions from existing facilities.
    4. Provide the rationale for the particular CCT(s) chosen, in 
the context of above Entry 3.
    5. Identify the likely source(s) of the coal(s), i.e., whether 
indigenous to the project host country or to be imported, and, if 
the latter, from what country.
    6. Document the status of the selected CCT(s) with regard to 
commercial readiness for use in the proposed project.
    7. Describe the environmental attributes of the proposed 
project, particularly regarding carbon dioxide emissions, but also 
in terms of emissions of SO2, NOx, particulates (with 
emphasis on PM10), hazardous and toxic pollutants, water 
requirements, especially consumptive water loss, and solid waste 
quantities and characteristics.
    8. Identify the type of Federal incentive sought, including the 
costs to the Government, and documentation of the means whereby the 
incentive would accelerate the commercial availability of the 
technology(ies) in the host country for the proposed project. Since 
this subject is central to the subsequent Report to Congress, it is 
essential that respondents address the incentive with as much 
specificity, clarity, and justification as reasonably possible. In 
particular, identify the impediments that would be alleviated by the 
requested incentive.
    9. Further to above Entry 8, explain the merits of governmental 
support, including, but not limited to, potential for increased U.S. 
exports of goods and services, possible U.S. coal use, and 
mitigation of potential global climate change.
    10. Address environmental aspects of the siting of the specific 
proposed project, including potential impacts to the host country 
and neighboring countries, and impact assessment requirements that 
could possibly be applicable, such as might be imposed by the laws 
of the host country or member organizations that include this 
country, e.g., the European Union or the North American Free Trade 
Agreement.

    Respondents are advised that DOE is not requesting extensive data 
on technical performance, project design, partnership arrangements, or 
detailed project economics as part of any proposed submission under 
this Announcement.
    In order for the Department of Energy (DOE) to have a clear 
understanding of the international markets for clean coal technologies 
and how the Federal Government can best assist U.S. industry in 
commercializing U.S. technologies abroad, it would be useful for the 
offerors to include any comments or discussion on the following 
questions:
     What are the greatest opportunities for commercializing 
U.S. clean coal technologies abroad (short and long term)?

--What global regions or countries are the most promising?
--Which types of clean coal technologies are the most promising?
--``Off-the-shelf'' commercial technologies or cleaner and more 
efficient technologies now being demonstrated in the DOE CCT Program, 
or other advanced technologies not currently in the CCT Program?
--Technologies to upgrade or modernize currently operating plants and 
systems abroad (through retrofit life extension, coal cleaning, and 
other approaches) or new, grass-roots plants?

     What role can DOE best play to facilitate 
commercialization of these technologies?

--Help identify market opportunities?
--Help open doors for U.S. investors?
--Be a strong advocate of U.S. projects?
--Support feasibility studies and other project development activities?
--Support regulatory changes if there are regulatory issues that are 
impeding foreign sales?
--Support development of technical data that would enhance foreign 
sales, such as testing the performance of foreign coals with U.S. 
technologies.
--Support any other mechanisms or incentives?

Special Instructions

    Statements of Interest shall be prepared to comply with the special 
instructions provided below, and shall be structured in the order that 
follows. Respondents may reproduce and complete these forms 
electronically (by computer software) in lieu of completing the actual 
forms published in this Program Announcement. There is no preference 
given to the use of the published forms versus electronically recreated 
forms.
    (1) Statement Cover Sheet (Appendix A; see Special Instruction No. 
1, below).
    (2) Public Abstract (Appendix B; see Special Instruction No. 2, 
below).
    (3) Project Summary (Appendix C; see Special Instruction No. 3, 
below).
    (4) Statement of Interest Cover Sheet

1. Statement of Interest Cover Sheet

    Appendix A of this Announcement provides a form that shall be used 
for the preparation of the Cover Sheet of the Statement of Interest. 
Submitters are required to complete the form in accordance with the 
instructions that follow, and then to photocopy that form for use as 
Page 1 of each copy of the submittal. Each submittal shall be provided 
in one (1) original and six (6) copies. In the space provided on the 
Cover Sheet, indicate the copy number of the particular volume, using 
``number 1'' for the original and ``numbers 2 through 7'' for the six 
copies. Instructions for the form are provided below:

    (1) Technology(ies). Identify the CCT(s) that would be employed 
in your project.
    (2) Federal Incentive. Identify the type of Federal incentive 
sought. Describe (name) the incentive as specifically as reasonably 
possible.
    (3) Title. Provide the full title of the Statement of Interest. 
The title should be informative, i.e., reflect the substance of the 
project.
    (4) Project Location: To the extent possible, identify (i) the 
geographic location of the proposed project within the host country 
and (ii) the name of the host country.
    (5) Respondent. Identify the name(s) of the submitting U.S.- 
based company or consortium, listing the primary party first.
    (6)(7)(8)(9) Mailing Address. Provide the full mailing address 
of the primary party, i.e., for the entity that DOE should contact, 
if necessary.
    (10) Primary Contact. The name of the person who will serve as 
the primary point of contact for the Statement of Interest.
    (11)(12) Phone/Fax Numbers: The telephone and facsimile numbers 
for the person identified above, area code first.
    (13) Proprietary information instructions. Self-explanatory.

2. Public Abstract

    Submitters shall provide a Public Abstract for their submittal that 
provides an overview of the proposed project. Appendix B of this 
Announcement provides a form that shall be used for the preparation and 
submittal of the Public Abstract. Detailed instructions for Appendix B 
follow:

    (1) Technology(ies). Same as for the Statement Cover Sheet, 
Entry 1.
    (2) Federal Incentive. Same as for the Statement Cover Sheet, 
Entry 2.
    (3) Title. Same as for the Statement Cover Sheet, Entry 3.
    (4) Respondent. Same as for the Statement Cover Sheet, Entry 5.
    (5) Abstract. One continuation sheet may be used if necessary, 
for a total length not to exceed two (2) pages. The Public Abstract 
should describe the proposed project, the specific CCT(s) proposed, 
the application(s) best suited to the CCT(s), i.e., whether for 
retrofit, repowering, modernizing, or life-extending existing 
facilities, or for new facilities, the objective, methodology, 
sponsoring organization(s), time frame (project duration), 
environmental characteristics, particularly with regard to global 
climate change gases, suitable coal(s), total estimated project 
cost, and the Federal incentive requested.

    Respondents are advised that this Public Abstract will be released 
and distributed to the public by DOE. Therefore, it shall not contain 
any proprietary data or confidential business information.
    Respondents should include photocopies of the Public Abstract in 
each of the seven copies of their Statement of Interest. Nothing should 
appear on the reverse side of any of the copies of the Public Abstract.

3. Project Summary

    Submitters also shall complete and include in their Statements of 
Interest the Project Summary form provided as Appendix C of this 
Announcement. As was specified for Appendices A and B, photocopies of 
Appendix C should be included in each of the seven submittal copies. 
Please note that it is to the benefit of all concerned to provide 
information that is as specific and complete as possible. Detailed 
instructions for Appendix C follow:

    (1) Technology(ies). Same as for the Statement Cover Sheet, 
Entry 1.
    (2) Federal Incentive. Same as for the Statement Cover Sheet, 
Entry 2.
    (3) Project Title. Same as for the Statement Cover Sheet, Entry 
3.
    (4) Respondent. Same as for the Statement Cover Sheet, Entry 5.
    (5)(6)(7)(8) Mailing Address. Same as for the Statement Cover 
Sheet, Entries 6, 7, 8, and 9.
    (9) Primary Contact. Same as for the Statement Cover Sheet, 
Entry 10.
    (10)(11) Telephone and Facsimile Numbers. Same as for the 
Statement Cover Sheet, Entries 11 and 12.
    (12) Project Location. Same as for the Statement Cover Sheet, 
Entry 4, but specifically the geographic location of the proposed 
project within the host country.
    (13) Host Country. Same as for the Statement Cover Sheet, Entry 
4, but specifically the name of the host country itself.

    The following Entries should be completed in as much detail as 
possible to the extent that information is available:

    (14) Applicability. This entry refers to the proposed CCT(s) 
with regard to whether it is best suited to the electric utility, 
industrial, or commercial sector, and whether it lends itself most 
readily to retrofit, repowering, modernizing, or life-extending 
existing facilities, or for the construction of new facilities.
    (15) Source(s) of Coal. Describe the type(s) of coal that would 
be used. Identify the likely source(s) of these coals, in terms of 
the country(ies) in which the coals would be mined.
    (16) Project Size. This entry requests a measure of size 
appropriate to the type of project, e.g., megawatts capacity, 
kilograms of steam produced per hour, and coal use rate (throughput) 
in metric tons per hour.
    (17) Environmental Performance. Describe the environmental 
attributes of the proposed project, particularly regarding CO2 
emissions and the degree to which these emissions would be reduced 
as compared to existing conventional technologies in common use in 
the proposed locale. Also summarize estimates of emissions of 
SO2, NOx, particulates, especially PM10, hazardous 
and toxic pollutants, water requirements, especially consumptive 
water loss, and solid waste quantities and characteristics.
    (18) Project Duration. The total length of time projected for 
project completion, measured from onset of design and permitting to 
completion of construction and startup (``shakedown'').
    (19) Estimated Total Cost of the Project. This entry includes 
the total cost of support from all sources, including the requested 
Federal incentive, stated in U.S. dollars.
    (20) Government's Incentive Cost. Estimate the cost to the 
Federal government of the cost of the requested incentive. If the 
proposed incentive is of a form other than direct financial cost-
sharing, estimate the value of the potential governmental exposure, 
e.g., of a loan guarantee or of a generated-power price guarantee, 
over the projected life of the project or of the provisions of the 
incentive, whichever is shorter.
    (21) Commercialization Potential in Host Country. If the project 
were to succeed, i.e., attain its design objectives, estimate the 
potential for commercialization of that CCT in the host country in 
terms of number of additional facilities and projected total 
installed capacity by the year 2030.
    (22) Global Commercialization Potential. As for Entry 21 above, 
but now in a world context, estimate the potential for 
commercialization of that CCT globally in terms of number of 
additional facilities and projected total installed capacity by the 
year 2030.
    (23) Notes or Comments: This is an optional space for additional 
information not included elsewhere on the forms, but which the 
respondent wishes to communicate. There is no benefit or disbenefit 
per se associated with completing or not completing this entry.

Number of Copies Required

    Each submittal should consist of seven (7) copies, one original and 
six (6) photocopies. The original copy of the Statement of Interest 
shall contain all documents that bear original signatures.
    Cover Sheets, Public Abstracts, and Project Summaries should each 
be on separate sheets of paper that contain no writing or information 
of any kind on the reverse sides. In each instance, for all three 
items, no other information shall appear with, or be added to, that 
required in Appendices A, B, and C.

Proprietary Information

    Submitters should strive to avoid including proprietary and 
confidential business information in their Statements of Interest. 
However, information provided by a respondent and identified as a trade 
secret or confidential business information will be treated in 
confidence, to the extent permitted by law, provided that this 
information is clearly marked by the submitter with the term, 
``Confidential Proprietary Information,'' and provided that appropriate 
page numbers are inserted into the legend that is set forth below which 
must be placed on the Statement of Interest cover sheet:

Notice re Restriction on Disclosure and Use of Data

    This submission includes data that constitute trade secrets or 
confidential business information and shall not be duplicated, used, 
or disclosed, in whole or in part, for any purpose other than to 
analyze information contained in this submission, except to the 
extent permitted or required by law. This restriction does not limit 
the Government's right to use information contained in these data if 
it is obtained from another source without restriction. The data 
that are subject to this restriction are contained in sheets 
________________ [insert page numbers or other identification of 
sheets].

Submission Preparation Costs

    The Department of Energy is not able to reimburse respondents for 
any costs associated with the preparation of Statements of Interest or 
informational proposals.

    Issued in Washington, D.C., on November 10, 1994.
Patricia Fry Godley,
Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy.

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