HC Deb 26 May 2004 vol 421 cc1674-5W
Mr. Kevin Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much her Department spent on Clean Coal projects in each year since 2000 broken down by project; and what the estimated spending for 2004 is. [175587]

Mr. Timms

Spend on clean coal (R&D) programmes since 2000 is indicated as follows:

£000 (Accruals)
2000–01 1,889
2001–02 1,702
2002–03 1,979
2003–04 1,090
2004–05 estimated 1,168

The following table shows the breakdown by project.

Projects (R&D)
Cleaner coal R&D programme (cash flow) 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 Total
On-line Fuel Tracking by Advanced Flame Monitoring 13,500 10,500 75,000 99,000
Combustion of Low Volatile Coals in Wall Fired Plant—Phase 2 81,188 78,240 159,428
Minimising Particulate Emissions through the Application of Neural Network Technology and Monitoring Systems 118,000 118,000
Improved Methods for Coal and Waste Utilisation 15,181 15,181
Former Cleaner Coal Programme
Development of Coal-over-Coal Reburn 62,680 0 0 0 0 62,680
The Fate of Trace Elements in PF Combustion Systems 9,063 0 0 0 0 9,063
Improvement of Combustion Efficiency in Low-NOx Combustion Systems. 0 101 0 0 0 101
Advanced Gas Turbine Compressor Project—Phase 3 121,409 0 0 0 0 121,409
Model-based Plant Optimisation Utilising Trends from Operational Instrumentation 14,833 0 0 0 0 14,833
Fabrication of Steels for Advanced Power Plant 23,073 24,942 0 9,450 0 57,465
Gasifier Developments and the Air Blown Gasification Cycle 3,068 0 0 0 0 3,068
Total projects (R&D) 457,546 822,220 2,170,122 943,948 2,929,110 7,322,946
CC R&D Programme Accruals (£000) 1655 1677 1979 1081 1168 7560
Former CC Programme Accruals (£000) 234 25 0 9 0 269
Total Accruals R&D Projects 1889 1702 1979 1090 1168 7829