§ Mr. Kevin HughesTo 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. TimmsSpend 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.
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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