Fossil Fuels: Outlook for Utilities' Potential Use of Clean Coal Technologies

RCED-90-165 Published: May 24, 1990. Publicly Released: May 24, 1990.

Highlights

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO examined: (1) the extent to which electric utilities plan to use clean coal technologies for coal-fired power generation units; and (2) how such technologies could contribute to reducing acid rain.

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