Eligible projects

The Secretary may make guarantees under this section only for projects that— Projects from the following categories shall be eligible for a guarantee under this section: Carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration practices and technologies, including— The Secretary may make guarantees for the following gasification projects: Integrated gasification combined cycle plants meeting the emission levels under subsection (d), including— projects for the generation of electricity— for which, during the term of the guarantee— a project to produce energy from coal (of not more than 13,000 Btu/lb and mined in the western United States) using appropriate advanced integrated gasification combined cycle technology that minimizes and offers the potential to sequester carbon dioxide emissions and that— facilities that— a project to produce energy and clean fuels, using appropriate coal liquefaction technology, from Western bituminous or subbituminous coal, that— Facilities that gasify coal, biomass, or petroleum coke in any combination to produce synthesis gas for use as a fuel or feedstock and for which electricity accounts for less than 65 percent of the useful energy output of the facility. The Secretary is encouraged to make loan guarantees under this subchapter available for petroleum coke gasification projects. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds awarded under the Department of Energy’s Clean Coal Power Initiative for Fischer-Tropsch coal-to-oil liquefaction projects may be used to finance the cost of loan guarantees for projects awarded such funds. In addition to any other applicable Federal or State emission limitation requirements, a project shall attain at least— A project that receives tax credits for clean coal technology shall not be disqualified from receiving a guarantee under this subchapter. Notwithstanding subsection (a)(2), the Secretary may, if regional variation significantly affects the deployment of a technology, make guarantees under this subchapter for up to 6 projects that employ the same or similar technology as another project, provided no more than 2 projects that use the same or a similar technology are located in the same region of the United States.