1. The international situation of new technical development for utilizing coal including coal watar slurry is undergoing a change as we see in the IEA's proposal for holding a workshop and the Fifth National Energy Policy Plan of DOE of the U.S.
2. Japan is currently confronted with a harsh environmental change, but promotion of supply and utilization of coal is still an important question of national magnitude.
3. It is necessary to bring out the potential of coal by establishing new utilization technology for the smooth development of supply and utilization of coal. Particularly, the coal water slurry technology aims at securing an advantage over conventional bulk handling of coal and promotion of overall economics, and an early establishment of the technology is most expected. The industry's desire for the technical development is increasing, and fostering of such desire is an important task of the administration. A new development is requested to be considered by the administration such as promotion of technical evaluation in addition to build up of usual assistance measures.
4. Trial preparation of a handy technical evaluation table about coal water slurry technology provided a better understanding of many special features. Making detailed evaluation on each business project in each country in the future has a great significance from a veiewpoint of development and introduction of the optimum technology.
5. Preparation and utilization of public data base contribute to the improvement in research efficiency besides promotion of technical evaluation as a means of strengthening the basis for new utilization technology development, and it is also considered to be an important task. Preferential tax treatments have been enforced for the coal water slurry preparation facilities to promote commercialization, but in addition, low-interest financing should be studied.
The coal water slurry technology will mature if both the government and the people endeavor to build up the foundation, aiming to make new developments, bearing in mind that the coal water slurry technology increases the added value of energy.
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