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HR 2659 116th Congress House Energy Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits Electric power generation and transmission Energy efficiency and conservation Energy research Oil and gas Research and development Technology assessment

To establish a research, development, and technology demonstration program to improve the efficiency of gas turbines used in combined cycle and simple cycle power generation systems.

Introduced: May 10, 2019 Introduced by: Tonko, Paul Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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May 10, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
May 10, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
May 10, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill requires the Office of Fossil Energy to carry out a research, development, and technology demonstration program to improve the energy efficiency of gas turbines used in electric power generation systems. Specifically, the program must develop technologies that will lead to gas turbine combined cycle efficiency of 67% or simple cycle efficiency of 50%. In addition, the program must include field demonstrations of the developed technologies to demonstrate technical and economic feasibility.

What's happening now May 10, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3607 Related bill Fossil Energy Research and Development Act of 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2659: To establish a research, development, and technology demonstration program to improve the efficiency of gas turbines used in combined cycle and simple cycle power generation systems.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-2659/
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"H.R. 2659: To establish a research, development, and technology demonstration program to improve the efficiency of gas turbines used in combined cycle and simple cycle power generation systems.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-2659/.
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H.R. 2659, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-2659/.
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