DCEO's Office of Coal Development is dedicated to the development and use of Illinois' extensive coal resources as a fuel source for the 21st century. 

Illinois Coal Competitiveness Program grants provide partial funding to improve coal extraction, preparation and transportation systems within Illinois. Contact John McCarthy at 217/785-1671 for more information.  Click here for program information. (Coal Competiveness Program)

Illinois Coal Demonstration Program grants provide partial funding to bring state-of-the-art, advanced coal-use technologies to commercial readiness.  Contact Dan Wheeler at 217/558-2645 for more information. Click here for program information. (Demonstration Program) Click here to download an application. (Demonstration Program Application)

Illinois Coal Research Program grants provide partial funding to research clean coal technology, coal chemistry, mining productivity and coal combustion byproduct utilization. Contact Paul Pierre-Louis at 312/814-3630 for more information. Click here for program information. (Coal Research Program) Applications may be downloaded on the Illinois Clean Coal Institute web site at http://www.icci.org.

Illinois Coal Development Program grants provide partial funding to advance promising clean coal technologies beyond the research stage towards commercialization.  Paul Pierre-Louis at 312/814-3630 for more information. Click here for program information. (Development Program) Click here to download an application. (ICCI Development Application.pdf)

Illinois Coal Revival Program grants provide partial funding to assist with the development of new, coal-fired electric generation capacity and coal gasification or IGCC units that generate chemical feedstocks or transportation fuels derived from Illinois coal. Contact Daniel Wheeler at 217/558-2645 for more information. Click here for program information. (Illinois Coal Revival Program) Click here to download an application. (Coal Revival Program Application)