Research Triangle Institute (RTI), with support from Tampa Electric Company (TEC), will perform additional R&D on the 50 MW syngas slip-stream from TEC’s Polk 1 IGCC facility. This R&D includes extended testing of the warm syngas cleanup pre-commercial demonstration unit for approximately 3,000 additional hours. During this extended operational period, the project would demonstrate capture of CO₂ via integration of warm gas cleanup and other pre-combustion capture technologies. During the additional testing, the project intends to establish at least 1,000 continuous hours of fully‐integrated operation (including warm gas desulfurization process (WDP), water gas shift, and activated amine carbon capture technology) to reduce the technical risks associated with the integrated processes, and demonstrate that it can operate with high reliability and availability without unexpected process, mechanical, or control issues. A one-year period of performance will allow RTI to complete this extended testing, analyze the data, and develop optimum process configurations for integration of WDP and CO₂ capture technologies for production of power, chemicals and fuels through coal gasification.