This report briefly describes the Department of Energy's (DOE's) coal-fueled gas turbine program as implemented by the Department's Morgantown Energy Technology Center (METC), and presents in some detail METC in-house research and development (R and D) related to this program. Previous coal-fired gas turbines and technological barriers to their use are discussed. The incentive for the Department's coal-fueled turbines program is the development of a modular, low-cost, electric-generating capacity using domestic coal as the fuel. The program concept is an outgrowth of, and builds upon, past DOE programs in heat engines and coal preparation. Recent and anticipated advances in these technologies are being examined in an integrated systems approach to electric power generation. In-house R and D includes laboratory- and bench-scale combustion testing, systems and economic analyses, and computer modeling of the combustion and deposition processes.