Elkton Energy Research Quandrangle (EERQ) plans to establish a research facility in the Town of Elkton, Virginia to research clean coal technology. The facility will be named the quadrangle because it will located between four major universities in Virginia: the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech University, George Mason University and James Madison University. This concept is patterned after the successful and prestigious North Carolina Research Triangle located between North Carolina University, Duke and North Carolina State University.