The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on March 28 finalized updates to emission limits for new power plants under the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS). The rule includes emission…
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Legal and technical aspects of power plant environmental monitoring and control; regulatory issues
The Kemper County IGCC Project is a lignite-fueled 2 x 1 integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) facility that uses the air-blown TRansport Integrated Gasification (TRIG) technology jointly developed by Southern…
CPS Energy (CPS), a wholly owned subsidiary of the City of San Antonio, is the second-largest municipally owned power generator in the U.S. (5,816 MW). Deely 2 is a 440-MW…
The results of stack emissions testing conducted at several coal-fired power plants during the past three years have provided useful guidance for plant operators who are required to meet new…
The Mercury and Air Toxics Standards will soon force many coal-fired plants to install mercury-specific emission control equipment. Planners can use particular characteristics of a plant to quickly screen for…
A rule proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) directs 36 states to revise their Clean Air Act State Implementation Plans (SIPs) to eliminate exemptions for excess emissions of air…
The California Energy Commission (CEC) held a workshop on Mar. 7 entitled Costs of Non-Renewable and Fossil Fueled Generation in California. Perhaps a better title—based on the presentation material, anyway—would…
Power plant emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) in the U.S. declined to their lowest level since 1990, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in early March.…
Carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) has thus far been an issue mainly for coal plants as they struggle with the means of complying with impending U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) carbon…
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates final regulations curbing greenhouse gas (GHG), mercury, and air toxics emissions from new sources could appear in the Federal Register by the end of…