Boiler Chemical Cleaning: Doing It Correctly Like some of those tests your doctor is always after you to get, boiler chemical cleaning is something that most of us would rather not think about but that we all agree is necessary. Adding to our general discomfort with… Read More
A U.S. Power Industry Regulatory Update The U.S. power sector has seen a number of developments on the regulatory front in recent months. Here’s where major federal rules stand today. GHG Rules New Power Plants. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in September 2013 revised a 2012… Read More
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EPA Approves Nation’s First Underground Injection Permits for Carbon Sequestration The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Tuesday granted the nation's first four Class VI underground injection permits for carbon sequestration to the federally backed FutureGen 2.0 carbon-capture-and-storage (CCS) project. The Department of Energy formally committed $1 billion to the $1.68… Read More
Is the U.S. Coal Fleet “Under Threat?” The nation’s coal fleet is under threat, alleged Dr. Larry S. Monroe, chief environmental officer and senior vice president for research and environmental affairs with Southern Co. during the keynote plenary session at the Power Plant Pollutant Control “MEGA” Symposium… Read More
Commercial-Scale Carbon Capture Project Starts Construction in Texas Construction on a $1 billion commercial-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) system—one of the world’s largest to use post-combustion capture technology—began this July at NRG Energy’s W.A. Parish Unit 8 near Houston. The facility is expected to be operational by… Read More
