Sentences with phrase «scrubbers on coal plants»

Another 1974 American Electric Power ad criticized EPA for encouraging the use of pollution scrubbers on coal plants.

Studies in the United States show an increase in water pollution after installation of scrubbers on coal plants.

Not exact matches

We now have scrubbers on coal and oil fueled power plants because high concentrations of SO2 resulted in health problems for humans and certain trees.

Crank up the coal - fired power plants with high - sulphur coal and turn the scrubbers on and off as needed to regulate the temperature.

Although many plant managers avoided using their SO (2) scrubbers in the past, recent evidence, based on a series of field interviews conducted by the author, suggests that managers of coal power plants now have incentives to operate their scrubbers properly....

With a scrubber in place, a plant using high - sulfur coal can reduce its need to buy and surrender SO2 emissions permits by 90 % or more compared to a plant using the same fuel without a scrubber, making Illinois Basin coal much more competitive, especially against Central Appalachia which previously could rely on its low sulfur content as a competitive advantage.

There were a few papers published at that time on the issue of particle pollution (mostly from coal plants which did not yet have scrubbers) blocking out some of the incoming sunlight and exerting a short - term cooling influence.

On December 1, 2009, Progress announced that by the end of 2017 it would permanently close all of its North Carolina coal plants without sulfur dioxide scrubbers.

On December 1, 2009, Progress Energy announced that by 2017 it will be shutting down all of its coal - fired power plants that do not have flue - gas desulfurization controls (scrubbers).