Environmental Management

Air Products Signs Contract To Supply Carbon Monoxide From Expanded Syngas Separation Unit

Pollution Online News >> 
Air Products recently announced the signing of an agreement to expand its existing syngas separation unit (SSU) in Geismar, Louisiana to increase the supply of carbon monoxide (CO). The increased capacity of CO is mainly for the supply of BASF’s publicly-announced world-scale formic acid plant to be built at BASF’s Geismar Verbund site.

EMO Technology Promises Improved Mercury Removal

POWER Magazine :: Power plant environmental monitoring and control issues >> 
The latest Environmental Protection Agency mercury control limits in the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards present a significant technical challenge to the power industry. Shaw offers a cost-effective process that promotes mercury oxidation and removal in fossil fuel combustion applications that can potentially achieve consistent mercury oxidation above 95%. Shaw’s E&I Group EMO technology provides the industry with an alternative to halogen salt addition and activated carbon injection that can also be used to augment the performance of existing Hg control applications and strategies...

Evaluating Technologies to Address Proposed Effluent Guidelines

POWER Magazine :: Power plant environmental monitoring and control issues >> 
Upcoming revisions to U.S. federal effluent guidelines are anticipated to include new discharge limits for mercury and selenium in flue gas desulfurization wastewater, in addition to other potential revisions. Collaborative R&D is helping inform the rulemaking and is evaluating the cost and performance of technology options that might be used to meet the new targets....

Trend Shows Growth of Renewables on Contaminated Lands

POWER Magazine :: Power plant environmental monitoring and control issues >> 
Renewable energy projects installed on potentially contaminated lands, landfills, and mine sites have increased by 40% since 2008, a new list released last week by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows. Solar photovoltaic (PV) systems make up the bulk of about 184.7 MW installed at 60 sites in 25 U.S. states....

Hazy Timetable for EPA’s Proposed Tighter PM2.5 Standards

POWER Magazine :: Power plant environmental monitoring and control issues >> 
On June 15, in response to a court order, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed new lower limits on particulate matter (PM) emissions that are scheduled for release in mid-December, although that deadline may be missed. Even with implementation delays, now is a good time to start paying closer attention to the requirements of the proposed standard....

EPA Stalls on Coal Combustion Residuals

POWER Magazine :: Power plant environmental monitoring and control issues >> 
In 2010, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed federal rules regulating coal combustion residuals (CCRs) for the first time to address the risks posed by coal-fired power plants' disposal of such waste byproducts. The need for new regulations remains a topic of debate, heightened by the EPA's reticence to release the rule. The EPA says that it will release the new rule by the end of this year--over two years late....

Why the “War on Coal” Is Mostly Hot Air (So Far)

POWER Magazine :: Power plant environmental monitoring and control issues >> 
It’s never easy sifting honest debate from rhetoric during an election season. This year, it’s the debate over the future of coal that’s succumbed to some political opportunism....

Why the “War on Coal” Is Mostly Hot Air (So Far)

POWER Magazine :: Power plant environmental monitoring and control issues >> 
It’s never easy sifting honest debate from rhetoric during an election season. This year, it’s the debate over the future of coal that’s succumbed to some political opportunism....

FuelCell Energy Claims Largest Order in Industry’s History

POWER Magazine :: Power plant environmental monitoring and control issues >> 
FuelCell Energy Inc. on Monday announced an order from its South Korean partner, POSCO Energy, for 121.8 MW of fuel cell kits and services to be manufactured at the FuelCell Energy production facility in Torrington, Conn. The company said this represents the largest order for both its company and the fuel cell industry....

FuelCell Energy Claims Largest Order in Industry’s History

POWER Magazine :: Power plant environmental monitoring and control issues >> 
FuelCell Energy Inc. on Monday announced an order from its South Korean partner, POSCO Energy, for 121.8 MW of fuel cell kits and services to be manufactured at the FuelCell Energy production facility in Torrington, Conn. The company said this represents the largest order for both its company and the fuel cell industry....

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