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Chinese power plants emit as much NOX as all the passenger cars in the world
China has spent more on equipment to reduce NOx from power plants in the last two years than any other country, but it has a long way to go. The installed capacity of deNOx systems at the end of 2010 was 58,000 MW. This means that about 10 percent of the total coal-fired capacity of 600,000 MW is fitted with deNOx equipment. By contrast, two-thirds of the capacity is fitted with scrubbers to ...
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Lumex Instruments is taking part in 13th Multi-pollutant emissions from coal workshop (MEC13)
Lumex Instruments experts will present a paper on universal tool for mercury determination in combustion plants at MEC13 workshop which will take place on May 21-23 in Krakow, Poland. Lumex Instruments and Ohio Lumex representatives will talk about RA-915 mercury analyzers, US EPA toolkit, which is recommended by UN Environment as a Best Available Techniques (BAT) for mercury emissions ...
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World CEMS Market to Exceed $583 Million in 2009
The market for continuous emissions monitoring systems (CEMS) to measure pollutants discharged from stacks will rise to $583 million/yr in 2009. The total monitoring market including ambient monitoring and stack testing will reach the $ billion level worldwide in 2009. These are the conclusions provided in “Air Pollution Monitoring and Sampling World Markets” an online continuously updated ...
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Westar energy to spend approximately $500 million to settle clean air act violations
Westar Energy has agreed to spend approximately $500 million to significantly reduce harmful air pollution from a Kansas power plant and pay a $3 million civil penalty, under a settlement to resolve violations of the Clean Air Act, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Justice Department announced today. As part of the settlement, Westar will also spend $6 million on ...
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NRDC Analysis: `Gang of Eight` Utilities Spent Millions Lobbying and Litigating Against EPA Action While Pollution Contributes to Over 10,000 Deaths
On Eve of Inhofe Vote to Repeal EPA Mercury Standards, "Price of Pollution Politics" Links Emissions to Lobbying Efforts by AEP, Ameren, DTE Energy, Energy Future Holdings, FirstEnergy, GenOn, PPL and Southern Company – Headquarters in GA, IL, MI, OH, PA and TX. WASHINGTON, June 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --As eight leading U.S. utilities spent millions of dollars lobbying and ...
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China Accelerates Plans for Environmental Taxes, Moves to Cut Emissions From Coal
China will speed up the development of environmental tax legislation that could penalize heavy polluters to help the central government pay for programs to address air, soil and water pollution, said a report from the State Council, China's top decision-making body. Authorities from the State Administration of Taxation (SAT), the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Environmental Protection ...
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Fuel Tech Awarded Air Pollution Control Orders Totaling $2.4M - Includes NOxOUT® Project and ULTRA™ Systems in China
WARRENVILLE, Ill.- Fuel Tech, Inc., a world leader in advanced engineering solutions for the optimization of combustion systems and emissions control in utility and industrial applications, today announced receipt of air pollution control (APC) orders totaling $2.4 million. The largest of these orders was the award of a NOxOUT® Selective Non-Catalytic Reduction (SNCR) project at an ...
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Ohio utility to settle clean air act violations emissions to be cut by more than 34,000 tons annually
American Municipal Power (AMP), an Ohio non-profit utility, will permanently retire its Richard H. Gorsuch Station coal-fired power plant near Marietta under a settlement to resolve violations of the Clean Air Act, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Justice Department announced today. As part of the settlement, AMP will also spend US$15 million on an environmental ...
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Air pollution monitoring market to rise 20% in 2010, says new research
The world market for stack and ambient continuous monitoring plus periodic monitoring and other related services will rise to US$2.2 billion in 2010. This is a 20 percent increase over the projected 2009 market. The rapid expansion in CO2 measurement investment and the increased activity for stack monitoring in Asia will account for most of the increase. These are the conclusions reached in ...
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Coal will Generate 77 Percent of the flow control and treatment revenues in the $45 Billion Power Market
In 2013 power plants around the world will invest over $45 billion in flow control and treatment equipment. Seventy-seven percent of this total will be utilized in coal-fired power plants. The next largest segment, which is gas turbines, will account for less than 10 percent of the total. These are the conclusions reached by aggregating the forecasts in a number of McIlvaine market reports ...
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U.S. announces clean air act settlement to protect Indiana public health / Northern Indiana Public Service Co. to reduce emissions by more than 64,000 tons annually (HQ)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Justice Department today announced a global Clean Air Act settlement with Northern Indiana Public Service Co. (NIPSCO) that will cover all of NIPSCO’s coal-fired power plants, located in Chesterton, Michigan City, Wheatfield and Gary, Ind. NIPSCO has agreed to invest approximately $600 million in pollution control technology that ...
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Lumex Instruments takes part in MEC 14 workshop and UN Environment meeting in Hanoi
Lumex Instruments always keeps the topic of mercury in the environment, mercury emissions, and mercury monitoring in focus. Our company participates in the MEC 14 workshop (28-30 Oct) and the following UN Environment Asia-Pacific regional workshop on the reduction of mercury emission from coal combustion (31 Oct – 1 Nov) both to be held in Crowne Plaza West Hanoi hotel. The 14th ...
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NOx control market will exceed $15 billion/yr over the next decade
The world market for stationary selective catalytic reduction (SCR) systems and for the consumable catalysts will exceed $15 billion/yr over the next 10 years. The market for the consumable catalysts will grow steadily to exceed $2 billion/yr by 2020. The market for NOx control capital equipment will fluctuate year to year from $7 to $20 billion/yr. These are the atest forecasts in NOx Control ...
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U.S. Imposes Highest Acid Rain Fine in Its History
LEXINGTON, Kentucky, September 20, 2007 (ENS) - The East Kentucky Power Cooperative, a coal-fired electric utility, today agreed to pay an $11.4 million penalty to resolve violations of the Clean Air Act's acid rain program, the Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced. As part of today's settlement, the U.S. is seeking court-approval for the highest fine ...
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Thermo Fisher Scientific Adds Greater Sensitivity to its Simple Solution for Mercury Monitoring
FRANKLIN, Mass. (May 9, 2007) – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, offers coal-fired power plants the Mercury Freedom System™, a mercury monitoring solution with a simplicity of design that results in maximum ease of use and maintenance, lower installation and operating costs, high reliability, and lower space requirements. In addition, the system is available ...
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U.S. Imposes Highest Acid Rain Fine Ever
(Washington, D.C. – Sept. 20, 2007) In a landmark settlement filed today, East Kentucky Power Cooperative, a coal-fired electric utility, has agreed to pay an $11.4 million penalty to resolve violations of the Clean Air Act’s acid rain program, the Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today. As part of today’s settlement, the U.S. is seeking ...
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Clean Air Act settlement with Wisconsin utilities to reduce emissions by more than 50,000 tons annually
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Department of Justice, and the United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Wisconsin announced a Clean Air Act (CAA) settlement with Wisconsin Power and Light Company (WPL) that will significantly reduce air pollution from three coal-fired power plants located near Portage, Sheboygan, and Cassville, Wis. WPL operates the ...
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U.S. Announces Clean Air Act Settlement with Wisconsin Utility
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice announced a settlement with Wisconsin Public Service (WPS) that requires WPS to invest approximately $300 million in pollution control technology, pay a civil penalty of $1.2 million, and spend $6 million on environmental mitigation projects to resolve violations of the Clean Air Act (CAA). “EPA is committed ...
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JOHNSON MATTHEY HOLDS GRAND OPENING CEREMONY FOR ITS NEW SCR CATALYST MANUFACTURING PLANT IN SHANGHAI, CHINA FACILITY WILL PRODUCE HIGH QUALITY SCR
JOHNSON MATTHEY HOLDS GRAND OPENING CEREMONY FOR ITS NEW SCR CATALYST MANUFACTURING PLANT IN SHANGHAI, CHINA FACILITY WILL PRODUCE HIGH QUALITY SCR CATALYST TO CONTROL NOx EMISSIONS FROM COAL FIRED POWER PLANTS ACROSS CHINA MALVERN, PA — Johnson Matthey, the global pioneer and leader in controlling emissions from stationary and mobile sources, is holding grand opening ceremonies today ...
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Duke Energy Corp. to Reduce Emissions from Power Plants in North Carolina, Fund Environmental Projects
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) today announced a settlement with Duke Energy Corporation (Duke) to resolve Clean Air Act violations at five coal-fired power plants across North Carolina. The settlement resolves long-standing claims that Duke violated the federal Clean Air Act by unlawfully modifying 13 coal-fired electricity generating ...
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