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Coal requirements per MW
Coal based Thermal Power stations of 1260 MWs need about 28,000 tonnes of coal a day - Read More
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Electricity gen from natural gas expected to increase
Share of electricity generation from natural gas expected to increase from 14% in 1998 to 31% in 2020 because of lower capital costs and more efficient technologies than for coal-fired plants (is this for US alone or for the whole world?)
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Coal fired power plants big mercury emitters
Coal fired power plants in the US are the largest emitters of mercury
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Coal plant produces twice as much CO2 as a natural gs plant
a coal plant produces about twice as much CO2 as a natural gas-fired plant, and CO2 is a greenhouse gas associated with global warming. A 1,000 MW coal plant produces about six million tons of CO2 per year. - Read More
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2500 coal plants between 2005 and 2012
Between 2005 and 2012, there are likely to be over 2500 coal plants worldwide
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Plant Scherer One of Largest Coal Power Plants
Plant Scherer in Macon, Georgia is one of the largest coal-fired power plants in the world
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Lots of coal based power plants
As of 2005, more than 120 new power plants (powered by coal or natural gas) representing $99 billion in new investment were either planned or were in construction in the US
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Public health cost of US coal plants
Just factoring in public health effects of air pollution from US coal plants would add an average of about 1.3 c per kwH to the price of coal fired power
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FutureGen, SaskPower - Near Emission-free Coal Plant Technology
FutureGen is the Bush administration's much promoted effort to build the first commercial-scale near-emission-free coal power technology. Announced in 2003, the public-private project has yet to find a site to build the plant. SaskPower, a government power utility in Canada, could beat FutureGen as the world's first near-emission-free coal power plant. The 300-megawatt plant could begin construction as early as this year. (2008) - Read More
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