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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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Topics : Coal Pollutions
US utilities and distributed energy generation
After initial resistance, US utility companies are coming around to the advantages of encouraging distributed energy generation (2002 info)
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E.On trying algae sequestration at its US sites
E.On, the German power company, is also testing the method Louisville Gas and Electric Co. and Kentucky Utilities Co., two of its operations
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Topics : Coal
NRG Energy & GreenFuel Tech working on Algae for CO2 sequestration
Companies already testing algae farming include NRG Energy, the Princeton N.J., and GreenFuel Technologies, who are using algae to recycle power plant CO2 emissions safely and economically into a continuous supply of clean, renewable fuels at a 1,489-net-megawatt, coal-fueled power plant in New Roads, La.
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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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Topics : Coal