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Coal Plant Developers Confront The Future of CO2 Controls -- And Freak.
Posted on July 02, 2008
This week a state court judge in Georgia issued the first court ruling in the country concluding that power plant developers and state regulators must establish permit limits for CO2 pollution from new coal-fired power plants, based upon best available control technology under the Clean Air Act.The judge further ruled that coal plant developers and regulators must fully evaluate alternative energy production processes, like integrated gasification combined cycle ( IGCC ).The proposed Longleaf Energy Plant in Earl County, Georgia, a joint venture of Dynegy and LS Power Group, would be a 1,...
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