Tag: Power Plants
Kentucky's Greenhouse Gas Policy Implications White Paper
Kentucky has sent a white paper to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy in order to present Kentucky’s Energy & Environment Cabinet’s ideas regarding existing power plants and ways to control and reduce carbon dioxide emissions. The white paper can be found here. Dr. Peters, Secretary of the Energy & Environment Cabinet, asserts that this white paper is […]
The Cloudy Future of Carbon Capture Technology
It seems that as soon as one question is answered, another emerges in its wake, at least when it comes to the future of carbon capture technology. While the EPA announced new rules for future power plants that confirmed the reliance on the technology in future coal plants, the promise of this technology took a […]
New Rules for Power Plants
Earlier today Gina McCarthy, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, introduced EPA’s revised rules for new power plants. Under the proposed rules, large natural gas-fired turbines emissions would be to less than 1,000 pounds of carbon dioxide per MWh . New small natural gas-fired turbines would be limited to emission of less than 1,100 pounds […]